StoteUtgemer & -Jotmtftl. Lancaster, April 1, I8SL ; GEO. SANDERSON. EPITQfL > .FOR GOVERNOR: j COL. WILU*M BIGLER, OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Bubject to the decision qf the democratic Convention Qjr Those of our subscribers, whether in town or country, who have changed their residences, will please notify us of the fact so that their papers may receive a proper direction. j Plainfield Classical Academy. —This highly prosperous Institution, now in the fifth year of its existence, is located about four miles westi of the Borough of Carlisle, near the Railroad, in! one of the most delightful spots in Cumberland County- We know of no situation any where preferable to this, as an Academy for boys, whether we! regard the thorough course of instruction they receive in the various branches of education, the beauty and healthfulness of the location, or the care and atten tion paid to the comfort'and moral training of the pupils. The Principal of tfie Institution, Mr. Burns, is an accomplished gentleman and a pro found scholar, and is.in,all respects entitled to .the fullest confidence of the public. ! For terms of tuition, see advertisement. ! Bigler Clubs. The proceedings of the meeting, in Columbia, organizing “Bigler Club, No. 2,” in Lancaster county, will be, fobnd in another colunyi, j “ Bigleb Club, No. 3,” was organized at Mari etta on Saturday evening, the proceedings ofj which meeting are .also published in this paper. The right spirit is abroad among the Democracy of the. county, and these early organizations will tell with proper effect upon the election in October We hope to hear of other Clubs of the same' kind being formed, in the other section’s jof the county, at an early day, even 9 should their forma tion be denounced as “ disorganizing ” and “ anti- democratic.” 6 Keep the ball moving, boys!' An early and efficient organization is “ always in order.” | Glorious Demonstration! The Meeting of the “Bigler Club”: in the Court House, on Saturday evening last, was every thing that could have been desired or an ticipated by the most sanguine of our friends.— The old Court Room was literally a perfect jam.— It was one of the largest and- most enthusiastic meetings of the Democracy we have ever seen in that building. j ; The Association was called to order ;at 7£ o’clock/ and the minutes of the last meeting read and adopted. The subjoined letter was theq read by the Secretary from Robert Tyler, Esq., of Philadelphia, in answer to an invitation to address the Club: 186 Ronaldson Row , ) i Philadelphia, March 26th, 1851.) My Dear Sib :—I have had the honor to receive your letter conveying an invitation to jue from Bigler Club, No. 1 of Lancaster County, to “ad dress that large and respectable body of citizens at such time as may suit my convenience.” I am profoundly interested in the success of Democratic principles, and of Pennsylvania men in connection with those principles. I have chosen the Old Keystone as my future home, and have already lived here sufficiently long to become ani mated with earnest regard to what I may consider to be Pennsylvania *interests, and it must strike every man’s mind and should be felt ine very man’s heart, that the prosperity and glory of the State are intimately associated with.the reputation and success of Pennsylvania Statesmen. I accept the invitation* tendered with 'pleasure j and will inform you in.a few days at what time I may have the satisfaction to be in Lancaster. With great Respect, Your friend and obedient servant, ROB’T TYLER. Jno. L. Keffeb, Esq., Corresp’g Sec’jr. • After which the meeting was addressed in a truly eloquent and appropriate, manner bjft Col. John W. Forney and Daniel Docghebty, Esq., of Philadelphia, both of whom were present by invitation. These able speeches were received with loud and reiterated demonstrations of applause by the vast assemblage who'listened to them, and all were delighted and edified with what they saw and heard. We have never witnessed’ a more enthusi., astic, and yet a more orderly meeting, and every thing passed off in the most agreeable manner. At the conclusion of the speeches, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the President directed to call a meeting of the Club, in the Court House, at such time as may suit the convenience o&Robert Tyler, Esq., to address the Democracy of this City j Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be tendered to Col. .John W. Forney and Daniel DoiAiherty, Esq., for the very able and eloquent addresses they have delivered. . ET The Harrisburg Keystone , a short time since -Cotiowirig in the wake of the Zancasterian r publishes a[ number of resolutions parsed at County Conven tions, &c., (some of them nearly a year old,) and endeavors to create I the impression that all these have reference to the Presidency, and that the De mocracy. of Pennsylvania thereby intended to re pudiate their own distinguished statesman. Last week we gave an article from the Williamsport Gazette , to show that such was not the intention in Lycoming county;' and this week we make an extract from the York Gazette, which is given be low, to show that the Democracy of our neighboring, county occupy the same platform with their breth ren of Lycoming. The Gazette says:— “ An attempt has also beep made to create the impression that the. resolution passed in favor of Gen. Cass at our county meeting in August, 1850, was passed by the Convention of Delegates which nominated our Congressional and County j ticket last fall. This we beg leave to inform the Harris burg Keystone (which in a late' number has pub lished the resolution, with the announcement that it passed the convention) is quite a mistake. l The resolution in question did not emanate from the County Convention, as has been alleged. The Dem ocratic citizens of York county fully appreciate the services and duly honor the known abilities of Gen. Cass, but the resolutions passed by acclama tion at the County Convention in January last— a Convention composed of some of the best and most intelligent Democrats in our county-—clearly indicate that the affections of our people are not in one degree alienated from, but are daily, growing, stronger in favor of James Buchanan of Prnn- STLVANXA.” I» ID* If the very interesting young gentleman, a resident; of this who assumes to take the De mocracy, of West Hempfield township under his care,.woi!ild attend to his legitimate business, if he has anything to do in his profession, it might per. haps be n quit| as profitable to him in the end, pe cuniarily an«TK otherwise. This self-constituted leadership is a poor business at best, and is very apt,;in the long run, to create* disgust, rather than, influence. We merely give this as a piece of ad vice* to our very interesting young friend; it is of fered-in the kindliest manner,-and—we have noth ing more to say. -j. j ID" The Whigs of Lancaster County mußt be a patriotic set of fellows."'; Already about fifty gen tlemen have expressed a : willingness to forego the pleasures of retirement and serve their country in an official capacity—there being only some six or seven offices to fill. How many more will follow suit remains to be Beenwe should think, how ever, that the number of patriots will be at least doubled. We go in for our brother typo, John S. Jones, for Coroner— as about the Ides of October the dead body of Whiggery will require a post mortem examination,,and. 1 we know of no one-so well qualified to do justice ,to the defunct subject as our friend the Coroner in expectancy. We go in for printers, so we do. Who seconds the mo tion? - ID- Our neighbor Myers of the African Re publican, has removed his Printing Office to the new building' of Mr. E. Shober, directly opposite ms former location. • A Wprd In Season. It must be very evident tothe intelligent observer thatweare about entering upon a campajgnin Pennsylvania, which bids fair to be as warmly contested as aay that has;been witnessed for many 1 years—and although there cannot be A doubt as to the result, with such a candidate as Col Bigleb , to bear aloft, the- Democratic standard, still, it is the part of wisdom to organize our forces early and energetically, so that wa may be able to present an unbroken front to the fierce assaults of the enemy } and carry forward the column to a triumphant and overwhelming victory.* It is now settled in the public mind that William F. Johnston is again to be the leader of the Whig forces in the approach ing contested he will conduct the campaign with all the cunning, and use all the clap trap devices •to gull and deceive the people, for which he is so famous. To the Free SoiJers be will offer the repeal or modification of the Fugitive Slave Law, to the Iron and Coal men a High Tariff to the friends of Free Banking that favorite measure— in short, he will be all things to all men, and will resort to any and every scheme, no matter how disingenuous or dishonorable, to secure a continu ance' of the reins of power in his hands. 1 Without a doubt, Mr. Johnston is one of the most unscrupulous politicians of the day, and is therefore, the most formidable candidate our opponents can put forward. A mistake of the Democratic Convention of .1848 placed,him jn power then, and he has used that power \vith a view to its perpetuation in his own hands and that of the Whig party. To cut shorf his aspirations: therefore,' and ensure the downfall of Whiggery’ the Democracy igjist Bet to work early, zealously and energetically. They should organize without delay in every county, city, borough and township in the State—the sooner the better. 'lt will not do to rely entirely upon the well known and acknow ledged popularity of our candidate. That will do much, but it is not all that is sufficient for the occasion. The people—the masses, must work themselves, and work faithfully and constantly* We should not be satisfied with electing our candidate by the paltry majority of two or three thousand votes—we must give him at least twenty thousand, so as to annihilate Whiggery in the Old Keystone for a score of years to come. If such a result is desirably and who is there amongst us that does not desire it, thence must work to produce that result, and labor Earnestly and perseveringly from now to the election. We should not wait until after the Reading Convention, inasmuch as we know- who the Gubernatorial candidates will be. Our opponents are already at work, marshalling their force, and we must meet them with simultaneous and corresponding e'fforts, if we want the State thoroughly purged from Whig domination. These are our notions of the matter, and we throw them out as a timely warning to our Democratic friends to prepare, without any delay, for the campaign which is to seitle the political character of Pennsylvania, and, perhaps of the Union, for many years to come. Public Opinion! The Press in every direction is speaking out in thunder tones against the suicidal policy which would seek to deprive Pennsylvania of the honor of furnishing the next President of the United States ’A short time ago we gave tumble article on the subjectfrom the Genius of liberty — last week we published another equally strdng and forcible frbm the Lycoming Gazette, and this week we give an other powerful article from the Greensburg Jrgus. We might almost fill the columns of our paper every week with these unmistakeable evidences of public opinion—all going to show that the great mass of the Democracy still cling, with unshaken confidence, to Mr. Buchanan, and that every effort to place the State in a false position with regard to her “ favorite son,” will prove abortive. The following is the article from the Greensburg. Argus, and we invite for it a careful perusal by all the Democrats of Lancaster county. The same paper hlso pays a high and .deserved compliment to our talented townsman, Hon. Ellis Lewis, who is designated as one of the candidates for the Su preme Bench: •* * The name*of Mr. Buchanan is familiar not only to the people of Pennsylvania aftod of the Union, but also to ajl Europe. He is regarded by two worlds as a great man. Nothing can be said either to detracbfrom his reputation oh to add to it. If the whole Press in the State should unite in denoun cing him, the People of Pennsylvania would rise in their majesty and demand by virtue 1 of what au thority the State was robbed of her honor, and of her proud position among the States of the Union, by detraction of the man who was intimately and necessarily connected with both for the last quarter ofd century. Pennsylvania and Buchanan are names intimately united in eternal embrace. She gave him birth and position. He has given tohef the service oi a long life, arid has been foremost in all her political struggles. What lime has-Penn sylvania ever acknowledged that any 'State iu the Union held a superior, while Mr. Buchanan repre sented her on the floor of the Senate. Let Penn sylvania surrender the honor which his great name has thrown around her—let her blot from the page ot history, the proud position which he gave her, duringjthe days of Jackson, Van Buren and Polk— let all jhis masterly and powerful efforts in the in behalf of the interests of Pennsylvania, and ofjthe Union be forgotten—let Pennsylvania acknowledge that she has no Statesman who can claim co-equality with the master-spirits ofMassa chusetU;' Kentucky and Missouri, and then, but not till thejn] can she with propriety repudiate the only Pennsylvanian who has no intellectual rival in the State, j For many years Mr. Buchanan was intrusted with the interest and honor of Pennsylvania, in the Senate of the United States. Did he not sustain them?] We are justly proud of Pennsylvania, and of her commanding position among the States of the Union. How much of this does she owe to the great mind that sustained her dignity in the Senatej-fought her battles, and gave expression in eloquent and powerful debate, to the sentiments of chivalry, of right, and of devotion to the con stitution and the national honor, which inspired her citizen?. The Press is powerful, but the People are just. .The*bosom friend and adviser, the right arm; ot President Polk, the man who conducted a long, and terHble foreign war to its close, without a single disaster to stain the national - escutcheon, cannot :be degraded. Pennsylvania is proud and sheis/uaf. That is the attribute of the masses they look to right, and to honor—invoke their udgment—bid them view the long life of Mr. Buch anan, and his eminent services, and they will pro nounce him the noblest and the purest of Statesmen. In all that we have said, we do not desire it to be understood as at all intimating what should be the action of the State on the Presidential. question; that question will be solved *when the proper time comes. But we would fail in our duty as the edi tor of a public journal, if we did not. give expression to the feelings of the people against the unmeri ted abuse which is sometimes heaped upon the best men in the State. , • . The resolutions of County Conventions and County Meetings, some of which are nearly a year old, and all of which had been previously published (•some of them over- and over again,) in casterian , are again dished up in that paper of last week, no doubt much to the gratification of its readers, who, we take it* never tire of a good thing, no matter how stale it becomes. Some'suppose opr neighbor has had that particular and interesting matter stereotyped; but whether he has or has not we would-respectfully suggest to his consideration the propriety of having’ a few thousand copies of the compilation struck off in pamphlet iorm for gratuitous distribution, in the same way lhat some thirty or forty copies of the defunct Spirit of the Times, (an abolition organ,) containing the fpulest of Mr. Buchanan, Judge Black, Judge Woodward and others, were daily distributed by himyn this county, for weeks and months in sue* cession. That was a&fiuf act, for which he de serves the thanks of the whole community—this would be still more kind, for which the readers of. his paper should be doubly grateful. We should have no objection to be made the recipient of sev eral copies ourself-we mean of & pamphlet edition. 7 ID" The total population of Pennsylvania is 2,315,280. Dlslngeimoiisness* Of the twenty-six counties of Pennsylvania, enumerated by the Harrisburg Keystone as haying given an expression of opinion in- opposition Mr. Buchanan, and in favor of Gen. Cass, for the Presidency, but eleven have really done so, viz; Union, Fayette, Huntingdon,. Lehigh, Delaware, Berks, Montour, Wayne, York and Luzerne. The ' resolutions'of die other fifteen counties are mere expressions of approbation of his course in the Senate, on the Slavery question, and cannot legitimately be construed in any way as having reference fo the Presidency. And of the eleven counties above enumerated, butane, it is believed, will be found in opposition to Mr. Bucha nan when the proper time-arrives for giving a fair expression of the wishes of the people, viz: Union: Huntingdon, Montour, Northumberland and Dela ware. To prove our position, we refer ourreaders to the article from the Lycoming Gazette, published last week, and to another from the York Gazette, in this week’s paper—both of which counties are enumerated in the Keystone list. Ttie same may be said of the Franklin and Somerset resolutions, the Democratic papers of which counties, at the time, and since,, denied the construction attempted to be put upon them. So we might go on to the end of the chapter, were it necessary, and whittle down the entire-list to five counties, and even one or two of these are considered doubtful. The Democracy of Pennsylvania have, as of right they should, a warm feeling for Gen. Cass. So they have for Geri. Houston, Col. King, Gen. Foote, Mr. Dickinson, Speaker Cobb, and every other statesman who labored in the last Congress to bring about an adjustment of. the difficulties which grew out of the agitation of the Slavery question. But this does not mean that they shall repudiate and sacrifice their own distinguished citizen, who is equallysound oh that question, and whose commanding talents’and profound statesman ship have given him a world-wide reputation, and our noble old Commonwealth a name and apposi tion to which she had never before attained. The above mentioned gentlemen are all favorites • with our Democracy—but Mr. Buchanan is also a favor ite, and, in addition, he is n Pennsylvanian by birth and in feeling, which at once touches, or should touch, a chord in the bleast of every man who is a true friend to the character and greatness of his own State, and who desires to advance her future fame arid prosperity. • We arein favor of open and honorable dealing in this matter. We wish to see the people, and not tricky and designing politicians take hold of the subject. With the decision of the masses, whoever they may designate, we shall be content; but until their wishes are fairly ascertained, we must protest against either the justice or expediency of attempt ing to forestall public opinion and give a direction to popular sentiment, which the people may not sanction, especially as (here is now every reason to believe they are looking in another direction. Pennsylvania will never,, we think, repudiate her own statesmen, who are so closely identified with her honor and interests, to make room for others who, whatever may be their high talents, eminent services to the country, and exalted patriotism— and we freely concede "them all these—are neither Pennsylvanians by birth or in feeling. Her public men are her boast, and 6he will be thought none the less of in other States or by other statesmen, for prizing them highly. Indeed, until she evinces a proper feeling of State pride, her Democracy in the future, as in the past, will be considered abroad as fit subjects to be made “hewers of wood and drawers of water” to their more fortunate rivals for the first honors of the Republic. But, unless the signs of the times are very deceptive, she is about to wake up from her long slumber and Lake her proper position in the Confederacy. Her De mocracy are now, like the mother of the Gracchi, pointing the other States of the Union to her talented sons, and saying “these are my jewels,” the most distinguished of whom we desire to see elevated to the. Chief Magistracy of the Nation. That she will do so, and that this determination >will meet with a hearty response from her sister States, we have not a particle of doubt—the* efforts of her enemies to the contrary, notwithstanding. Close work in Wew Hampshire. - The Neio Hampshire Patriot speaks ot the state of parties in the Legislature of New Hampshire in the following terms. There having been no elec tion for Governor by the people the Legislature select.from the two highest candidates, and hence there will be the Democratic and Federal candidate before the houses; Atwood, the Abolition candidate, being out ol the ring: The list as given foots up as follows: Democrats 138 ; Federalists and abolitionists, 130; “Atwood Democrats” 13, Reckoning the Clarksville mem ber, we shall have 139. It will thus be seen lhat the men classed as “ Atwood Democrats” will con trol the House. With them, wo will have a ma jority of 22 ; while if they go against us, there will be a majority of 4 against the Democrats. If only three of them go with us, we shall have a majority in the House-; and we have no doubt that most of them will be found acting steadily and uniformly with their party and in support of-their principles. The vacancies in the 'Senate are filled, before the election of Governor, by joint ballot of the two Houses. We have chosen 7 senators, which added to our 139 representatives will give us 146 votes in joint ballot, without reckoning any Atwood men in our favor; while .reckoning all of them against us, with the two Federal Senators elected, there will be 145 against us in joint ballot, before the vacancies in the Senate are filled, giving us a ma jority .of one over everything! This is the worst possible aspect of the case. But we know that all the “ Atwood Democrats” will not go against us; we believe a majority of them will go with us. Spring Snows. The snow'storm we had on the 17th of March, has induced some reference to the remarkable snows in times past. Watson’s Annals records that on the 17th of March, 1700, these was “the greatest fall of snow ever known in Philadelphia since the* settlement. The wind at the time was. from the northeast, and the snow fell incessantly for eighteen hours. The minutes of the Assembly at the time, show that the snow in” some places gathered seven feet deep, preventing the Speaker and many members to get to the house—fnd the house was adjourned.” t * We read in the same Annals, that on the 17th of April, 1797. there “ was a severe storm, when the snow fell two feet deep.” On “ the Bth of May, 1803, it snowed so heavily as to make a wonderful breaking of the limbs of trees then in full leaf.” On the 3lst of March, (Easter Sunday,) 1823, snow fell to the'depth of nearly three feet on a level. In two or three days time, however, it was all gone_ On the 13th of April, 1828, snow fell about six inches, deep* and sleighs were in requisition. On the 12th of April, 1841, the Annals saysi snow fell to the depth of fifteen or sixteen inches. On the 17th of March, 1843, snow fell about eighteen inches deep, and drifted in many places to the depth of several feet ID"Tbe Harrisburg Keystone can hardly he said to. have added to its lyell established reputation for ingenuousness, by attaching to an article headed “The Presidency,” a resolution of a Democratic meet ing held in this place a long stretch ago, laudatory of Gen. Cass and his! coadjutors in the Senate of the United States. That resolution had nothing to do with “ the Presidency.” The Democracy oj Franklin county have not yet given utterance to their preference for that office. They have adopted no resolutions on the subject.— Chambersbnrg Val ley Spirit, < We learn from the Gazette, that the Agent (Rev. Mr. Bucher,) employed in taking subscrip tions in this county for Franklin Marshall College; "has now on his book $14,700, leaving $10,300 to b? yet raised amongst our citizens to effect its lo cation here. The balance will no doubt be raised. ID* Lord Jobs Russell, has resumed the Pre. miership of the British Cabinet—the Queen not being able to form a new Ministry. Judicial Convention. The next, will be the most important general election which has taken place since the organiza tion of this Commonwealth; as an independent Stated Not only will the people totalled upon to elect an Executive, a Canal Commissioner,; members of Assembly, and the usual County Officers, but under the amended Constitution^.- five Judges of 4 . the St* preme Court To the integrity and purify of the Judiciary, perhaps we owe more for the preservation of our boasted liberties, rights and privileges, than to the Executive or Legislature; for, after all, law is but a farce, unless it is truly and faithfully ad ministered. . Therefore, the selection, of suitable candidates lor this important branch of government, imposes upon the Democracy an important duty, . which, to discharge aright, requires all 'their wisdom and attention. From a view of the names already presented; it is manifest that legal abilities, integrity and experi ence, will not be wanting in the ticket which will be formed—and we rejoice'that this very necessary qualification is so profuse;- but there is something beside, essential to success—it is locality and oroift bilily. e It will not do to form an eastern, western, southern, or northern ticket—for every portion of the Commonwealth must be fairly dealt with. By reference to the list of taxable inhabitants, upon which the present apportionment law was based, it willjje seen that the State can be so divided as to form natural and equal districts, for the nomina tion of Supreme Judges. We propose the following plan, which if adopted by the Convention, will not only facilitate its labors, but also insure a just re presentation according to population. Let the Convention divide the State, into five districts of equal size as to population, and then let it proceed to select one candidate ,from each district. Such a course will free the ticket from the operation of sectional prejudices, and insure its triumphant election. We would recommend the formation of five districts, to be numbered and composed as follows: Counties.. Taxables; Clinton, ‘ 2,316 Clearfield, 2,639 Centre, 4,946 FIBST DISTRICT. Counties. Taxables. Philadelphia city, 22,730 “ co., 54,544 Chester, ■ 14,769 Delaware, 5,267 '..*,• " 97,682 . FOURTH DISTRICT. 1 Washington, 10,029 Greene, 4,407 Fayette, 7,611 Westmoreland 11,618 Somerset, 4,9*24 Cambria, 3,642 Bedford & Fulton, 6,286 Franklin, 8,386 Cumberland, 7,554 Perry,! 4,456 Adams, 6,619 Blair, 4,457 Huntingdon, 5,309 York, 13,060 97,310 SECOND DISTRICT. Lancaster, 22,844 Dauphin, 7,688 Lebanon, 5,708 Lehigh, 7,286 Montgomery, 13,516 Bucks, 13,151 Berks, 16,262 Northampton, 8,908 Monroe, 2,785 98,143 THIRD district. Pike, 1,200 Wayne, 4,375 Carbon, 3,742 Luzerne, 10,898 Schuylkill, 12,869 Wyoming, 2,142 Susquehanna, 6,116 Bradford, 8,569 Lycoming, 5,418 Montour&Columbia 6,721 Northumberland, 4,655; Unioi, 5,350 Mifflin, 3,172 Juniata, 3,112 Sullivan, 769 Tioga, 5,237 Potter, 1,346 M’Kean, 1,213 Elk, 877 97,357; FIFTH DISTRICT, Erie, 8,434 Crawford, 8,130 Warren, . 3,149 Jefferson, 2,622 Venango, 4,027 Clarion, 5,089' Butler, 7,490 Mercer, 6,923 Beaver, 5,743 Lawrence, 4,425 Allegheny, 28,647 Armstrong, 6,086 Indiana,. 5,530 There are many reasons that could be adduced, in favor of the above apportionment, but we shall. content ourselves with offering only one or two, at this time. In the first place, the proposed districts • are the most natural and equal that can be made. Secondly, they embrace about a due proportion of candidates, thus—ln the first, Judges Campbell and Bell, are respectively recommended for a nomina tion. In the second, judges Lewis and Charapneys: have been suggested. In the third, J. W. Maynard* Esq. and Hon. L. Kidder, stand ln the fourth, Hon. James Thompson aiid Waited Lowrie, Esq., are urged by many warm friends; and in the fifth, 1 Judge J. S. Black, and H. D. Foster, Esq., have their claims pressed earnestly by their nu merous friends. Here is a brilliant array of names, from which a ticket may be selected, combining every qualification desirable, and any five gentlemen named, will possess every requisite for the office? but if, peradventure, the nomination should fall upon any two from the same section of the State> to the exclusion of another section, the danger of defeat, with all these commanding qualifications,* would be manifestly imminent. A prudent foresight, therefore, dictates not only the selection of a strong ticket, in point of ability, but also a strong ticket in point of locality. We submit then, the above proposition for the serious consideration of the Democracy throughout the State. —Lycoming Gaz. Carpenters’ Wages. The following resolutions have Veen adopted by the Journeymen Carpenters of this city: Resolved, That from the first day of March to the first day of November, ten hours labor.shall .be considered one day—and the journeymeiPa wages of each of such day’s labor, shall be ; at the. rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents. Resolved, That from the first day of November to the first day of March, nine hours labor shall be considered one day, and the Journeymen’s wages of each of such day’s labor, shall be at the rate of one dollar and twelve and a half cents. Resolved. That the journeymen Carpenters and Joiners claim the right of raising or lowering and fixing hereafter, the wages, whenever the majority of journeymen may deem it proper and necessary to do so. Resolved, That each and every Journeyman Car penter and Joiner are hereby pledged to maintain by all honorable means these specified rates of wages, without any deviation whatever. Resolved, That all Employers and Journeymen Carpenters and Joiners, favorable to these rates of wages, will meet on Wednesday, April' 2d, at 2 o’clock, at the public house of of Moses Wenger,, and there form in procession, and from thence march through the several streets of Lancaster, and visit each and every Carpenter Shop for the purpose of ascertaining the number of Journeymen in each shop, and endeavor by all honorable means to se cure the names of each Employer and Journeyman to be recorded as members of this association for' their mutual interests and. benefits. Resolved, That the several Editors of newspapers in this city be requested to publish these proceed ings. 'Kidnapping. —An old colored man, residing in Salisbury township, in this county, was carried off about two weeks ago by a party of kidnappers.— The old man and hiswife made all the resistance they could, but were overpowered—i-the \yoman knocked down, and the man captured. He had resided in that neighborhood for a year or two past, and was generally supposed to be a fugitive from slavery—but nothing certain was knowri on that point. This is the second case of forcible abduction in that neighborhood within a few months. A MunDEBER Convicted. —The Jury, m the case of Martin Peifer, recently tried at Orwigsburg, Pa., for the murder of his wife, in Schuylkill co., some months ago, rendered a verdict, on Thursday week, of Guilty of Murder in the First Degree. — Sentence of death was immediately passed upon him. The prisoner made quite a long speech to the Court and Jury, in his own defence, in which he acknowledged the murder, but alleged that he committed ittin a temporary fit of insanity. The day of his execution will be fixed by the Governor. . The Fruit Crop. —The Leonardtown (Md.) Beacon of last week says:—“Considerable fear is entertained for the fruit crop in this section at this time. The apricots are already in full bLoom, and the peaches and early cherries give promise of being in the same condition in a few days, and should a cold spell now occur, they must inevitably be greatly injured, ifjnot entirely destroyed. The apricots can hardly escape.” ' jjy* The war between the “ Wooley Heads ” and « Silver Grays,” is Waging warmer in the Empire State—and President Fillmore has recently removed several Postmasters, etc., in New York, who were Seward men, and appointed his own friends in their places. The fight is becoming decidedlyinteresting, and our Whig friends have a score of troubles in prospect. The new Senator, Fish, ifi said to be long to the « Wooley Heads.” <j A Voice from Bucks County! ' -We clip the following- excellent article from the Doylextown.Ridq>endent Democrat of Tuesday last It is but another evidence of the strong "hold"Mr Bucbahah fi&s on the affections of the people, and shows with what feelings of disgust the assaults of his enemies ate viewed by our deniocratic friends outside ofPfancaster county;: •' Hon.' James Buchanan. — from the .Philadelphia Sun, which we publish in another column, is so full of good sense that we take plea sure in giving it toour’readers. There is a manly tone spirit of justice about it, that welike— and coming as it does from an opposition paper, is more worthy of praise: The editor has risen above the trammels of party, and speaks of Penn sylvania's great statesman as h,e deserves 1 to be spoken of, on account of his commanding abilities and services to his country. It is so seldom the opposition can see any virtues or merits in our Democratic statesmen, that this acknowledgment takes us somewhat by surprise; .but as the editor can hot have any ends to answer, we are obliged to believe he speaks in sincerity. The fairness of the article is quite a green spot. in the waste oi party bitterness. We are surprised that many papers, professin g to be Democratic, have not manifested the same fairness as the Sun, towards Mr. Buchanan. On the contrary, they have pursued him with a spirit of bitterness and venom, hardly surpassed in our political annals. Their attacks upon him have been of the most bitter and vindictive kind, and as well in his private as in his public capacity. And what gives rise to this warfare 1 If they will look into all the public acts of Jahes Buchanan, they will not find one but what entitles him to the greatest praise. It is not because he has tiot always been honest and true to his party andr to his country, bnt he has been unfortunate in having had bestowed upon him, by his Maker, a giant intellect, which towers far above all jthe pigmiesaround him. This is the reason, as wfe conceive, of the unceasing warfare against him; jealousy is at the bottom of the whole of it, and they desire, if they can, to drag him down to their own level. They are void of all State pride, and do riot wish to see,the statesmen of the Old Keystone stand amongst the first of the land, unless they can command them for their own purposes. Happily the ends of these two cent politicians will not; be answered, for all their slanders and villification will have a contrary effect | from that desired. These undeserved attacks on Mr. Buchanan are making friends for him. and creating a feeling on his behalf in every part of of the State.-* And it will be useless for them to try to lessen him in the esteem of the people ol this country, for his; great services are too well known and too highly appreciated. The name of Jambs Buchanan has been so blended with the history of this country for the last thirty years, that they cannot be separated—and he will live in the memory of the people when the names of his reyilers shall have'passed into eternal obscurity. for tfae Union. The Legislature of Virginia has passed, by an almost unanimous vote, a series of resolutions en dorsing the compromise measures, and declining to join the hotspurs of South Carolina, in their crusade against the Union. This is just what might have !been expected from the Old Dominion, the “ Mother of Presidents.” Patriotism is an tnstiVici in Virginia, and she is always found side by side with Pennsyl vania in her devotion to the Union. Correction. —Some of the letter writers from Hanisburg have recently represented Gen. Cameron as being hostile to the nomination of Col. William Bigleb, as the next Democratic candidate for Governor. This we have reason to know is not; the fact; and we aie authorized to state that the Gen. will give Col Bigler his warm support in the Convention, and use his best exertions to secure his election after h/3 is nominated. We make this correction as a simple act of justice to General Cameron. —Harrisburg Union. \ 07*We are right’down glad of this. If we mistake not the General opposed a resolution of instruction for Col. Bigleb, offered in the Dauphin County Convention last summer, and had it thrown out. Since then the whole State has gone nearly unanipious for Col. Bigeer, and the General wil ling to yield to the force of public opinion, has come out like a man and avows his willingness to go with the majority .—Ed. Intel. ; State Geological Report. —A committee of the Legislature has made a report in relation to the publication of the geological report of the State a* an early day. A geological survey ol the JState was authorized in 1836. Professor Rogers under took the survey, and actively prosecuted it for six years out of the ten which it was previously sup. posed it would take to complete the task. The financial embarrassments of. the State prevented ariy further outlay for this object, and the whole mass of information and material which was col lected during the survey, has been lying since in tbeioffice of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of no use to anybody, for want of publication.— The. committee now recommend a careful revision of all parts of the purvey, and its final publication, as due to the mining, manufacturing and agricuh tural prosperity of the State. The extent of the text is equivalent to about eight hundred quarto pages. The maps are two in number, but these are both of them elaborate. The report made will require a re-survey of many portions in order to present accurate information to the public. E7*McnDEn ard Robbebt.—Mr.Tilman Hunt* a negro trader, well known at Richmond, was murdered a fewj days ago, near Fayetteville, N. C., by a man nanited- Thomas Pitt, who was in his employ. They : were on their way to Richmond with a number of negroes, at the time. The Rich mond Dispatch says: The company had encamped out for the night and while Hunt was asleep be was fallen upon by Pitt, murdered and robbed of his money, amounting to upwards of $4OOO. His body was then concealed in a trunk and carried ‘next day 15 miles in the company’s wagons and thrown into a river—Black River, we. believe, the latter stated. The negroes were also keptyn possession by Pitt and sold, when some of them .revealed the lact of the mysterious disappearance of their master, and this led to the further disclosure of his cruel murder. Pitt, who is also well known in Richmond, fled, and, it is believed, passed through this city on.. Friday morning last in the car for the North. Fire.— -We learn from the Columbia Spy, that a fire occurred at Bainbridge on Wednesday night last, about 9 o’clock, which resulted in the destruc tion of a barn, warehouse, and a portion of the dwelling house, occupied by and belonging to M* W. May, Esq. During the progress .of the fire a quantity of powder in the warehouse exploded, the report of which was distinctly heard for several miles. The fire originated in the bam, and is be lieved to have been the work of an incendiary.— We have not learned whether the property was insured. Sudden Death. —Mr. Calender, a citizen of York, died suddenly in the cars on his way from Harrisburg to York bn Thursday evening. He had just effected an insurance upon his life in the sum of $5,000, in the et Keystone Mutual Life Insurance : Company,” at Harrisburg, a few hours before, and .left there in apparent health. OSrMaj. Mordecai Manassah Noah, who died in New York on Saturday week, was born in Phila delphia in 1784. He was apprenticed to a mechan ical business, but soon abandoned it, and became a writer and. politician. 1808 he was the editor of the Charleston Gazette. In 1813 he went to Tunis as consul,-and afterwards published a work on the Barbary States, defending the Jews. About 1820 he was Sheris' of New York city, and about 1830 had been admitted to the bar and was commissioner in that city of the U« S. Supreme court. General Jackson appointed, him surveyor of the port, and he was subsequently connected with the custom house in various situations. .He had also served as a judge of the general sessions. He was the found er of the National Advocate, which was merged in the Courier .& Enquirer, and was an editor of great tact and ability, writing with ease and vivacity— “ She would be a Soldier” and other popular plays came from his versatile pen. In religion Major Noah lived: and died a had no intolerance in his nature. He was known and liked, by every body. A wife and six children survive,him'. The Fishing Butinas has commenced on the Potomac river. The Alexandria Gazette says: A “ day or two ago, at one of. the landings, about thirty miles below this town, some fifteen or' six teen hundred shad were caught at a single haul.— Every day the fishermen, with their seines, boats, hands, &c., are leaving here for the different land* ings, and next week, we presume, business will be in full operation all along both shores of the river.” Bigler Club, So. 3. Mr. Sahdxksos At ft meeting held in the Town Hall, Columbia, March 25th, 1861, for the purpose of organizing “ Bigler Club, No 2,” of Laincaater Dr. : H. B. Wolfe waa unani moualy called to the chair, and C. M. Strein ap pointed Secretary. The chair then stated the object for which the meeting was spoke atlength of the character of Col. William Bioixr, of Clear field, complimenting, in a becoming manner, that distinguished gentleman, and made an appeal to the ‘young men as well as old, to stand by their principles when in the right, which was responded to with enthusiastic applause. After, the address, a committee; of eleven was appointed to report officers for the permanent organization of the Club. The following gentlemen were designated by the meeting, Samuel F. Lockard, James Stanley, John Murphey, Joshua J. Gault, Joseph Hogentogler, . Adam Maxten, Patrick Morris, Maj. Giilman, Wil liam Sanders, Henry Wolfe and Thomas Badger. Daring the absence of the committee, forty per sons came forward and enrolled their names, as members of “Bigler Club, No. 2,” of Lancaster county, which will be forwarded for publication after our next meeting. After a short absence, the committee, through the chairman, reported' the following gentlemen as officers for the permanent organization of the Club. President—JOSHUA J. GAULT. Vice Presidents. — Reuben Mullison, James Stanlet, Joseph T. Sample, John Slack, Maj. Gillkan, John Yearnish. Recording Secretaries, —Charles M. Strein, Daniel Griffith. Corresponding Secretary.— William Brown. Committee of Arrangements. —Dr. N. B. Wolfe, Adam M&xten and C. M. Stein. Treasurer . —Joseph Hogentogler. The Club then unanimously agreed to meet every two weeks, until after the nominations were made at the Reading and Harrisburg Conventions, and designated Saturday, April sth, as the time, and the public house of Mr. John Slack as the place, for holding its nezt regular, meeting. Dr. N. B. Wolte was unanimously requested to address the next meeting of the Club, which he consented to do. On motion it was then agreed, that the Club list be left with Dr. Wolfe, with whom all those desirous of enrolling their names are invited to call. The proceedings of the meeting were then or dered to be signed by the acting officers, and pub lished in the Lancaster Intelligencer, and the meet ing then adjourned. N. B. WOLFE, President. C. M. Strein, Secr’y. Bigler Club—So. 3. AT MARIETTA. A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Democ racy of the Borough of Marietta, convened at the Town Hall (and adjourned from thence to the Public School Room,) on Saturday evening, the 29th of March, 1851, for the purpose of organizing a Democratic Bigler Club. On motion, JOHN CARROLL was appointed Chairman. EDwin'MiLr, \ Vice Presidents - Melchoir Herlein, Jr., Secretary. On motion, a Committee was appointed to draft a Constitution and By-Laws for the government of Bigler Club, No. 3; —also a Committee to report the names of permanent officers at the next meet' ing of ; the Association. The meeting was ably and eloquently addressed by Col. William S. Amweg and Jonas D. Bach man, Esq., of this city, and by Dr. N. B. Wolfs, of Columbia, all of whom were present by invi tation. In their several speeches these gentlemen enforced the duty of the Democratic party to or ganize without delay for the approaching contest in October, and the expediency and necessity of forming Bigler Associations so as to insure our success at the Gubernatorial election. Trie Club then adjourned, to meet at the same place on Saturday evening next, the sth of April. On motion, the proceedings of the.meeting were directed to be published in the Lancaster Intelli gencer. (Sighed by the Officers.) Letter from Harrisburg’. Correipoodenca of the Intelligencer. Harrisburg, March 29, 1851 Friend Sanderson : —This has been a busy week in the Legislature. The bill repealing the obnoxious sections of the act of 1847, which has given so much cause of offence to our Southern brethren, and which has been by many considered as conflicting with the provisions of the Federal Constitution, after having passed the House, was taken up"in the Senate, and, being amended so as to repeal only the sixth section of that act, passed the Senate by a vote of. 18 to 7. This is considered better than no action at all, inasmuch as the section repealed denied the use of the Jails of the Com monwealth, to masters; for the purpose of lodging the fugitive slaves for safe keeping, and the repeal will now yield the use of the prisons for such pur pose. The original bill repealed all the obnoxious sections —but the Whigs of the Senate, in a body, voted to strike out rfll butthe one above mentioned, and consequently the work has only been half done. A bill has'passed the House providing for the election of. Judges, and also one providing for the registration of births, marriages and- deaths in the several counties of the Commonwealth. The joint resolution relating to the publication of the final report of the State Geological. Survey, passed the Senate on Friday by a vote of 17 to 15. The General Appropriation Bill has been under discussion in the House. - A great many private bills have been finally passed during the week, and the members have been industriously engaged clearing their desks preparatory to the final adjourn ment on the 15th of April. The Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad Company has adopted a resolution to reduce their fare, on and after the Ist of April, to three cents per mile ; and they have in conjuction with the Cana! Commissioners, agreed to allow a drawback on all articles coming from the Cumberland Valley Rail road, and passing over the Harrisburg and Lancas ter and the Columbia Railroads to Philadlphia.— The fare now between this place and your city will be $l,OB per passenger, instead of $1,50 —an im portant reduction to the travelling community. Business is quite brisk on the Canals, and boats are passing very freely up and down the channel past this Borough. There is also an immense trav el and transportation- on the Railroads. A very lively business season is anticipated. Recording Deeds. Mb. Editor :—The question is frequently asked, should a deed be-recorded? According to law it should be ; but a deed not recorded is still valid, •provided the same property has not been conveyed to different parties.- If so, the party having his deed first recorded within six months of execution, has the best claims to the property so conveyed.— This is the law .in Pennsylvania—hence the neces sity of recording land titles within six months of executing them. But there are many more reasons why deeds should be recorded : For instance, in the destruction of & title by fire or otherwise, what & difficulty and expense it occasions to obtain an other title, which, if the deed had been recorded, could all have been saved, with the exception of two or three dollars for a copy at the Recorder*! office. Another great rdaaon why deeds should be recorded is, that persons' often pretend to own property for which they hold no title, and defraud honest persons by giving judgment. It has hap pened, heretofore, that persons held titles for prop erties and on tho strength therefore obtained mon ey, for which mortgages and judgments were given, die holders of which thought themselves perfectly safe; yet upon a thorough investigation, no title could be found, and the persons who had advanced the money were defrauded out of the same. Had the title been recorded, this could not have hap pened. All bond titles should by all mean* be recorded; it seenres the purchaser as well as' the money lender, and prevents fraud. JUSTICE. Baltimohf. Railroad Cohhxctioxs. —Meetings have been recently held in York county, Pa., to consider the expediency of building a branch rail road to connect the Tidewater Canal at Peach Bottom with the Baltimore and Susquehanna Rail road at or above Parkton. The right of way was freely offered by the landholders on the proposed route, and committees were appointed to make the necessary arrangements; It is added, that it is proposed to connect this branch at the same point at which the branch to Westminster may connect, so as* to form a continuous road to unite Eastern Pennsylvania with the Great West, by a connexion with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad beyond Hagerstown." Ej* Col. Josxrn Joaxsox, of Harrison county, has been elected ’ Governor of Virginia, by the Le. gislature of that State now in session. Corraapoodeaceef lb* laUUisucv. i Columbia, Much 29,1851. : Frtatd Sanierton: —A few week, ago I mid. known the situation of a poor white woman, who waa then extremely ill and had not the neceaaariea of life around her, much leaa the comforlu, abso lutely necessary in the sick chamber, to restore the inraiid to health. It becomea my painful duty to inform you this week, that the woman ha. aince diad, as much from neglect and ,tarnation, as any physiological aberration—that she died with tho last words quivering on her icy lip., condemning the eitiiena of Columbia for not giving her some assistance and attention. Poor, sick and friendless, she was sheltered in a miserable shanty, inferior in point of comfort to many of our horse stables; where, surrounded by squalid poverty, filth and intemperance, disease made rapid inroads upon her delicate constitution. -In this pitiable condition, Tattler made her case known to our community, in a former letter to the Intelligencer, and to their everlasting credit be it seid, two ladiqs sought out her wretched hovel, and administered to her then urgent wants. A petition was gotten up, and gratuities solicited, which re sulted in obtaining forty-seven cents and a half • partley from men who had a few weeks before contributed, individually, more dollars to buy a negro, than sho received coppers in the aggregate. This petition was carried around by a man who was himself an invalid* but in a convalescent state. Ex posure and anxiety of mind produced a relapse into his former disease. was taken sick, and the wife was intemperate, and consequently could not give any proper attention or care to the sick, even though she would have had the means. The shanty in which this group of wretchedness waa placed, is about 10 by 12 feet in dimensions, poorly ventilated and f leaky roof. The furniture consisted of a chest, two crazy bed frames with filthy beds, from which arose a pestiferous stench, on one of which lay the sick woman, and on the other the sick man and his sick child; a smokey stove and a flour-barrel complete, the inventory.' The man died from starvation ajid neglect, having nonourish ment for tho six days preceding his dissolution. His body lay in that filthy bed two days uncoffined and unattended. His name was Rudd, and will bo found enrolled among those who did service to this countryupon the burning sands of the plains of Mexico. He was at last buried, and the sick child had no longer a dead father to caress. A few days after his interment the sick woman died from ne glect and starvation. Another coffin was procured and another shroud was made, and she was buried. “If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink !» iB a divino injunction of Him, who complained while on earth of having no place whereon to lay his head. And if such benevolence is due our enemy, wh&t are our obligations to our friends 7 I have not one cent to buy negroes! ' I have no ' money to give to support abolition lecturers 1 I Have nothing to advance to prosecute men for riot, who are more benevolent and humane than myself I I would not, so help mo God ! give one dollar to emancipate the entire South, while such scenes of sore distress are passing in our midst. Charity, like the sun, brightens every object upon which it shines, but its legitimate sphere is at Home ! I know I make myself amenable to animadversion for advancing unpalatable truths, but I would rather submit to the ordeal, than Bicken the world with flattery. Honest men, though poor, will be my friends. Their praise I covet more than I dread the denunciations of that hypocrisy, which; weeps over the ills they never feel. The love of praise should always be preserved under proper subordi nation to the principles of duty ! It has been said, that withjn itself, it is a useful motive to action ; but when'it is permitted to extend its- influence to the injury of our neighbors, it corrupts' the; whole character, and produces guilt, disgrace and misery. The soothing unction is bought at too great a price, when the lives of our fellow citizens are given in exchange. I I have just learned that a monument is to be erected over the remains of one of our most res pected citizens whilst living, and since dead, hon ored names. In his will he has left an annual annuity for the relief of the poor of our 1 town, which will endear him more “than storied urn or monumental bust.” This is the true monument of his greatness, and will endure the destructive in fluences of the tooth of time, when monumental shafts shall crumble to decay. Tattler. The arrival of the steamer Canada, on Wednes day last, from Liverpool, has the following import ant intelligence. It will be seen that the Russell Ministry, restored to power by the Queen, have again been defeated in Parliament: The government of Lord John Russell is still very weak ; he cannot get his friends to rally around him, and it is now fully anticipated that there will soon be a dissolution of parliament, and a general election. On Tuesday evening last, uf the House of Commons, he sustained another defeat on the question of Woods and Forests. Lord Duncan moved a resolution demanding a reform in the management. This the government strenuously resisted. On a division there appeared for the proposed reform 120, for Ministers 119. So, what with their partial abandonment of the Papal measure, their defeat upon Mr. Locke King’s mo tion of election reform, and this defeat, it is thought they will not bri able, to hold together till after Easter. The Times inserts frequent keen and sarcaitio remarks on the present position of the government. The agitation on the part of the Catholics of both England and Ireland against the proposed final measures of Lord John Russell, continues unaba ted. j The protectionist leaders, as well as their party, are making vigorous preparations for a general election, in order, if possible, to secure such a ma jority in the House of Commons as will impose a four shillings duty on all foreign corn and breqd stufis. Tho process of receiving and arranging the arti cles to be exhibited in the Crystal Palace, is going on very satisfactorily, and no doubt is entertained but that the building will be opened at the propo sed time in the month of May. A large body of Hungarians and Poles, refugees from the late struggle in Hungary, had arrived in Liverpool for America, but on their arrival a from Turkey, at Liverpool, they were met by a deputa tion from the London Democratic Committee, who have induced them Jo remain in England, in order, as they say, to bo at hand in case their aid should be required to assist the Democratic cause in either France or Hungary. / Tho English government have, so far, paid or offered, .£8 to every man who will go to America. A few of the Hungarians have accented the offer, but the Poles all refused. The local magistrates and the Mayor of Liverpool have had several in terviews with them to persuade them to emigrate. Public meetings have been held to raise subscrip tions for them, and it is proposed to have an ama teur performance in the Theatre Royal for their benefit. They are said to be a fine body of men, and their firm, quiet and orderly conduct in Liver pool has, it is also said, shed a lustre upon their cause, and made an impression in their favor which will not soon be forgotten. - For the Intelligencer. Whig Courtesy.—' The Editor of the Philadel phia “ Daily News,” speaking of the Editor of the “Pittsburg American,” a good whig, calls him a “ wilful, unblushing liar, and a blackguard,” for charging the former with saying that the “unity of the whig party depended on supporting Fillmore for the Presidency in 1852.” The office holders and the disappointed expectants are pitching into ope another like * a thousand of bricks ” about who shall be the whig nag in the race of '52. Gentlemen, it is useless to quarrel. The Demo cratic candidate in 1852 will walk over the course almost unmolested by his opponent.« CD* George Alberti, who was recently tried in Philadelphia for kidnapping a colored Woman and child,has been convicted and sentenced topayslQoo fine and to be imprisoned for 10 years in the Eas tern Penitentiary. Price, his accomplice, is sen tenced to 8 yews imprisonment and to pay a fine of $7OO. Served them tight. iLT Another great rise has occurred in the Mi*, sissippi. Crevasses have been, made in the baqks of the river at Baton Rouge, Aberville,Planquemine, and at New Orleans, and fears are beginnings be entertained for the safety of “the city. Dj~ Hon. Thomas Bubnsidi, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, died at the residence oi his son-in-law, W. E. Morris, Esq., in Germantown, on Tuesday evening last, in the 68th year of his age. 07* Hon. Isaac Hill, of New Hampshire, and Maj. Mohdecai M. Noah, of New York, died week before last—both of whom had, in their day, filled a large space in the public eye. The Woolen Factory of W. L. Wbbb, Esq., near Winchester, Va., is now turning out the finest qual ities of kerseys, flannels, blankets, ingrain carpet ing, &c. This factory is said to consume upwards of 50,000 pounds of wool per annum. IET Messrs. Gokder & Burke commenced the construction of the Hanover and York Branch Railroad on the 21st ult. “ letter from Colombia. Foreign News. ENGLAND.
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