gig fantasia intelligenter ORIO.AARDEIISON, EDITOR. A. BAIEDEDSOR, Associate. LAN .3TER„ - PA., OCTOBER 20,1863 Par 8. IL Parronnii k 00.'0 AirVialitSllo doiacrr, 87 Park Bow, New York City, end 10 State street, Boston. 8. H. PAWING= a One ars hisaats for The Lainoader o.ininenusi and largest drcalw 1112g1541 lip and the moat 12 1316144 etalm spdtbe Choudas.— Thsy ars ANA to 'patriot for ni at our bloat rota jar MAIN= a ABSIOPE, No. 885 Broadway, New York, are authorised to receive advartiesments 'for The Intelli gent:dr, at our lowest rates. tom' Inn Wiserm's Armsomenra dam= la located at N 0.60 North lath West, Philadelphia. He is authorised to receive advertiseroants and subscriptions for The Lancaster f i tt e r s BL, No.l Boollay's Building, Court St., BCOUOt Ls oar authorised Agent for receiving advertisements, ko. 0 T. 7 FL L _A. (3. - Now oar flag Le flung to the wild winds free, Let it float o'er our father land, And the guard of Its spotless fame shall be Columbia's ehoeen band. " CLING TO THE CONSTITUTION, AS THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS TO THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND WEBsTies. The City Result. By reference to the returns it will be perceived that, while Judge WOODWARD'S majority in the city is only 49, the majority for the County . ticket is considerably more—rang ing from 56 up to 158. The Demo cratic vote is heavier than ever polled before, with one exception, in 1856, when Mr. BUCHANAN had about 1200 majority, but then about one-half of the Republican vote was cast for him on personal grounds. Our friends, therefore, throughout the county need have no uneasiness about the city. There were scores of CURTIN voters at the different wards, who never had a residence in this city, but they swore them selves through, got their votes, and are now non est inventus ; and besides this, money and corrupt appliances of every kind were used without stint. If an election for Governor were to take place to-day, the Demo cratic candidate would carry Lan caster city by not less than 300 ma jority. The Rubicon Crossed. The die is cast, and the people of Pennsylvania have decided that they will sustain the National and State Administrations in all their acts.— We were honest in our belief that the election of Judge WOODWARD was absolutely necessary to the sal vation of the Union and the suprem acy of the Constitution and laws, and so believing we labored with all our might to assist in bringing about the desired result. But we were not without our misgivings during the progress of the cam paign. We well knew the corrupt ing influence of money; and the tremendous powers of the National Administration which were brought to bear against the Democracy at every step ; still we almost hoped against hope that, notwithstanding these obstacles, the great mass of the people were proof against all these things, and would assert their manhood and independence through the ballot-box. The result shows that our hope was futile, but we have the proud consciousness to cheer us that we did what we could to avert the calamity. And if the Union and the personal liberties of the citizen go down before the shrine of the false God of Abolitionism, the Democracy of our noble old Commonwealth may well say : " Shake not thy gory locks at me— Thou jian'st not say I did it." A Tremendous Vote. The whole vote of the State polled on Tuesday probably exceeds half a million, of which the Democrats have nearly or quite 250,000. In Lancas ter county the whole vote is about 21,000, or about one thousand of an excess over any previous poll. The Democratic vote is 7,650, by flu. the largest vote ever cast in the county for a Democratic candidate, except President BucnANAN who received hundreds of votes on personal grounds. All things considered, the De mocracy of Lancaster county made a noble fight, and did fully as well, if not better than any other county in the State—having increased their aggregate. vote about 1100 over the vote of last year. Had the Democ racy every where else did as well, Judge WOODWARD would now be the Governor elect by a large majority. The Latest War News. The Philadelphia Ledger of yes terday -says that Gen. Meade has fallen back to . the defences in front of ..- Wirshington, and that anoth- • rebel invasion of Maryland is apyre hended. The State Legislature. The next Legislature, judging from the returns received, will pro bably stand : Senate, Abolitionists, 17 ; Democrats, 16. House, Aboli tionists, 51 ; Democrats, 49. Aboli tion majority on joint ballot, 3. A Fraudulent Vote. It is believed at Harrisburg and Philadelphia, that the recent election is a fraud—not merely in false vot ing, but in manufactured returns, which it is said were held back till it would be known what it was necessary to make them. An inves tigation of the matter is contem plated, and the Democrats of the different townships, wards and bor oughs in the Commonwealth are re quested. to report any fraudulent voting which may have occurred in their respective districts. Will our _friencia_in Lancaster county attend to this , matter at an early day and report to the - Chairman of the Coun ty Col.J. W. Fisher. This gentleman, it seems, seeks . notoriety through the columns of the Express. That he is a brave war rior we never had a doubt,, and, therefore; if his object is "pistols and coffee for two," we beg leave most respectfully to decline the en counter: We were many years ago, it is true, somewhat in the military line, and served a campaign in the celebrated Buckshot War ; but since that time we have been a man of peace, and cannot look upon blood and carnage with any great degree of composure. For that reason we must decline the polite oiler of the redoubtable Colonel, and shall re main at home to watch just such Abolition orators as himself, who, instead of being with his Regiment, (where every man is needed at the present Mime,) has been stumping the county for CURTIN at the expense of the tax-payers of the Nation.— hether he draws half pay or full pay is not material. The law does not contemplate the employment of military officers at the expense of the country, to become itinerant stump orators for advancing the interests of any political party. But the gallant Colonel denies that his son was in any way con cerned in the outrage perpetrated at the Democratic meeting in Colum bia, on the Friday evening preceding the election. We are sure the Colo nel would not approve of such con duct, but our local editor made the charge upon what he. deemed to be reliable authority—the information of several respectable gentlemen of that Borough. If they were mista ken, and through that mistake ac cused the young man wrongfully, we regret the occurrence, as we would never be guilty of knowingly doing wrong to any human being, whether he be the son of a Colonel in the army or a private citizen.— This much by way of retraction.— But it is proper to say that since the appearance of the Colonel's card in the Express, we have received a let ter from Columbia, giving the names of two respectable citizens who were present at the meeting and witnessed the disreputable conduct of the young men concerned in the outrage. These gentlemen could hardly be mistaken in the guilty parties, and they are willing, if necessary, to make affidavit to the facts as they occurred. In conclusion, will Col. FISHER point out the " treasonable utter ances we made in our speech on that occasion? We are not con scious of anything of the kind; but, if we did, the law is open to him, and we are willing to waive our legal right in a case of slander, and permit him to prove his allegation against us. Until he does this, we pro nounce the charge false and un founded from beginning. to end—a base and malignant slander, without a particle of truth to rest upon. The Election is Over. We now trust, says the Patriot Union, that the political waters, which have been lashed into such violent turbulence, will quietly subside, and that a calm more conducive to reflec tion will follow. The Republicans have got their victory ; they will enjoy it with their accustomed en thusiasm, while the Democracy, now quiescent, will look forward to the future, when they will roll back de feat and obtain in its place a sub stantial and permanent triumph.— To our Democratic 'Mends we say, then, be up and doing ; while you submit to the will of the people, you can look forward with confidence to the sober second thought which will succeed the deliriousness of passion that has just spent its force, and upon its correct wisdom the fabric of Democratic ascendency will be built. The Democratic party is only ob scured by a temporary cloud, and will soon blaze out with refulgent lustre. You have polled a vote throughout the State that is enor mous—by far the largest you ever gave—and in that fact, and by your firm, .compact, and solid organiza tion, you have won the respect, if not the fear, of your opponents.— When more than half the legal voters of the State march in solid column to the ballot-box and deposit their votes for Woodward and Lowrie, it is high time that venal and unscru pulous men should cease their clamor about traitors and treason. If they keep it up after that demonstration, they will simply expose themselves to contempt ana derision. The New Conscription. The President has made a call for 300,000 more troops for three years —volunteers to be accepted until the first of January next, and the bal ance then found wanting to be draf ted. This will show the people how much reliance is to be placed on Re publican promises. Before the elec tion the Republican papers and ora tors assured the people that no draft would be necessary unless the Dem ocratic party was successful. Mr. STEVENS, in his stump speeches, in timated that if: his party was trium phant, arms enough would be put into the willing hands of the negroes to speedily crush out the rebellion, and that no more white men would be needed ; and yet the election re turns, which announce a great Abo lition triumph, are hardly footed up until a proclamation is issued calling for 300,000 more ! So we go ! Well Done, Lancaster County! Several of the districts in the county did remarkably well for WOODWARD at the recent election— amongst others we may mention Brecknock, Ephrata, Clay; Eliza beth, Manheim, West Hempfield, Colerain, Little Britain, Bart, Eden and Pequea townships, and Marietta Borough. Indeed our Mends every where did well, as the large Demo cratic vote shows, and Lancaster county more than exceeds the most sanguine expectations of our friends previous to the election. lOWA. Bath candidates for Governor in lowa, were War candidates and in favor of suppressing the Rebellion by force. STONE, the Republi. cen, appears to be - elected over Gen. TUTTLE, War Demoorat, by 15,000 or 20,000. OHIO. The latest news from Ohio ehows that VAL. LANDIQUAK is defeated by fifty thousand! LOYALTY THEN AND NOW. The friends of the Administration brand every man as a traitor who contends that the Constitution is amply sufficient to suppress the rebellion and re-assert the majesty of the law—that the military should be made sub servient to the civil power—that the accused has a right to a speedy and impartial trial by by his peers—that the people should be secure in their persons and property—that no one shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law—that no law shall be made abridging freedom of speech or of the press. Such language as this is deemed trai torous by the Shoddy patriots of the day ; and yet strange to say, we can find it almost word for word in the platform of the Aboli tionists who nominated Fremont, in Philadel phia, in 1856. This platform was adopted by the very men who are to-day denouncing the Democracy as "traitors" and "Copperheads!' It seems that what was the highest type of •'loyalty" then, is "disloyalty" now. Here is the resolution ; " Resolved, That while the Constitution of the United States was ordained and establish ed by the people, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure do mestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and secure the blessings of liberty, and contains ample provisions for the protec tion of the life, liberty and property of every citizen, the dearest constitutional rights of the people of Kansas have been fraudulently and violently taken from them—their territory has been invaded by an armed force—spuri ous and pretended legislative, judioial and executive officers have been set over them, by whose usurped authority, sustained by the military power of the government, tyrannical and unconstitutional laws have been enacted and enforced—the rights of the people to keep and bear arms have been infringed—test oaths of an extraordinary and entangling na ture have been imposed as a condition of the right of suffrage or holding office—THE RIGHT OF AN ACCUSED PERSON TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL BY AN IMPARTIAL JURY HAS BEEN DENIED —THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO BE SECURE IN THEIR PERSONS, HOMES, PAPERS, AND EFFECTS AGAINST UN REASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZ URES HAS BEEN VIOLATED—THEY HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIB ERTY AND PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW—THAT TIIE FREE DOM OF SPEECH AND OF THE PRESS HAS BEEN ABRIDGED—THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES HAS BEEN MADE OF NO EFFECT— MURDERS. ROBBERIES AND ARSONS lIAVE BEEN INSTIGATED AND EN COURAGED AND THE OFFENDERS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO GO UNPUN ISHED—THAT ALL THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE WITH THE KNOW LEDGE. SANCTION AND PROCURE MENT OF THE PRESENT ADMINISTRA TION; AND THAT FOR , THIS HIGH CRIME AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION, THE UNION AND HUMANITY, WE AR RAIGN THE ADMINISTRATION, THE PRESIDENT, HIS ADVISERS, AGENTS, SUPPORTERS, APOLOGISTS AND AC CESSORIES, EITHER BEFORE OR AF TER THE FACTS, BEFORE THIS COON TRY AND BEFORE THE WORLD; AND THAT IT IS OUR FIXED PURPOSE TO BRING THE PERPETRATORS OF THESE ATROCIOUS OUTRAGES AND THEIR ACCOMPLICES TO A SURE AND CON DIGN PUNISHMENT HEREAFTER." OFFICIAL RESULT Below we give the official majorities at the recent election, so far as received. They in dicate a majority of from 10 to 15,000 for CURTIN : WOODWARD. CURTIN Philadelphia 7,081 Lancaster 5,691 Berke 6,632 Montgomery 1,251 Schuylkill 2,041 Northampton 2,893 Cumberland 641 Fulton 261 Carbon 577 Lehigh 1,830 Delaware 1,673 M:fflin 83 Lycoming 451 York 2,559 Adams 228 Dauphin 1,190 Montour 355 Centre 344 Blair 897 Chester 2,490 Allegheny 7,655 Lucerne 2,786 Wayne 941 Bradford 3,768 Westmoreland 1,087 Truth Well Spoken. Speaking of the result of the re cent election in this State, the Pa triot j. Union says :—" We believe that if the power of the Government was in the hands of the conservative men of the North, the Union men of the South would be encouraged to join hands with them to put down the heresy of secession, and restore the Union ; but we do not believe it ever will be restored until that event takes place. Hence we say again, we deeply regret the defeat of the Democracy on Tuesday last. We do not despair, however, of ultimate results. We only regret the time lost. We know that a healthy reac tion of the public mind must come sooner or later. We know that an avenging Nemesis always overtakes the wrong doers, and we feel assured that one year from to-day, we shall have the pleasure of announcing the triumphant election of a Democratic President, and in a few months there after rejoice in the blessings of a re stored Union." • jw- A majority of the people of Pennsylvania have decided that war, bloodshed, desolation and taxation shall go on, and we bow to the de cision. Upon the dominant party be the responsibility—not upon us. If the Union is to be permanently disrupted through the policy of the Administration, the Democratic par ty wash their hands in innocency of all blame in the matter. If the coun try is to be irretrievably ruined the fault is not with them. They tried hard to avert the threatened calami ty, but their efforts were unavailing, and they now say to their political opponents—go on, gentlemen, in your own way and restore the Union after your own fashion ; the De mocracy will interpose no obstacles to your progress in the work. If it results favorably we shall reap the benefits in common with you—if otherwise, we shall all suffer alike. We hope for the best, but fear the worst for our beloved country. IMPORTANT ARREST OF RAILROAD CONDUC TORS—ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT OF LARGE Sons tpF MONEY.—Quite a sensation was created in this city, yesterday, by the arrest of several of the conductors on the Lebanon Valley and the Reading and Philadelphia railroads, charged with having, at several periods, while running their trains, embezzled large sums of money. Other arrests were made at different points on the road - , including baggage masters and conductors, who are all implicated in the same charge. It appears that the company have had in their employ a number of deteo• tires, who have been traveling on the different trains, in cog, noting the _number of passen gers who were in the cars, the distance which they traveled, Lo., and on the returns made by these detective officers, when they were compared with the returns made by the con ductors themselves, the evidence of embezzle. meat is derived,, and the arrests in question have been made.—Harrisburg Telegraph. GEN. NeCLELLAN FOR WOODWARD. An Abolition Slander Refuted. ORANG6, N J., Oct. 12, 1863. 2b Hon. Chas. J. Biddle, Chairman, Demo cralic State Central Committee: Dmatt SIR : My attention has been called to ' an article in the Philadelphia Press, asserting that I had written to the managers of the Democratic meeting at Allentown, disapprov ing the objects of the meeting, and if I voted or spoke it would be in favor of Gov. CURTIN, and I am informed that similar assertions have been made throughout the State. It has been my sonest endeavor, heretofi re, to avoid any participation in party politics. I bad determined to adhere to this course, but it is obvious that I cannot longer remain in silence under such misapprehensions. I therefore request you to deny that I have written any such letter or maintained any such views as those attributed to me in the Philadelphia Press. I desire to state that having some days ago had a full conversation with Judge WOOD WARD, I find that oar views agree. I regard his election as Governor of Pennsylvania as called for by the interests of the nation. I understand Judge WOODWARD to be in favor of the prosecution of the war with all the means at the command of the loyal States, until the military power of the rebellion is destroyed. I understand him to be of the opinion that while the war is carried on with all possible decision and energy that the policy directing it should be in accordance with the principles of humanity and the Christian world, not injuring private rights and proper ty, not demanded by military necessity, and recommended by military law oolong civilised nations. And, finally, I understand him to agree with me in the opinion that the sole great objects of this war are the restoration of the unity of the nation, the preservation of the constitution, and the supremacy of the laws of the country. Believing that our opinions entirely agree upon these points, I would, were it in my power, give to Judge WOODWARD my voice and vote. I am, very respectfully, yours, Gee. B. MCCLELLAN. THE EXTREME DERTRIICTIVES EM BRACE EACH OTHER. The Mobile (Ala) Register, in the course of an article on the position of parties and temper of the people of the North, holds the following language : par The Democratic party is not in power now, and we may thank God for it. -55 its The North is not less set on a purpose of final separation than we are. Sibr The Republican party are not fighting to restore this Union any more than the old Romans fought to establish the independence of the countries they invaded.-503p The Republicans are fighting for conquest and dominion, and we for liberty and Independence. There is only one party in the North who want this Unionol restored, but they have no more power—legis lative, executive or judicial—than the paper we write on. As long as the Republicans hold power they will think of conquest and dominion only, and we, on the other hand, will come up in solid column for freedom and independence, which we will be certain to achieve, with such assistance as we may now confidently expect, before the Democrats of the North get in power again, and come whispering in our ears, " Union, reconstruction, constitution, conces sion and guarantees." Away with all such stuff! We want separation. Give us rather men like Thaddeus Stevens and Chas. Sum ner. They curse the old Union and despise it, and so do we. And we new promise these gentlemen that, as they hate the Union and the " accursed Constitution," let them keep down Vallandigham and his party in the North ; then they shall never be troubled by us with such whining about the Constitution and the Union as they are sending up. These are the feelings and this the spirit with which the rebel leaders at the South watch the coming contests between Radical ism and Conservatism—between Abolitionism and Unionism—in the great States of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. AN ARMY OF OCCUPATION Washington has been occupied since early in 1861 by a large force from Pennsylvania, unarmed but irresistible, who wont thither to sap, mine, and carry the treasury of the United States. Gen. Cameron, who was that year in charge of the War Department, put no serious obstacles in the way of this persis tent and strong attack. Two or three As sistant Secretaries of War, &c., fzorn the stank State,,executed divers flank movements and heavy' diversions to the same end. Broken down horses, shoddy,and all that sort of thing, have been freely used in the attack. The be siegers did not stop to construct parallels, but provided themselves with the proper contracts . in lieu of sap rollers, and went straight at the work. Pennsylvania yet has a great show in the War Department, and able supporters near the treasury. To show the numbers of this force, it is but necessary to quote a recent statement in the newspaper which is called the " organ of the War Department," con. ducted by a Pennsylvanian. The statement " FOR CURTIN.—The friends of Curtin and the Union who have left this city and vicinity during the past week or two for the purpose of voting the Republican ticket number over nine thousand, exclusive of the soldiers." Notwithstanding this heavy reinforcement " fur CURTIN," the forces yet remaining in the city are held ample to invest the treasury with positive results, and on the return of the nine thousand, fierce and hungry, it is ex pected that the attack will go on with re newed vigor. sidi The late disastrous battles in Northern Georgia were the result of dictation from Washington. Gon. ROSECRANS was ordered to advance into Georgia, in the face of a superiot force, and the consequence was defeat, dis aster and retreat. The correspondent of the N. Y. Herald, describing the signs and inci dents at headquarters the night before the first battle, says: I shall never believe that Rosecrans cr Thomas entered into the first battle of the Chickamauga with that degree of confidence which should have been felt by them. There appeared to be something over which Rosecrans had no control, urging him to battle, and the knowledge of it made Thomas, who blanches at nothing, look black. That invisible some thing took shape that morning, and more than one looked upon Dana, of the War Depart ment, as a bird of evil omen, who had brought with him ill-timed orders from men at Wash ington, who knew nothing of the situation.— There were some of those who looked on who knew that, on the. ith of September, after having suggested to Geo. Rosecrans that he ought to form a junction with Burnside, Gen. Ilalleck had declined to "assume the responsi bility" of ordering Burnside to join Rosecrans, but who on the 10th did not hesitate, against the advice of Gen. Rosecrans, who proposed concentrating at Chattanooga, to order him forward to pursue and destroy Bragg. CORRUPTION EVERYWIIERE.--The late cam paign of Gen. Pope against the Indians in Minnesota, seems to have been much like his other military operations. The St. Paul Pio neer represents that no harm was done to the Indians, and that they believe they were vic torious—a belief which is very reasonable in view of the fact that our forces hastily re treated, after two or three skirmishes. But in other respects the expedition was quite suc cessful. The plunder obtained by means of. it—from Uncle Sam—was enormous. The Pioneer says : What then has the expedition accomplished? It has been the means of making a few men rich. From the first to the last it has been a marvel of corruption—of open, indecent favor itism and plunder. There are men who two years ago were bankrupts, and as much the glad recipients of charity, who to-day are proud and arrogant from their possession of their ill-gotten gains. There are springing up around our city splendid palaces, which are pointed at by the common crowd as monu ments of public plunder. How it has fared with Major General John Pope in the general we have no means of knowing. He has borne through life a disreputable character, and it is hardly to be credited that; with dishonesty tainting every branch of-the service in his de partment, helme not shared its: fruits. . . LOCAL DEPAB THE VOTE OF THE UITY.—IdeIOW found the official vote of the city at the eleclio day last. Abolitionists in roman- Democrats Independent In smut cars. The table will ba 'future reference: Governor. Andrew G. Curtin George 'ff! Woodward...._ Judge of Supreme Court. Daniel Waller H. Lowrie Senators. Benjamin Ohampneys J. M. Dunlap Henry Shaffner Eduard McGovern Assembly. E K. Smith &alas Billingefelt..... Nathaniel Meyer H. B. Bowman.. ...... , H. IV Cora iimanuel P. Seller.... Joseph S. Keencr......-. loans C. Wearier... ..... Sheriff F. Smith Henry A. Hambright. Gaussian 5urat....... • Prothonotary. J Seidomrhige John /shienum....-.... Register. Haden Fran kll John H. Duchman Recorder. S. Leaman P. Marlin Heider Clerk of Qnsrter Soesious J. H. Zeller William Gibson Clerk of Orphans' Court. John C. Baldwin J. Biller Raub County Treasurer. Samuel Hew:...._ Tames Bones County Commlseloner. • T. C. Collins Philip °Woodier Poor Directors. John K. Heed John W. Clark B. G. Sherman Isaac Zell Prison Inspectors. P. W. Housekeeper A. Renck Jacob E. Cross George G. Worst Coroner. A. Bizler I H. Hegeraer; Jr...._ Auditor. B 800 k........ At. S. Beuter A MAGNIFICENT MEETING -1 rdficent demonstration we have over em took place on the Monday evening prior It Is estimated that 1200 persons were 11 we never before saw the hall so perfectly arrival of the Democratic Central Club, called to order by lion. Isaac E. Elm motion Gen. GEORGE M. STEINMAN was SI The General, on coming forward on the with great cheering, and made a few : HENRY CLAY DEAN, of lowa, was ih, spoke for about half au hour in a home manner. Whilst he was speaking, a des by Mayor EANDESSON from lion. CHAR] taining in full the letter of Gen. MCC published in another column,) aunt port of Judge WEODW.kaIA The reading the enthusiasm of the audience to the I it was several minutes before order cou . . At the conclusion of the reading of she letter,> procession was formed, and, headed by KV lian's Drum Corps, marched over a long route. It was a tremendous affair, and was greeted with the greatest enthusiasm everywhere on the rants. Many houses were illuminated, and the whole scene was one not moon to be forgotten The procession returned to the ball abuut 10 o'ch.ek, when farther ad • dresses were made by Gen STEINMAN, SAMUEL IL RES MOLDS, Eeq., Mayor SANDERSON and CH MSS ISO ERS , LL, Esq ,of Philadelphia, The Glee Club also entertained the audience between the speeches with their humorous and patriotic songs. • BATA', ASSAULT.—Mr. HENRY SCHAUM, Street Commissioner of this city, was brutally beaten in front of the Exchange Hotel, East King street, on Wed nesday evening last. He was so badly Injured that he lay in a critical condition for two or three days at his residence in Manor street. Complaint was entered at the Mayor's Office against Jacob Simpson, Michael Flynn and John nitlow no the partiot who committed the assault, and they were each held In $2OO to answer at Court. Later In the evening a large crowd assembled in front of the hotel fur the purpose of seeking revenge for the brutal treatment of Mr. Seasons, but Mayor BANDKRSON shortly afterwards appeared, and appealed to the crowd to disperse, which moot of them did, and no disturbance took place. OFFICIAL VOTE OF THZ COUNTY.—We pub lieh to-day the official count of the full vote of Lancaster county. The wholo vote polled for Governor was 20,991. and for Supreme Judge 21,04 which is the highest. The majorities are as follows: For Andrew G. Curtin 6.891 For Daniel Agnew 5.686 For Benjamin Champneys 6,664 . Yeti.). M. Dunlap 6,663 For Assembl v (average) 5,676 Fer Frederick Smith, over Flambright 5 199 " over all 5.031 For John Se'domridge 5 - 6 - . - .: - . • For Emlen Frankllo 5.608 For Samuel f, Leaman 5,608 For John It Zellar 5 617 ' For John C. Baldwin 5,843 For Samna! Hess 5 570 For Thomas C. o.lllns ...... .... 5.621 For Directors of Poor (average) ' 5 822 For Prison Inspect Ors (average) 5 804 For Absalom Bixler 5.599 For Samuel Book 5 625 Aierage of State ticket 5,676 Average of County ticket 5 564 Average of whole ticket 5,620 MANHEIM.—A few days ago, says the editor of the Moravian, we had occasion to visit Manbeim; not the veritable city on the Rhine, with its immense red sands' ems ralaen, once the ti 41. t, or an-, i , yn 6,r Palatine Charles PLP.ip, but the sturdy, Independent little borough of Lancaster county. The afternoon was beautiful. From wood and thicket and creepers covering the farm. house's gable flashed crim son and gold, and all the tints of autumn's regal garment. Slowly ascending a lofty hill, we came to a point whence we could loc,k far over the landscape. To the right lay the Furnace Mountains, flooded in roseate light, a rich valley extended from their base, and at the end of It which was nearest to us stood Manheim. It is one of the many places of interest with which Lan. reeler county abounds. The majority of American towns have only an ordinary early history. Manheim's ancient records, on the contrary, are extraordinary. Shoot the year 1760. an eccentric character, a German nobleman, Baron William Henry Ste'gel, purchased a tract of two hundred acres of land, and founded n town which he called Alenhelm, after his native city on the Rhine. The fleet house was what be Intended to ho n•. astle' for himself Its exterior presented nothing very remark able, but the'interior was arranged after a fashion peculi ar-1y Its own In a - me respects, and In others in imitation of rid baronial residences of Germany. The Walls of the principal rooms were encored wish painted tapestry, rep resenting a party hunting with falcons; curiously figured tiles of porcelain ornamented the fire places; in the second story W. a large saloon having a pulpit at one end, where Steigel himself was accustomed to preach; and still other fixtures gave evidence of the odd notions of the proprietor He had en interest in the Elizabeth Iron Works, and whenever he returned thence to his seat at Manhelm, he was received—so says tradition—with a salute of cannons and instrumental music. In order to attract settlers to the Incipient town he erected 01. es Works, where the manufacture of glass wee successfully ranted on for a number of peers, and gave employment to many persons. These laborers constituted his congregation when he preached in his saloon. The Glass Works have disappeared, bet PteigePs house is still standing and the walls of one of the apartments are still covered with the tapestry. A number of the porcelain tiles are also to be seen. This structure, In spite of Its modern improvements, is well worthy of a visit. Wo suppose there is hardly, in the whole United Stares, another room like its tapestried parlor. Immedi ately opposite to the house is a large neon square. sur rounded on all sides by buildings. It is an unmistakable evidence of the early German origin of the borough. Just Buds squares, although they are pared and have a huge "Urunnen" (well) In the centre, are invariably found in the small towns of Germany. manheim has several churches, and now is a etaeion on the Columbia and Reading Railroad. What with the bus iness which this improvement la creating, and its stores and shops, and et pecially its very rosperteble printing and publication flies, which we had the rletoure to visit, where a weekly newspaper, called the Alan/trim Sentinel, is edited by J. lit Fm-minger, Eeq., deserves to be called a thriving and enterprising place. That it le a pleasant one to spend an afternoon at, we can testify. JACOB E. GRETBILL, Esq., held a sale on hie farm, near Marietta. on Thursday last, at which he sold borne of the very Feet breeds of blooded cattle. The large attendance and spirited bidding attested the fact that the farmers of Lancaster county appreciate good blood. The prices of the Cows ranged from $4O to $lOO per head. The Bolls brought from $5O to $l3l per head. Our friend John I'. Stamen bought the splemird Bull, ' 2d Liberator," for $105; his equal is, perhaps, .not to be found in the county ;also, a splendid Heifer, 'Garland," for $7O. The young 801 l "Gladiator" sold for $126 to John Horner. G. W. alehaffey bought the Bull "Brigadier" for SEO, and Cow 'lsabella" fur $7O. A good feature of the sale was the absence of all under. bidding; 27 head wore offered and every one sold, reallz. log In the aggregate from $1,500 to $2,000. An elegant repast was served at 000 o'clock, able at Mr o'clock, with a cordial invitation to all present to dip freely Into eatables and drinks —Saturday's Columbia Spy. DISTRESSING AND SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Monday evening week WILLIatI 11. PSAILSOL, only son of John H. Pearsol, Esq.; of the Express, met with a serious accident In Camp Couch, Philadelphia. William is a member of Nevin's Lancaster Battery, and It seems that he and Corporal Gem ge Rigg were.playiog with each other, wt en Rigg, In 'lon," drew his pistol, which young Pearl.' seized, and in the act of doing so the weapon was dis charged, the ball penetrating the bowels and lodging in tho region of the back The wound is a Tory dangerous 0n ,, , but the Surgeon has hopes that he may recover. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday week a lit— tle toy, three years of age, snn-of Mr. CHRISTIAN SINN, who resides near Highville, In Manor township, accidentally fell late a well 43 feet deep, striking on Me head, fractur. Mg hie skull, causicg Instant nsath The wall was In en unfinished condition, dry at the bnttom, and covered by loose boat de, and It Is supposed that the child, who bad bean ant of eight but a very short time. undertook to peep Into it and scaldentelly fell In. His liftless body was Form afterwards recovered, and an inquest held over the same by A. li. Witmer, Justice of the Peace, and a verdict rem dared accordingly. SOICIDE.—A young man named JOHN Lswort, 22 years of age, son of Mr. Tune Lemon, residing shout a mile routh of the Mortis Forge, in Hartle town. chip, committed suicide by hanging himself in his (ether's stable on the evening of the Bth inst. Falling health is the cause assigned for the mall act. LITERARY.—Godey's Lady's Book for Octo ber le a model number. Its engravings are beautifal, its fashion and pattern plates numerous and invaluable to the ladies; and Its reading matter unusually good. Oodey may he truly field to Improve with every number. Now is the time to begin to make up clubs for 1864. Peterson's Magazine for October is at hand. The engra, ing entitled " Children playing at Horses" is very pretty, the fashion plates are the very latest, and the reading matter is excellent. Peterson gives his subscribers a superior Magazine for only $2 a year. LIONEOPATHIC.—The Homeopathic medical society of Cheater, Delaware, and Lancaster counties, bold their annual meeting In West Chester on Tuesday last,. The nfacers elected for the emitting year were President, Dr. W. D. Fnhnestock, Marietta; Vies President, Dr. D. B. Hind man Cochrenvllle ; Secretary, Dr. J. E. Jones, Wear Cher,. tar; Treasurer, Dr. It. C. Smedley, West Chester. DON'T COUGH AND CRY 80, CHILDREN.-- ,Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers will relieve you in ten minutes after use, cure your sore throat and holirseness, give tone and compass to your voice,'and 'leave you in perfect singing 'order. Procure a box without delay" put a handful in your pocket, and then bid farewell to coughs, colds, &o. For sale at•Haufman & 00. 25 - f oentart box, , . RUSSIAN ATROC7ITIRIi IN POLAND. One Lieutenant Sigismund, late of the United States army, who fought with the in surgents, narrates, in a letter to the London Times, some of the terrible cruelties practised by the Russians. Oa one of his journeys the Cossacks searched the carriage, and frequent ly slapped ladies in the face. An insurgent camp was surprised at dinner: will be n on Twa in italics : useful for Those who were mounted made an attempt to cut their way through, and about eighty succeeded in doing so. I received a blow from a Cossack, and was thrown off my horse, but was taken up by some of my companions, who made for the woods. In falling from my horse my left leg was hurt, but not dangerously.— From the wood we sent out a small detach ment to learn the result of the engagement, and was informed that the Russians had left. We then rode back to the place where we had left mcre than eighty of our companions en gaged ; but, good God ! who can describe the horrible scene that met our sight? '-There lay seventy-three mutilated bodies, stripped perfectly naked, some of their heads almost severed from their bodies, others with their limb's cut off all evidently having met with death in his most terrible form. One7poor fellow, a youth of about seventeen, had his throat cut, and his tongue torn out and hang. ing down from his mouth. 1458 1406 1463 1452 1517 1524 1518 1522 About twelve of them were not yet quite dead. From them we learned that seeing they were' surrounded by such overwhelming numbers, and that all possibility of escape was cut off, they had fired off their pieces and then inquired of the Russian commandant, Gen. Pomemnzoff, whether, if they had laid down their arms and f urr end er ed, they would be treated as prisoners of war. They were answered in the affirmative, and accordingly, they grounded their arms ; but the moment they had done so and their arms were no longer in their reach, Pomeranzoff ordered them all to be cut down to a man. A dread ful massacre ensued: they were first shot down by the infantry and then backed to pieces by tie sabres and lances of the Cos sacks. Both of the insurgent leaders, one of whom was a Russ;an by birth, and had previously been an officer in the Russian service, and the other a native of Posen, named Unruth, an excellent and heroic officer, were killed.— After having stripped the dead of everything, these demons in human shape, returned to Wielun, where they made a triumphant entry, carrying one of their wounded, which they said was all they had lost. We subsequently found, however, thirty five of their dead con cealed in the corn, which was then very high. As for their commandant, who had taken the lead in all these atrocities, he was promoted immediately afterward to a generalship fer his bravery ! the moat a ,en in Fulton r to the electil In attendance . y jammed. 01 the meeting ESTEE, upon o selected to pr, a stage, was gr, happy remar len Introduced iorous and clog snatch was re., LES J. BIDDLE, CIELLSEP, hi ,ouncing his ; of the letter r highest pitch, 14 be restored LATE FROM EUROPE ST. JOHN'S, N. P., Oat. 13.—The steamer Africa. from Liverpool on the 3d, struck near Cape Race at 10 o'clock on Monday night, but arrived here safely " 2 this after noon. The vessel is badly damaged. She brings adviees to the 3d instant. The Rebel loan had advanced 1k per cent. under the influence of the news from Tennes see. The Daily News says that Bragg's victory over Rosecrans is a striking demonstration of the wisdom of the new military policy of the Rebels in combining their forces to arrest the advance of the Federals. The honors of the battle belong to Bragg, but he must do more than he has hitherto done if the Confederate cause is to gain any solid advantage from his sword. The Paris Siecle argues that if Mr. Stephens visits Paris with the expectation of procuring the recognition of the South, he will return disappointed. The time for that has passed off, if it ever existed. The South, by arming the negroes, shows that its resistance is ex hausted. Prince Maximilian answered the Mexican deputation that he would be ready to accept the throne on the free spontaneous expression of the population, and a guarantee for the integrity and independence of the country. The Paris Bourse closed heavy ; Routes 69f. 750. The news received by the Scotia of the de feat of General Roseorans created considerable sensation and caused a rise of five per cent. on the Hebei loan, hut the advance was not fully sustained, and the loan closed at about 25 per cent. discount. The Times thinks that General Roseorans was defeated by superior strategy rather than mere fichting. and says that it is evident that the Federal troops conte+ted the field obsti— nately, and rallied when broken and formed again and renewed the engagement repeat edly. They seem to have done all that bravery and determination could effect, but the greater skill of the Confederate Generals in combining their force which made the attack ensured their victory. The Herald looks on it as the most decisive battle fought in the Western States. The Morning Post points to the continuance of the peculiarity of this great war that neither of the belligerents should be permitted for any protracted period to follow the path of victory. The Army and Navy Gazette attempts to show the dangerous position of Rosecrams, but suggests that the Federal prospects may be brighter than the depatches make out. WORK ON THE WASHINGTON DEFENCES One thousand men from the Convalescent camp were detailed to-day to work on the fortifications south of: the Potomac. THE OBSTRUCTIONS IN CHARLESTON HARBOR From what can be ascertained of the real state of affairs at Charleston -the rebels have effectually :closed the channel to the city to our fleet, • reserving a passage, however, to their own craft, after the manner of a canal, with a safety look against the enemy. The obstructions may he of such a nature as not to be removed by any appliances of our own, or of too formidable a nature to justify a haz ardous attempt by our iron clads to penetrate further into the harbor and within range of the rebel guns. Under these circumstances the best engineering and strategetic skill be comes necessary on the part of the respective commanders of the land and water _forces to make a throughly successful demonstration upon Charleston. Such a result is not consid ered doubtful, but time is necessarily re— quired for the consummation of their plans. GENERAL AUGUR IN COMMAND AT WASHINGTON. Yesterday Major General Augur assumed command of the Department of Washington. It is reported that this change is only a tem porary one, caused by the illness of General Heintzelman, and that the latter will resume command as soon as his health will permit. Hie staff remain in the performance of their duties at headquarters. GEN. SCOTT ON THE GENERALS.—Agate, of the Cincinnati Gazette, in a recent letter from Washington, writes : Gen. Scott was encountered the other day by a leading Washington official, with whom the old veteran fell into a very unreserved talk about generals. It will not surprise any one to know that he pronounces Leo the greatest general of the war, thus far. Gen. Grant's operations he spoke of as displaying more military skill than any other general had exhibited on our side ; and he was more surprised and mystified at it, as he could only remember him in the Mexican war as a young lieutenant of undoubted courage, but giving no promise whatever of anything beyond ordinary abilities. If he had remembered that Gen. Tecumseh Sherman was Gen. Grant's right hand man, his myeti fication might have been diminished. Nam ,. BEDFORD WHALERS. —The New Bed ford (Mass.) Mercury says: " The profitable voyages lately closed by vessels from this port, and the good news from the Hudson's bay and North Pacific whaling grounds, coupled with the high prices of oil and bone, have infused new spirit into 63 leading busi ness of the city, and quite a number of vessels are now fitting out for the northern fishery, and others will doubtless be fitted out during the winter. to proceed t) Hudson's bay in the spring. Some of our wharves are already busding with uotivity, and we hope that all will 'assume the busy appearance of former years." THE BECKHAM Muansa.-Three negroee con cerned in the murder of the Beokhare family, were hung at Columbus, Mies., on the Bth inst. Detachments of the Sixteenth and Fourteenth Regiments 'colored troops witnessed the exe cution. Three others indirectly connected with the murder were sentenced to imprison ment for live years, and one for one year.— Three were vent to Nashville ander guard to day. . FROM WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Oa. 15 A WARNING AGAINST INFIDELITY IN THE CHURCH. Pastoral Letter of the Right Rev. Bishop Hopkins, Bishop of the Diocese of Ver. moat, Presiding Bishop of the Protes tant Zpiscopal Church In the United 'States. To the Right Rev. Alms° Potter, of the Dio cese of Pennsylvania, and the & ceding Clergy of Philadelphia : I have seen, with great amazement, a protest against my letter on the " Bible View of Slavery," signed by you and a long list of your clergy, in which you condemn it as "unworthy of any servant of Jesus Chr4l4" as "an effort to sustain, on Bible Principles, the States in rebellion against the Gov ernment in the wicked attempt to establish, by force of arms, a tyrauny in the name of a Republic, whose corner-stone sail be the perpetual bondage of the African," and as such you say, that it challenges your "indignantireprobation." Now, my Right Reverend Brother, I am sorry to be obliged to charge you, not only with a grow in sult against your senior, but the more serious offenoe of a false accusation. My letter was first published in January, 1861, more than three months before the war began,-at a time when no one ooald antioi pate the form of Government, which the Southern States should adopt, or tle coarse which Congress might take in reference to their secenlon. - And when I consented,to its_publication, I did not sap pose that it in the eervioe of' any po litical party, although I had no right to oomplaU, if it were so used, because the letter, once published, became public. property. But in its present form there is nothing whatever - in it which bears on the question of "rebellion," or of the "perpetual bon dage of the African," or of "tyranny under the name of a Republic," of which slavery should be the "corner-stone." On the contrary, I referred, on the last page, to my lecture published in Buffalo in 1850, and to my book called "The American Citizen," published in New York in 1857, where "I 'set forth the same views on the subject of slavery, adding, however, a plan for its gradual abolition, whenever the South should oonsent, and the whole strength of the Government could aid in its acoom plishment.'r "Sooner or later," 1 added, " I be lieve that some measure of that character must be adopted. But it belongs to the slave States them selves to take the lead in such a movement. And meanwhile their legal rights and their natural feel ings must be respected, if we would hope for unity and peace." With these facts before your eyes, I am totally at a loss to imagine how even the extravagance of par ty seal could frame against me so bitter a denunci ation. The whole object of my letter was to prove, from the Bible, that in the relation of master and slave there was necessarily no sin whatever. The sin, if there were any, lay in the treatment of the slave, and not in the relation itself. Of course, it was liable to abuse, as all human relations must be. But while it was certain that thousands of our Chris tian brethren who held slaves were treating them with kindness and jastioe, according to the Apostle's rule, and earnestly laboring to improve the comforts and ameliorate the hardships of the institution, I. held it to be a cruel and absurd charge to accuse them as sinners against the Divine Law, when they were only doing what the Word of God allowed, un der the Constitution and established code of their country. I do not know whether your band of indignant reprobationiets ever saw my book, published in 1857, but you read it, because I sent you a copy, and I have your letter of acknowledgment, in whloh, while you dissented from some of my conclusions, you did it with the courtesy of a Christian gentle man. In that letter there is nothing said about my opinions being " unworthy of any servant of Jesus Christ," and nothing of "indignant reprobation." But tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in Wis. Yes! the times are indeed sadly changed, and you have changed accordingly. For many years you have met in brotherly council with these South ern slaveholders. You invited them to the hospi talities.of your house, and paid them especial defer once. The new light of Eastern Abolitionism had not yet risen within our Church, and if you then thought as you now think, you took excellent care that no man amongst your Southern friends should know it. Moreover, your favorite Theoiogioal Sem inary, only three years ago, was the Virginia school at Alexandria, raised to great prosperity by Bishop Meade—a slaveholder—and I am- very sure that nothing at variance with my Bible view of slavery was ever taught in that institution. Yes! we may well say of you, as of many others, quantum mu tatus ab ii/o ! How changed is the Bishop of Penn sylvania in three years from his former course of conservatism, peace and Scriptural consistency ! But the Word of God has not changed; the doc trine of the Apostles has not changed; the Consti tution of our country has not changed; the groat standards of religious truth and real civic loyalty remain just as they were ; and I remain along with them, notwithstanding this bitter and nutria assault from you and your clergy. Ido not intend to imi tate your late style of vituperation, for I trust that I have learned, even when I am reviled, not to re vile again. I respect the good opinion of your clergy, and am not aware that I have done anything to forfeit it. I respect your office, your talents, your personal character, and the wisdom and success with which, for many years, your Episcopate has been conducted. But I do not respect your departure from the old and well settled rule of the Church, and from the Apostolic law of Christian fairness and courtesy. Ido not believe in the modern discovery of those Eastern philanthropists who deny the Di vinity of our Redeemer, and attach no importance to the Bible except as it may suit themselves. Ido not believe that the venerated founders of our Amer ican Church were ignorant of the Scriptures and blind to the principles of Gospel morality. I do not believe that Washington and 'his compatriots, who framed our Constitution with such express pro visions for the rights of slaveholders, were tyrants and despots, sinners against the law of God and the feelings of humanity. But 1. do believe in the teachings of the inspired Apostles, and in the Holy Catholic (or universal) Church which you and your clergy also profess to believe. I know that the doc trine of that Church was clear and unanimous on the lawfulness of slavery for eighteen centuries to gether; and on that point I regard your "protest" and "indignant reprobation" as the idle wind that passes by. I wish you therefore to be advertised that I shall publish, within a few months, if a gracious Provi dence shall spare my life and faculties, a full dem onstration of the truth " wherein I etand." And I shall prove in that book, by the most unquestionable authorities, that slaves and elaveholdere were In the Church from the beginning; that slavery was held to be consistent with Christian principle by the Fathers and Councils, and by all Protestant divines and commentators, up to the very close of the last century, and that this fast was universal among all Churches and sects throughout the Christian world. I shall contend that our Church, which maintains the primitive rule of catholic consent and abjures all novelties, is bound, by her very Constitution, to hold fast that only safe and enduring rule, or aban don her Apostolic claims, and descend to the level of those who are "driven about by every wind of doctrine." And I shall print your "indignant re probation," with its list of names, in the preface to my book, so that if I cannot give you fame, I may, at least, do my part to give you notoriety. That the nineteenth century is a century of vast improvement and wonderful discovery in the arts and soienees I grant as willingly as any man. But in religious truth or reverence for the Bible, the age in which we live is prolific in daring and impious innovation. We have seen professedly Christian communities divided and subdivided on every side. We have seen the rise and spread of Universalism, fdill °nem, Pantheism, Mormonism and Spiritualism. We have seen even our venerable Mother Church of England sorely agitated by the contagious fever of change, on the one hand towards superstition, and on the other toward infidel rationalism. And we have beard the increasing clamor against the Bible, sometimes from the devotees of geological specula tion, sometimes from the bold deniers of miracles and prophecy, and not least upon the list, from the loud-tongued apostles of anti-slavery. We have marked the orators which cry "Down with the Bible, if it maintains the lawfulness of slavery."— We have marveled at the senatorial eloquence which proclaimed that " it was high time to have an anti slavery God and an anti-slavery Bible." We have heard the Constitution of our country denounced as " a covenant with death and hell." We have heard the boastedidetermination that the Union shall never be restored until its provisions for the protection of slavery are utterly abolished. And what is the result of , all this philantropy. The fearful judgement of God has decended to chastise the multiplied acts of rebellion against His divine Government, and what the final catastrophe shall be is only known to Him who Beath the end from the beginning. After forty years spent in the ministry, more than thirty of which have been passed in the office of a Bishop, I can look back with humble thankfulness to the giver of all good for this, at least, that all my best labors have been directed to the preservation of the Church from the inroad' of doctrinal innovation. At my ordination I promised "so to minister the DOCTRINE and sacraments and discipline of Christ, as the Lord hath commanded, and as this Church. hath received the same" —and certain it is that " this Church " had not received the modern doctrine of ultra Abolitionism at that time, as I trust she never will receive it, because it is contrary to the Sacred Scriptures. .1 also promised " with all faith 'full diligence to banish and drive away from the Church all erroneous and strange doctrines con trary to God's Word," and 1 made those promises in the true sense which the venerable Bishop White, my Ordainer, attached to them—l believed then, as he believed, that our Southern brethren committed - no sin in having slaves, and that they were men of as much piety as any ministeyfrin our Communion. I believed, as he believed, that the plain precepts and practice of the Apostles sanctioned the institu tion, although, as a matter of expediency, the time might come when the South would prefer, as the North had done to employ free labor. Those prom ises I have kept faithfully,to this day—and if when I am drawing near to the - end of my career 1 am to be condemned and vilified by you and your clergy, because I still maintain them to the utmost of my slender ability, be assured, my Right Reverend Brother, that I shall regret the fact much more on your account than on my own. to say that I feel no only resentment t co m n e e n l t us f l o o r n , the e h gavroers o l n ynsulting style of your manifesto. The stability and unity of the Church of God are the only intecests which I desire to secure, and I am too old inperienoe to be much moved by the occasional excesses of human infirmity. JOHN H: ROPEINS, o Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont. BIIRLLNGTON, Vt., VOL 5, 1881 THE DECISION. FORNEY made a speech to the Philadelphians on the night of the election, in which he said : You have declared in favor of the entire policy of the federal administration. You have declared io favor of that much maligned and misrepresented draft. You have declared in favor of the splendid financial policy of Mr. Chase. You have declared in favor of the vigorous,_ honest, and intrepid manage ment of the War department by Mr. Stanton. You have declared that whether in the admin istration of the federal government or out of it, no man that belongs to the Republican party shall dare to set himself up against the federal government, or against the policy of thatEcrty. Whether that man be a ward politician or a cabinet officer, you beVe, by this great vote of to-day, declared that he who is not with =is against
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