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SOBATOHES IN HORSES.
BY GEO. 1.1. DADD Y V. 8
In olden times, grease or seratch
es, and cracked heels, were not only
very prevalent but very formidable
affections. Before veterinary sur
geons were employed in the British
army, many thousands of valuable
horses were condemned as useless
for active service, in consequence of
the prevalence of that loathsome af
fection known as inveterate grease;
hut now, in consequence of the pres
ence of veterinary surgeons and the
consequent improved system in man
agement in cr nip and stable, grease
is almost unknown. Host veterina
ry writers contend that grease almost
always arises from improper man
agement of the horse, yet I have
seen it occur in horses that were
well cared for and properly treated.
Ihe truth is, some horses are pre
disposed to affections of the skin of
the heels and the sebaceous gland of
the same ; and although cleanliness
and good management may stave
off an attack for a long while, yet.
when the system abounds in morbific
matter the same is very apt to grav
itate towards the heels—they being
most remote from the centre of cir
culation—inducing inflamation of the
skin of the heels, distention of the
sebaceous glands, and a stinking and
unhealthy deposit on the surface,
and a purulent discharge through
ulcerated -cracks; this constitutes
grease.
It is contended by Mr. Blain and
others that. "grease has local weak
ness for a cause. As fluids press,
not in proportion to their diameter,
but to the height of their column,
the venous blood must find some dif
ficulty to its ascent. Debility is
therefore more felt in the distended
vessel% remote from the influence of
the heart underwhich circumstan
ces the effects productive of grease
necessarily ensue."
Some horses are constantly the
subjects of swelled legs, and if tke
heels happen to be accidentally abra
dedi,the latter often operates as the
exerting cause of a very formidable
affection of the heels. Associated
with the swelled legs is a scurfiness
'of the skin beneath the fetlock ;
these conditions, together with the
fact that the animal is of the lym
phatic temperament (gray color,)
are sure indications that predisposi
tion to maladies of the above char-
actor are present. flaying such hor
ses under our care, the chief object
* should be to ward off an attack, by
dietetic and ' hygienic measures;
too ranch washing of the heels with
out drying them by rubbing, is
about as bad as for the filth to remain;
the practice chills the part by a pro
cess of slow evaporation, and the re
sult is local congestion, &c.
I propose to illustrate, for the ben
efit of the reader, the treatment of
grease:
I was requested to see a gray
gelding, the property of the 'liana
.fer Company. On arrival I examin-
ed. the animal and found him to be a
large flabbily organized • creature,
having a large amount of loose tissue
under the skin. I found that, there
was a bad odor arising from some
ulcerations and exudations about the
heels and sides of the same ; inter
mediate of the ulcers were dry hor-.
ny scabs, the hair about the parts
pointed straight out; the heel was
excessively tender, quite vascular,
and blood escaped from its vessels.
The moment a hand was placed up
on the locality the animal would
catch up the limb and appear to suf
fer much pain.
• Treatment-1n the first place I
had the parts well cleansed with
soap and water ; then after wiping
the parts dry they were wetted three
times daily with a portion of the fol
lowicg solution :
Nitrate of potass (Saltpeter), 3 oz.
Water, 1 pt.
Glycerine, 4 oz.
Every timq the solution was ap
plied, the parts were dusted with
pulverized charcoal ; this charcoal
covering the abraded parts, and be
ing a good antiseptic, had a very
(rood effect in excluding atmospher
ic air and in correcting thefetid
odor.
I administered as an alterative to
correct the morbid habit, twenty
grains of,iodide of potass, four
drachms o sulphur, tivo drachms of
powdered sassafras bark, one•drachin
of gentUn these wee mixed in
food, and tile same quantity was giv
en during a period of four days, and
the dressings were also continued.
On the fifth day the animal bad
very much improved, stood fair on
the foot, and seemed to suffer bat
very little pain ; the limb was some
what swollen, part from want of
use, and otherwise from a slight ef
fusion into the cellular tissue. I
discontinued the medicine 'and or- .
dered the following miAtare to be
applied daily
Pyroligneour; Acid, I equal parte.
Coal Oil
.fitter each aplicAtion the ohs:-
09 ,
w * .itei L ep
tea.
At th e end Of about Ines' d
aye
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1863.
the animal was well, with the excep
tion of an .enlargement and indura
tion which time alone could ; remedy.
This plan of treatment would prob
ably prove successful in all curablt,
cases of grease, cracked heels,
scratches, ac., and. I alvise the read
er to try it whenever such eases oc
cur ; the patient, however should be
kept on a light diet—green feed in
summer and carrots in winter—and
a moderate supply of oats mid hay.-
0. Farmer-
J isitilanints.
PRESENCE OF MIND.
Moliere, the " Father of French
Comedy," being in a delicate state
of health, left Paris, and retired to
his villa, at Auteuil, to pass a short
time. One day, Boineau, accompan
ied by Chapelle, Lulli, De Jonsac,
and Nantouillet, came to visit him.
Moliere could not join them, on ac
count of his illness, but he gave the
keys of.the house to Chapelle, and
begged him to do - the honors for
him. Chapelle acquitted himself of
this task in such a manner, that at
supper not one of them was sober.—
They began to discuss the most ser
ious meters, and at last, having im
piously decided that the greatest
good was never to have been born,
and the next to die as soon after
wards as possible, they resolved,
shocking as the poposition may
sound, to go in a body and drown
themselves in the Seine. In the
meanwhile;Moilere, who had retired
to his chamber, was informed of this
state of affairs; and, valid as he
was, he hastened to join the mad
party. Seeing bow far gone they
ill were, he did not attempt to rea
son them out of their determination,
but demanded what ho had done
that they should think of destroy
ing themselves without him
"He is right," cried Chapelle ; "wo
have been unjust towards him ; ho
shall be drowned with us."
"Ono moment, if you please,
though," observed the dramatist.—
"This is the last act of our lives,
and not to be undertaken rashly; if
we drown ourselves at this hour of
the night, people will say we are
drunk, and we shall lose all merit.—
Let 119 wait until the morning; and
then, in broad daylight and 'upon
empty stomachs, we will throw our
selves in the river in the face of our
fellow-creatures."
This was, after some demur, ap
proved of ; and the next morning,
had as the world wal allowed to be,
no one thought it bad enough to
quit it.
Sir Thomas Moore also displayed
great presence of mind. "It hap
pened one day," says Aubrey, "that
a Mad 'lom of Bedlam came up to
Sir Thomas, as he was contemplat
ing, according to his custom, on the
leads of the gate house of his palace
at Chelsea, and had a mind to have
thrown him from the battlements,
Crying, 'Leap, Tom, leap!' The
Chancellor, was in his gown, and,
besides, ancient and unable to strug
gle with such a strong fellow. My
lord had a little dog wit m.=
'Now,' said be, 'let us first t the
dog down, and see whiit sport that
will be." So the dog was thrown'
over. 'ls not this fine sport?' said
his lordship ; 'lot us fetch him up
and try it again.' As the madman
was going down, my lord . fastened
the door, and called for help."
With this may be coupled the an
eedoto of the physician who, whey
the patients of a lunatic asylum
found him on top of the building, and
proposed as good sport to make him
jump-down to the bottom, saved his
life by recommending, as an im
provement on the idea, .that they
should walk down stairs with him,
and see him jump from the bottom
of the building to the top.
The Richmond Riot.
A letter from Fort Drewry, of
April 6, says :—The Government
gives us plenty of clothing now—all
except underclothing and socks.—
* * The women had a riot here
yesterday. There were about three
or four hundred. They said they
wanted something to eat, and they
went to work and plundered all the
stores. They even took dry goods,
coats, and all such articles, that
were were no good to them. They
went into everything. The soldiers
were ordered to quell the riot. It
was put down in a short time. The
Governor made a speech to them,
also the President, and told them
that if he thought that one in the
crow as the wife of a soldier he
wool hare the last crumb of bread
with them. But he said he was in
formed otherwise. The Mayor of
Ole city recognized a great many
of them as thieves,,who had been
19 before him foi trial severaltimes.
These women were tot in want.—
They only did it at, a good excuse for .
plunder.
When General Hooker was last in
Washington, he was salted bow . soon
kip would probably dlitilrb the quiet
of lote on the other side pf the Rap.
ingial/pOpk.,. Ills reply was, "Do n ' t
uc Tbf*l wild, move. I hive `bow
WiaiNg Jr the %%Sher, *ay dip:
A RESOLUTE UNION LADY.
The many interesting and exciting
incidents of the late rebel raid into
Kentucky would, if collected, be ma
terial for a score of articles. When
Pegrana's men .were in Lancaster,
Qarrard county. .one of his officers
and a squad of men rode up to the
house of Colonel Leudrum, then ab
sent in the Union ar'ny, and ordered
his wife to get them a meal. She told
them flatly that she would not do it.
They then threatened to' burn her
house, if she persisted, to which she
heroically replied, "Then apply your
torch and I'll take my children and
leave, for I will not prepare you food,"
adding that she thought they would
find a brigade of men to apply the
torch also. Stunned by this unlooked
for courage and' i defiance of an unpro
tected woman, they deemed it bet
ter riot to carry their tweets into
execution. The allusion to a brig
ado of men was understood by them,
when it became known that her
husband was then in command of a
brigade in the Federal army. At
one place they rode up to a man,
presented a cocked pistol and de
manded his gold watch. Of course
there was no alternative but death.
This occurred at Mt. Vernon, but the
perpetrator was not long allowed to
enjoy the reward of his crime, for he
was soon drowned in the Cumber
land, he and his booty gping down
together. At another place they
would enter a Union hotel, use ev
erything in the way of food both for
man and beast, then jump into the
nice clean beds with their filthy
clothing on., and finally, pay their re.
spects by carrying off most of the
sheets and blankets of the house.
Another Riot Feared.
A refugee from Richmond says
that another bread riot is feared,
and precautionary measures for its
suppression have been instituted;
but great uneasiness is felt through
out the city, and merchants are add
ing to the strength of doors and
shutters in every possible manner.
The effect of the late riot upon the
troops about Richmond was very
demoralizing. The authorities are
much exercised over it, and the
greatest vigilance is enjoined upon
the police force. The leading men
of the city attempted to circulate
the report that the women were
"Irish and Yankee hags;" endeavor
ing to mislead the public concern
ing the amount of loyal sentiment
in the city, • but miserably failed.—
The• fact of their destitution and
respectability was too palpable, and
the authorities are forced to admit
the conclusion that starvation alone
incited the movement.
Recovery From Apparent Death
Cases of this kind are by no means
rare. The circumstances of one,
which I will name, were related to
me about twenty years ago by a
member of the Ssciety of Friends
in Nottinghamshire ; and they were
well known to all his family, in
whose presence the relation was
made. It is illustrative (f a strange
fallacy in medical treatment. A
young woman had an attack of viru
lent ainall-pox, and was treated in a
method once adopted by the faculty,
even within the recollection of men
living. The patient was shut up
from fresh air, for the doors and
windows were kept closed as much
as possible ; and in addition to this,
with the view of keeping the patient
warm, the bed was covered with
clothes and hangings. Under this
treatment, the young woman I speak
.of, to all appearance, died. There
was no sign of life: The attendants
proceeded to prepare the corpse, for
what is termed "laying out." As a
first step they threw open the doors
and windows, and removed the hang
ings from the bed. They then wash
ed the body; and in this process,
were startled by the signs of re
turning life. In a short time, the
supposed corpse was able to converse.
• The introduction of the • fresh air
had revived the dying functions ;
and at the time the relation was
made to me, the woman was living.
This case was well known to many
persons in the neighborhood.—
.37b'es and Queries.
A Cosily Wedding in Richmond
The wife of a rebel officer writes
in a letter recently intercepted, con
cerning dress and parties in the reb
el capital: —A calico dress costs thir
ty-six dollars, that is three dollars
per yard. White cotton, three dol
lars per yard . ; laWns and gingham's
the same, The most ordinary meri
no or silk, one hundred dollars. A
simple bonnet, fifty dollars A. pair
of ordinary three-dollar gaiters,
twenty dollars. _Notwithstanding
these prices, parties were very nu.
morons till Leak began. There was
a wedding next door to ur.., which
Ave hundred people attended, and
rhere all liquors were abundant, sad
champagne and other winos flowing
like water. {Then follows a descrip
tion of the bride's Undet-clothes—
theAnest the writer over saw,)
* * Everything elegant. The
oranges at the vredditig cost one dol
lar and flftv cents a piece, and every
thing was es ptetitital as of old. The
i whole of the .edoling paraphernaliA
and supper must have cost twenty
thousand dollars or more.
llntoxesting Facts Concerning
the United States Mint.
The Unitid States Mint wasostab
lished in 1_792. The first cents were
coined in 1798 ; the first silver pie
ces in 1794, and the first gold pie
ces 1795. From that time to Jun
30th 1861, the whole amount of th
coinage of all kinds was 8799,923,-
362. Of this amount $637,761,630
come from the Mint during the time
between Jane 30th, 1849, and June
30th, 1861. California gold having
begun to flow toward the Mint at
the commencement of this period.—
The increase during those years was
chiefly in gold coins, although the
coinage of the cents was largely
increased after 1857. The amount
of cents coined during the year 1856
was $27,105 ; for the year ending
June 29, 1858, it was $234,000.
The whole amount of the gold
coinage during the period specified
was $669,116,406 ; silver, $128,459,-
481 ; copper and nickel, $2,074,743.
The smallest amount coined in any
one year after this was $20,481 in
1815, and the largest in one year
was $93,603,868, during the fiscal
year ending in 1861 ; and nearly
$81,000,000 of this was in gold—the
largest amount in any one year.—
The largest amount of silver coined
in one year was $9,077,471, in 1853,
when the Spanish six and twelve
cent pieces were taken out of circu
culation, and transformed into Amer
ican money. The largest amount of
cents in one ypar was in 1859—G0,
$342,000. Tho Poinage of cents du
ring the present`year, however, will
no doubt exceed that of any other
year, as the amount coined during
last month alone reached $53,000.
Yet at the present time cents cannot
be coined as fast as they are
although they are manufactured at
the Mint as fast as the machinerY
can turn them out. T.wo or tPfte
years ago this coin would P•CCUrilli:
late in large quantities, and it was
difficult to exchange them for any
available currency. It is not so at
the present time, although there aro
more in the country than ever.—
Three cent pieces, also, which were
very abundant two years ago, are
scarce, and They
out of general cir
culation. They are seen now and
then, but they may, ero long, be
classed with the rare curiosities,
and hunted up for exhibition !
Those people who now hoard
cents and three cent pieces do it,
probably, in the belief that they are
much more valuable than the regu
lar paper currency. We suppose
they do not understand that cents
and three cents pieces are not worth
what they pass for, and that they
are not a legal tender for the pay
ment of debts amounting to more
than 30 cents. A person may hoard .
three cent pieces to the amount of
hundreds of dollars; but he cannot
pay debts with them or use them at
all in business transactions beyond
the amount specified, if others refuse
to take thorn ; and with cents the
case is still worse. Such hoarding
is foolish business. These small
coins were made to circulate as
change ; and they were made to pass
for more than they are intrinsically
worth, in order to keep them in cir
culation ; therefore, let them circu
late.
In regard to the abrasion of coins,
very remarkable statements have,
from time to time,, a been published
as to loss by abrasion or wear • ma
king the aittount so great as almost
to cast discredit upon metallic cur
rency. We are told, by one writer,
that the annual loss in a country
where both gold and silver circula
ted, is one part in 420—by another, 1
in 300 -by a third, 1 in 200—ace
one gentleman of great accuracy and
acisteness (cited by Jacobs), says
that the loss on coined silver is fully
one per cent. per annum. A. more re
cent and' alarming estimate from
British sources would lead to the ex
pectation that silver pieces of the
size of their shilling or our quarter
of a dollar, would, in less than ten
years, be worn so much as to be no
longer passable. Every one knows
the value of such statements on this
side of the water.
The National Medal department,
of the Mint has become a most im
portant and interesting part of the
institution. The re-production of
National and other American Med
als of historic interest have been re
ceived with great favor by all who
are interested in numismatics, and
by all who desire the development
of native genius and skill in this
branch of the arts.—Medals of hon
or for the navy, in recognition of
noble and patriotic services* in de
fence of the national: honor and life,
have be% prepared here, which re
fleet the highest cerdit of the artiste
and the workmen who are engaged
in the preparation.
Bare and valuable coins and med.
als have been added to the Mint cab
inet during the year. The cabinet
has beconte a very attractive place,
and daily crowds ofintelligent
veit-
Oi its value and -importance
Oa a great numismatic collection.
_ .
Proiniseliithe arid dompaait.
€nminuniratitrits.
For the Messenger.
THE DEMOCRACY OF WASHINGTON
TOWNSHIP IN COUNCIL.
The Demoexacy of Washington
and adjoining townships met at Sut
ton's Store in .said -township on
Saturday, April 18th. The meeting
as called to order by appointing
JOHN MEEK President of the
meeting, and Henry Bristor and
Elisha Meek, Vice Presidents. Ab
ner Ross and T. B. Johns. Secreta-
TIOS
A Committee was appointed to
draft resolutions expressing the sen
timents of the meeting. The Com
mittee consisted of 'Heath Johns,
Silas Barnes, Jacob Boas and Michael
McClellan.
W. H. Sutton was then loudly
called for:, and responded in an able
and patriotic speech, showing con
clusively that the Democratic party
was the only national party, and up
on'it devolves the reconstruction of
the Union. After which the follow
ing.resolutions were read, and unan
imously adopted:—
Resolved, 1. That the Democracy
of Washington township is for the
Constitution in wat as well as in
peace, and that they re-affirm their
unalterable attachment to the Union
of all the States; and now, as here
tofore, pledge themselves to support
the Government, and to yield a
cheerful obedience to the law, and to
all the lawful demands of the legally
elected authorities, and that so fur
as they are concerned, they despise
and repudiate and utterly refuse to
follow the example sot by the pres
ent Federal Administration of defy-
ing and violating the Constitution, !
but that they will obey the Constita
tion a d the laws, and redress all their
grievances by the law—in the Courts
and at the ballot-box.
2. That we regard the Administra
tion •f the Federal Government as
distinct and separate from the Gov
ernment itself; and according to Mr.
Seward, " the proceeding's of the
one may be canvassed witkout a
thought of disloyalty to the other,"
and when we declare, as we now do,
that the administration . of A.bra
hem Lincoln is weak and corrupt,
and every day becoming more
dangerous to the perpetuity of the
Constitution, and the rights of the
States, and the liberties of the peo
ple, we know that our conduct is not
only entirely consistent with the
Constitution, but essential to the
stability, existence and restora
tion of the Constitution and laws
over every inch of territory of the
United States.
8. That "impartial freedom" for
negroos, as taut by the Aboli
tionists of the North, and "Seces
sion" as taught by the fire-eaters of
the South, are equally wicked and
destructive of the Constitution and
the Union of the States, and equally
responsible for the present wicked
and unnatural reboliion, and we de
clare our utter abhorrence of both.
4. That the declaration of Secre
tary Seward to Lord Lyons—"MY
Lord, I can touch a bell on my right
hand, and order the arrest of a citi
zen of Ohio; 1 can touch the bell
again and order the imprisonment of
a citizen of New York, and no.power
on earth, except that of the Presi
dent, can release them. Can the
Queen of England do as much ?"—is
alarming to a free people, and when
contrasted with the following decla
ration of Lord Chatham, of England
—"The poorest man in his cottage
may bid defianite to all the forces of
the crown. it may be frail; its roof
may shake ; the wind may blow
through it; the storm may enter;
the rain may enter, but tho King of
England cannot enter it. All his
power dares not cross the threshold
of that ruined tenement"—leaves no
room for doubt as to the tyranny
and despotism of the present Admin
istration, especially when we read
the king list of loyal citizens who
have been imprisoned for—no one
knows what ! carried, no one knows
where ! held during pleasure or re
leased without knowing the accusa
tion-
5. That the declaration of Secre
tary Seward to the meeting at
"Union Square, New York," that we
ask each other no questions about
how the nation shall govern itself,
and of Mr. phase, that "the procla
mation, (the Emancipation Procla
mation) is not to be set aside in any
event," and that of Mr. Blair, that
the "Democrats of the North are on
ly so many men on gibbots," disclose
the bloody purposes of this Adminis
tratiln toward those at the North,
who exercise their Constitutional
right to criticise the acts of their ser
vants, and seems to indicate more
concern on the part of the Adminis
tration to destroy the liberties of
the people than to suppredsthe re
bellion and preserve the Constitution,
0. That the Emancipation Proola-
Illation of Sept. 22,1862, and Juin-,
aryl, 1868, of the President is un-
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( wise, unconstit ational, and has pro's , -
,en a failure, as has all-the other opt =
! per balls" of this administration, and
of the late fanatical Consgrese to sups
press the rebellion.
7. That the only true object ofthe
war is to regain the public property,
suppress the armed rebellion, andlue
cure to the people of the States as*
resisting the laws, the benefit of tlio
Constitution and the laws, and when
armed resistance is put down, and
submission to the laws secured, the
war ought to cease, and the using of
the army and navy by the Adminis
tration fpr other objects destructive
of the reserved rights of the States,
and the vested rights of the people,
is unconstitutional, despotic, and
alarming to the loyal States and pea.
ple.
8. That whatever effect the rebel:
lion may have on the Constitutional
rights of the people in the seceded
States, yet the rights and privileged
of the loyal States, and of the States
themselves, remain unimpaired by
the rebellion ; and the Federal Ad
ministration cannot declare thepee.
ple qithe loyal States hundraiset
miles from the seat of war ander mar
tial law, and proceed ,to arrest and
dispose of Ahem .by -the law military.
9. That the late Conscription Act
of Congress is in our opinion uneoe
stitutioaal, and a direct insult.to.the
patriotism of the States heretofore
furnishing men and means for the
war, and a studied effort to draw a
distinction between the rich and the
poor, and in our opiniwthe people
can rid themselves from 4 6y 1112 sp.
peal to the Supreme Court.
10. That we extend to our soldiers
in the field our warmest sympathies,
and our hope and desire in that they
shall be victorious on every battle
field, and living, we shall honor them„,
and dead we shall ever respect their
memories, and the widows and or ,
pilaus shall over be the object of our
care.
After which A. A. Purman, Esq.;
was called for, and came forward and
addressed the meeting in an able and
powerful speech. He immediately
commenced disecting the administra.
tion, exhibiting the corruption that
existed in its-proceedings, and prov
ing beyond a doubt that the jeadern
of the party in power, contemplated
a dissolution in the Union.
The meeting then adjourned sin*
ie . JOHN MEEK, Preis..
'A. Ross,
T. B. Souza, Secretaries.,
A PRUSSIAN PEASANT WEDDING.
The Weimer Gazette gives some
details of a wedding which recently
took place at Tempelho, a small vil
lage in the neighborhood of Berlin,
inhabited by peasants of the better
class. The guests numbered 120,
and they consuuied 60 fowls, 220
pounds of carp, 320 pounds of cake,
and 12 large joints of roast veal,
with which were drank nearly 300
bottles of wine. The bride and her
young friends changed their costume
five times during the two days that
the festivities lasted. The custom
is that the bride cannot refuse a sin
gle dance; only inviting her the dan
cer has to pay a certain sum—a sin
gle man three times the amount of a
married one—which is for the bene
fit of the musician; on this occasion
the amount collected in that manner
was 105 thalers, or nearly 400 f. In
the evening a torch-light procession
in the streets of the village took
place, and on the bride going to her'
residence, she was accompanied by a
guard of honor of fourteen peasants
on horseback.
Death of Yellow Wolf.
• A letter from Washington says of
Yellow Wolf, the Kiowa chief, who
died in that city on the 14th instant,
that he took a severe cold which set
tied on his lungs, and his death has
thrown a terrible gloom over his
comrades. In a talk that he had
with the Interpreter, he sent a vari
ety of messages to his friends in the
far West, and concluded with some.
thing like this : "I came to this
place because I was sent for; Leame
to make peace with the white man,
and it is very natural that I shOuld
have to die. You know that I have
four children. I want you to take
good care of them when I am goner'
By appointment, this poor old Mows
was to have signed a treaty on the
day he died. .
The interpreter tells me that this
living in houses, and remaining so
long in one place, is having a deplore
able effect upon all the Indians 110114
and he believes that if not soon re
turned back to their native prairies
they will all die. Several Wine*
are really quite unwell. Like at
eagle in a cage, or a gallium In a
mill pond, they cannot bear the heft
ed air of civilization. Is is the old,
old story—withering away. Inlet
will be done with the dead ohief is
doubtful. lis companions talk as it
they must take him back into the
wilderness, but that will be impels
sive to the Government, an 4 he lett
probably be placed in the Oongros.
sional bttrying.ground
by dead members of Oongreak Mitt' '
OJT "the noblest *mat' Of doss
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