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Mcvotcb to Tcani, rwitcraturc, poctrp, Zcicnrc, 2tgriculturc, tl)c Eliffitaion of ttscful 3nformation, enncral 3ntelligcnrc, amusement, 111 m -lids, fkt. VOLUME V. THE LEHIGH REGISTER, publiahed in the Borough of Allentown, Lehigh County, l'a.,every Thursday AUGUSTIUS L. RUIIE, At $1.50 per annum, payable in advance, and 00 if not paid until the end of the year. No littliEr discontinued, until all arrearages are paid exam di the °Piton of the proprietor. AnviurrtasstssrTs, making not more than one square, will be inserted three times for one dollar n d for every subsequent inset tion twenty five 4:cuts. Larger advertisements, chargd in -the Same proportion. Those not exceeding ten lines will be charged seventy-five cents, and those making six lines or less, three Insertions for 60 cents. WA liberal deduction will be made to those who advertise by the year. • M'Offiec in Hamilton SI., one dooEasl of the German Reformed Church, wordy opposite the “Friedensbothe Office." • octical Elcpartment. Too Young to Love They say you ate to yoc . gtoo love— Too young to be un ted ; In scorn they bid us both renounce The vows that we have plighted, They send thee forth to see the world, Thy love by absence trying; Then go ; fur I can smile farewell— Upon thy truth relying. I know that pleasure's hand will throw Her silken nets about thee; I know how lonesome I shall find The long, lung days without thee; But in thy letters there'll be joy The reading—the replying; I'll kiss each word that's traced by thee— Upon thy truth relying. When friends applaud thee, I'll sit by, In silent rapture gazing; And, ho ! how proud of being loved By her they have been praising ! But should detraction breathe thy name, The world's reproof defying, I'd love thee—laud the— trust the still— Upon thy truth relying. Vim those who smile to see us part, Shall see us meet with wonder ; Such trials only make the heart That truly loves grow louder. Our sorrows past shall be our pride, When with each other vieing ; Thou wilt confide in him, who liVes Upon thy truth relying. Zcicctio 119. Discovery of Antiquities in Greece. The Athenaeum of the 12th of April [No. 1221] announced, that the ..Risorgimento of Turin reports the discovery of ancient Greek Manuscripts under circumstances and in terms which demand that we should hear something more about it before we yield our faith to the entire record." The following I circumstances connected with these asser ted discoveries justify the critical scepticism of the Athenteum. M. Simonides, the alleged discoverer, vis ited Athens in the year 1815, and became the object of much attention. M. Rhangabe, Professor of Archaiology at the University of Athens, has published a critical examination of these pretended dis coveries in a literary journal published at Athens—Pandora, No. 23, Feburary, 1851. The learned Professor proves very satisfac torily, that every manuscript of an ancient work which M. Simonides has allowed oth ers to examine, and every work which he ' has published; has turned out to be a mod ern fabrication. Still, it is not improbable that M. Simonides may possess old manu scripts of considerable value : but as he seems incapable of appreciating their real importance, he is perhaps converting cu rious documents relating to meditoval his tory into palimpesest copies of Leipsic elas tics. An interesting discovery, of a more au thentic nature than the adventures of M. Simoides in the caves of Mount Athos, has lately been made at Athens. Unfortune ately, the Minister of Public Instruction has given an air of mystery to the result of the discovery by exerting his official influence for the purpose of concealing the exact truth from the learned world in Europe. An A. henian lady, named Madame Pomas ' in building a house in one of the streets lead ing up the northern slope between the Acrop olis and the -Areopagus, discovered about forty fragments of inscriptions amidst the building matrials which were dug up in the court of her house. M. Pittakie, the conser vator of this discovery carried on an excava tion, under the aupices of the Archailogical • Bociety, to the depth of about 2 feet. About thirty or forty additional fragmenttrof inscrip tions, and several relics of sculpture and architecture of considerable merit, but much injured, were found. The excavation - was then stopped by Madame PSOITIeS, at duly a narrow path was left-to . her .tivvelling, pur abase her property. The mysterious course A FAMILY NEWSPAPER. pursued by the Minister of Public Instruc with regard to the claims of science holds out little hope that the Government will act honestly with regard to the rights of proper- ty. The fragments brought to light are, pieces of inscription, heads of busts, cornices, col umns, and large blocks of stone belonging to the foundation of an ancient building.— But the whole was a mere mass of rubbish, and consist of fragments or blocks not in their original position. Mention is, however, made in several of the fragments of the Sen ate-house :—and this is considered as affor ding proof that the Senate-house, the Met roon, and the other buildings in which the Athenian archives were preserved, stood in this vicinity. But with regard to this point a difference of opinion may arise,—and it was the duty of the Minister of Public In struction to act as the guardian of truth.— In the interest of the learned throughout all Europe he is called on to verify the facts. Col. Leakes in 'The Topography of Athens,' and Proof. P. W. Forchhamtner in his 'Topograpie von Athen,' place the Senate-house and the Metroon on the south ern slope between the Acropolis and the Areopagus. Proof Rose in •the map of Athens in his essay against the temple of Theseus, and Mr. Pittakis, in his , Ancienue Athenes,' on the other hand, indicate the site of these buildings near the present dis coveries. The fact of ancient foundations having been found in their original position and many inscription with the word Bou leutirion, would probably he considered de cisive in favor of the site of the excavation : some blocks not in their orignal place and fragments of inscriptions that may have been transported from one ruin to another repairs, can prove nothing. The question, therefore, arises,—How many inscriptions relating to the Senate house have now been discovered ?—and this question is involved in mystery. There is no doubt that many fragments with the word Bouleuterion already exist in the Government collection of inscription. Now the fragments recently discovered have been carried to this Museum before any of the scholars at Athens have been allowed to ver ify their identity,—though M. Rangabe and M. Pappittlopoules would have afforded the learned world the necessary guarantees of learning and character. By mixing twenty fragments with ten found in the recent exca vation, and producing thirty with word lieu-. lotto-ion us if these had been now discov en•d, evidence in favor of the site may be fabricated. I'roof. Boeckh, in his great worked, 'Corpus I nscriptionu in Grwcarium.' complains of a fraud somewhat similar hav ing already been attempted at Athens. M. Rhangabe, however, was not allowed to in spect and copy the inscriptions at the time when they were found,—and he has been refused admittance into the National Muse um in which they are preserved by the Minister of Public Instruction. The pretext for this refusal is, that being a member of the National Institute of France of the Royal Society of Literature in London and of several learned AcademieS in Germa ny lie might send copies of these inscriptions to M. Raoul-Rochette, Col. Leak, or the editors of the 'Corpus Inscriptionum Grae carom.' who could make good use of thetas, —and Greece might thus be deprived of the honor of being the first to publish her disco-. veries. The Minister of Public Instruction . on these ground refuses the Professor of Archaiology in the University of Athens permission to inspect marbles deposited in the building containing the casts of the El gin marbles. This goes far to justify Lord Elgin. Several of the inscriptions recently discov ered belong to the classic period,—and two fragments of a decree have been found in which the word • Boulcuterion occurs. It is engraved stoichedon but much defaced. Mr. Pittak is says, however, that he has been. able to'copy the whole. During the seven years' war, the exer tion of the Prussians in that critical moment to support the fallen fortunes of their irrdefat egable monarch, Were truly worthy of a lu minous character in the records of history— but they were far outdone by the public sac rifices which were voluntarily made by:indi rid uals'to repel the encroachments of the or, ruie.s ofFrance in the year 1806. Each family contributed in different ways to the expenses of war—even the poorest hordes gave in their mite for the general good, though it deprived their families of many a little luxury which they had before been used to. In one of the romantic vallies of Silesia, lived a young girl of surpassing beauty—the pride and delight of her parent —whose only occupation was to attend to flocks and bear the scant produce of their little farm to a neighboring town. Ella, like the wild flowers, had grown and bloomed in. obscurity, adbrned and beautified' by the un erring hand of nature. She had seen but little of the world, until the trump of war sounded over the country, and echoed dis cordantly amidst the recesses of its solitude —and when in consequence oF her injUries,. her father was obliged- to•tell he i r of the dis frae:tecf state ()flier native. land, the indig- ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH. COUNTY, PA., SEPTEMBER 4, 1851. I Noble Fraosian Girl. nant blush and high heaving of her bosom proclaimed how much she felt for her en terprising sovereign and .the brave people who were arrayed to defend his dominions. 'Heaven grant us the victory,' exclaimed she in the patriotic enthusias.n of her soul. would, father, that nature had made me strong enough to fight, The old man only smiled a reply, and kissing her rosy cheek; bade her keep out of the way of the soldiers. l'he caution was scarcely needed. Ella knew where to find one whom she might gaze upon for hours—and who though 'not dressed out in the trappings of the military, was more to her than all the world besides. She was soon at the mountain's slope watch ing her herds, and listening to the mellow notes as they flowed from the pipe of Adol phe—a fine featured young man wha sot at her feet, gazing tenderly upon her smiling face. 'That hair of yours, Eno,' said he, laying down the instrument, would give the world for one little lock,' and he ran his fin geis through the glossy tresses, as they hung luxuriously around her finely moulded shoul ders. 'The world is not yours to give, Adolphe,' said she archly, 'but do you only love me for my curls, which you are always. prais ing?'. I, love you for yourself, dear Ella,' but these rich ringlets which might grace a queen I almost idolize them, and you refuse to bestow upon me one little tress.' 'Have I not reason ? Were Ito give you a lock I might never see you again, for then you would have your idol by you, and I should be forgotten. No, Adolphe, first prove yourself worthy of the gift, and then you shall have not only a tress, but•my hand too, if you desire it.' 'Tell me how to become worthy of so es timable a gift,' exclaimed the enraptured outlwand I will follow the path you point out.' 'There it is,' answered the maiden, point ing towards 13reslau, and looking her lover fixedly in the face. 'And what am I to do in Breslau ?' 'Join the brave men who are strug gling for our liberties, and ten-fold shall be the love of Ella.' A slight blush overspread the face of Adol phe, he bade her farewell, and was soon lost in the recess of the valley. There watt more courtliness in the speech of Adolphe than generally falls to the lot of the unfortunate mountaineers of Silesia ; and Ella thought, as he wended his way down the narrow defile, that there was more dignity'in his mien than she had ever before observed, she scarcely dare ask herself who he was ; for he had been but a short time among the shepherds, and no one. knew aught of his birth or profession ; but every one loved him for his generosity and noble ness of spirit. 'My hair,' said Ella, as the youth vanish ed from her sight, will dress it for his sake. They say it is rich and beautiful.— Ah how freely would I destroy each am ple tress, and scatter it upon the winds, did he not love to smooth it with his fingers." Months rolled away, - and Ella watched her herds in sadness, for nothing was heard of her Adolphe, and the demon of war con tinued to spread his desolation over the land. It was proposed to raise a •sum by contri bution among the inhabitants of the moun tain, which should be placed in the general fund and appropriated to the use of the de fenders of the King. When the father Of Ella was called upon for his proportion he had nothing to give, and the noble hearted girl' then, for the first time, felt the want of wealth. 'Father, let us sell our•flocks',- said she, 'we-will be amply repaid in the freedom we shall enjoy ; and when peace comes again, I'm sure I can get work for you.' my daughter,' answered the old man, 'our country requires no sacrifice, we must not deprive ourselves of the means of a live lihood. Ella reflected for a long while and form ed a thousand plans for raising a sum of money that was worthy of being given in aid of the patriotic cause ;• but all her schemes were impractacable, had she even wept in solitude for her inability to serve her country. 'Would that these locks were wires of gold,' exclaimed she, running her fingers through the clustering tresses as they dal lied in the wind—"that I might give them for the general good. Can they not be sold ? I will go to Breslau and oiler them ; they may bring but a trifle, yet they are all I have to bestow. But Adolphe—when he returns and beholds me deprived of my greatest beautywhat will he soy ? A las he will turn from me—he will love me no more. Well, be it so, I will sacrifice even his love to the cause of Liberty. She accordingly proceeded to Breslau, and offered her hair to the first friscur in the city. The loveliness of the young girl, and the novelty of her offer, caused-the per son to enquire why she robbed herself of such beautiful tresses. On receiving her answer he Was astonished at the extraordi nary disinterested patriotism displayed by one so young and; enteresting.• !VW take the -locks my pretty girl,' said he admiring the softness of their tex ture, and turn them into bracelets. Every body will buy them when they know whose hair they are made of.' The delighted girl received the proffered sum and flew to add it to the general fund. The friscur had predicted right ; the story got wind, and ladies and gentlemen of the city flocked to the store to purchase the bracelets marked Ella. Among others a young man of high rank. hearing the story, endeavored to obtain one of the articles.— The vender had but.one left, and as he had already realized a considerable sum :from their sale, he intended to keep that for him self. The officer examined the color and texture of the hair, when his eyes fell upon the name of Ella, a smile of pride and grat itude curled his lip, and he tittered, must be she !' Fie emptied his purse upon the counter, and told the man to take it all (or the bracelet, and dazzled by the sight of so much gold, he readily consented. The of ficer left . the shop with the treasure pressed to his lips 'Ella,' said Adolphe, as he sat by the side of the mountain maid, 'where are those luxuriant locks that formerly hung around vour neck ? I went and fought at your bid ding, and r,ow I come.to claim my reward.' 'Adolphe,' answered she, became jeal ous of my hair; your heart became entan gled among its curies; the more I combed them, the more they wepped around your heart, and so I cut them off. Do you love me without my locks, Adolphe ?' Love you, Ella ! Could Ido less than worship you, since you have so nobly mar ried your beauty for the benefit of your country ? Look at this bracelet—the hair is yours—the name is yours Thus caught, the generous girl thought it useless to deny the facts here recorded. She confessed all, and shortly after became the wife of the stranger, Adolphe, Count of Ituthland. Au old Soldier's Story. A few days since I stopped at the pub lic house in Coleraine, and while my horse was feeding, I sat down in the barroom, and heard a sensible old mad relate the sub stance of the enclosed account. During the revloutionary war there was a point of land on the Jersey side of the Hud son, and not far distant from New York, which was the scene of a bloody conflict.— There were about three hundred acres next to the river from which the wood and tim ber has been cleared 01l and at the back of this was a forest. On the cleared point a large number of fat cattle, destined to sup ply the American army, were placed. Four or five miles distant, in New Jersey, there were three thousand light infantry under command of Lafayette. 1 was one of that detachment. Our business was to see that the cattle were not taken out by the enemy. One morning intelligence was brought into the camp, that several vessels approached and that a large body of British soldiers were landing. My regiment was immedi ately ordered to the point.—Rufus Putnam, a nepheW of the old General, was Colonel, and he was well stocked with the Putnam mettle. Ile was a brave officsr indeed.— .1 could never discern that he was not just as cool and self-possessed when going into battle, as when sitting in his tent. We made a hurried march, and upon approach ing the edge of the woods, the Colonel or dered the adjudant to go forward and see where the troops were and what was their number. The adjudant soon returned, and reported they were forming on the shore in three columns, containing about one thou sand each. "Then," said the colonel, "ride back W. the camp as quickly as possible, and tell Lafayette to come on." When the ad judant had gone, Col. Pinnam rode up to my captain, who was of insurrection mem ory, and said, "Well, ,Captain Shay, shall we be playing with them until the Gener al comes?" "Yes replied Capt. Shay." Orders were soon given to advance tothe open, and upon the point. We now stood face to face with our foes. Firing very soon commenced. The cannon from the shipping in the river poured forth their vol leys, and the small arms:did fatal execution. Cot. Putnam rode back and forth in front of the regiments calm as a man at home, though the balls were whistling around him' in ev ery direction. We Worked very fast, and for one regiment made a good deal of noise. The Corporal at my right hand received two balls through his body, and felt dying. I was young, and a dying dm at m'y feet, bleeding and grasping, might perhaps cause m y color to fade a little . Capt. Shay step ped.forvvard : "George," said he, "never mind it, I will take his place," and he was as good as his word ; he took.the corporal's gun and used it. He was bold and kind ; I will give hint his due ; thought he has been unworthy since ; for we stood shoul der to shoulder that day of. peril. I was loading my gun the twenty-second time, when General Lafayette with the main body of the light infantry issued from thb wood. Nl3Vel i shall forget the feeling of that mo ment: Wellington was hardly more pleased to see Blucher in the brittle of Waterloo, than we to see our brother in arms.—The main body formed at once upon our left.— Lafayette rode forward. Ile was an ele gant oflicer—and never did he fill my eye so entirely as at that moment : though a stripling in appearance, in action he was a man, and had Cornwallis seen him ns we then saw him, lie would not have called him "the boy." said he, "how dared you to fire before I arrived ?" "Oh," said the Colonel, "I . thought I would be playing with them a little." Lafayette nt that moment seemed full of fire and energy—turning towards the line, and with a loud and distinct voice, marked by his 'French accents—he said—" One fire! the whole charge bayonets, lush on :Ind drive them where the (level drove the hog !" The effects of his words and his presence was astonishing. Every heart beat quick and . full. We did rush on. and such a sceno of carnage my eyes never saw. At first the British force charged to us, but they could not stand against us, and fled from the shore ; we followed and drove them. into the water ; of three thousand, about fif teen hundred got aboard of the vessel—the rest were slain, and most of. them at the point of the bayonet. I have described to you the most painful ly interesting and horrid scene I have ever witnessed. 1 never enjoyed killing men. I fought because I thought it my duty. * IN the year 1793, when Louis the ,Six teenth was beheaded and the French revo tution was in full blast 1 was a thorough go ing radical. With seventeen more of our club, I was marched, under a guard of the king's officers, and lodged in Edinburg jail. After a summary hearing, I got liberty to banish myself, and accordingly I tonic pas sage in the good ship Providence, and land ed-at New York in June, 1791. I was then in my twenty-second year. When the ship cast off from the wharf, in Scotland, and swung around with the breeze, my father stood upon the shore, Ile waved a last a dieu, and exclaimed, "Remember the Sab dath day," I arrived at New York on a Sat urday, and, the next day being the Sabbath, at nine o'clock, A. M. three young men of our company called at my lodgings. "Where are you going to day ?" they in quired. "To tile church," I replied. "We have been ten weeks at sea; our health requires exercise. Let us walk out today and go to church next Sabbath," they replied. "Said 1, "you can go where you please, but I'll go to church: the last words 1 heard (ruin My father were, "Remember the Sab bath day;' and, had I no respect for the Fourth Commandment, I have not yet forgotten his last advice." They went to the fields ; I went {fa the church ; they spent forty or fifty cents in the tavern : I put a one penny bill in the plate, in the morning, afternoon and night service : total three pence. They continu ed going into the country, and in process of time the landlady's daughter, and the land lady's niece would join their company.— Then each couple hired a gig, at two dollars a day ; wine, cake and ice cream on the road fifty cents each time ; dine at Jamaica one dollar each. They got home at eight o'clock, P. M., half drunk, and, having been caught in a thunder shower their coats, hats and mantles, were damaged fifty per cent.— They arose the next morning, at nine o'clock A. M., with sore heads, sore hearts, muddy boots, and angry conscience, besides twelve dollars lighter than when they started. went to church, rose at five o'cloCk, A. M. ; head. sound, heart light, bones refreshed, conscience quiet and commences the labors of the week in peace and plenty. They were all mechanics ; some of them could earn twelve dollars a week. My business that of a wrought nail maker, was poor the cut nail machines had just got into operation which cut down my wages to a shaving.— . With close application, I could only earn five dollars and fifty cents per week. Nev er mind at the end of the year, my Sabbath siding-ship -mates, had fine coats, fine hats, powdered heads, and rattled shirts ; but I had one hundred hard dollars piled in the corner of my cheit. Having lived fast, they died early. Nearly forty winters are past and forty summers ended, since the last was laid in the Potters, or some other field while I, haying•recei ved from my Maker a good constitution, (and common sense to take care of it,) I am as sound in mind, body and .spirit, as 1 was on this day fifty-six years ago, when first I set my foot on shore at Governor's wharf, New York.' Besides, it is a fact, (tor which my family can vouch I have been only one day confined' to the house by sickness, during all that period. Now, Mr. Printer, I dare soy you think, with me, that the church on the Sabbath is better than the tavern and fields for the la boring man. The Church and the Tavern. CrThe editor of the lowa Statesman says in a late pnper : Not ankh editoriallhis Week -Li-can't help if—another bouncing big BOY in his shanty,. only happene once a year. NUMBER 48: The Deaf Wives. The incident we are about to relate occur; red some years since, in the Granite State; aitd as we abide beyond striking distance of the parties and their immediate friends; we shall be a little more free in our descriri.;" lion of circumstances than we otherwise should be, . Nathaniel Ela, or "Uncle Nat," as hti was generally called, was the corpulent rubi cund and jolly old landlord of the best hotel in the flourishing village of Dover, at the l'iscatasqua, and was excessively found of a bit of fun withal. Ile was also the own= er of a large farm in New Detham, abcfults twenty miles distant, the overseer of which was one Caleb Ricker, or "Boss Kale," as termed by the numerous hands under his s control, and sufficiently Waggish for all practical purposes of fun and frolic. Caleb, like a wise and prudent man, had a wife and so had "Uncle Nat," who was accus tomed to visit his farm every month or two' to see how matters went on. On the occa sion of one of these visits, the following dia loeue occurred between Uncle Nat and Mis- - tress Ricker. "Why to tell you the truth, Mrs. Rick er," said Uncle Nat, "I have been thinking , about it, for some time but then she is so very deaf as to render conversation with' her extremely difficult—in fact it requires' the greatest effort to make her hear any thing that is said to her; and she is cense quently very reluctant to mingled in the so; ciety of strangers." "If you think so, and will risk it." said' Uncle Nat, "she shall accompany life on my next visit to the farm and this having been' agreed on, Uncle Nat left for the field, to' acquaint Boss Kale with' What had passed, and with the plan of future operations;' touching the promised visit of his wife. It was finally settled between the wicked wags that the fact that their wives could both hear as well as any body, should be Istrit " profound secret, until disclosed by a person= al interview of the ladies themselves. The next time Uncle Nat was about to' "visit the farm," he suggested to his wife that a ride into the country would be of set.: vice to her ; that Mrs. Ricker, who had nay- . er seen her, was very anxious to receive a' visit from her, and proposed that she should accompany him on that occasion,—; . She readily consented, and they were soon' on their journey. They had not, however, proceeded far, when Uncle Nat observed to' her that he was sorry to inform' her that Mrs. Ricker was extremly deaf, and slie would be under the necessity of elevatihg her voice to the highest pitch, in order to I converse with her. Mrs. E4a regretted the' misfortune but thought as she had a pretty strong voice, she would be able to make her friend hear her. In a few hours after, this- . cle Nat and his lady drove tfEr tcrAlie door of his country mansion, and Boss Richer, Who had been previously informed oldie time of Undle Nat's intended arrival. was already in waitng to help enjoy the fu' ehat was to come of a meetng of the Deaf Mrs.' Risker, not expecting them at the tfrne,.http-' pened to be engaged with her domestic duL ties in the kitchen ; but observing her Via; itors through the window, she flew to the' glass to adjust her cap and put herself in the best trim to receive them, that the m'om'ent would allow. In the meantime, Boss Kale had ushered Uncle Nat and his lady in'tlikt parlor, by way of the front door, soon after which, Mrs. Ricker appeared in the piesi once of her guests. "Mrs. Ricker, I will make you acqualh tad with Mrs. Ela," roared Uncle Natjh voice of thunder. . "How do you do, madam ," screamed Mrs. Ricker to Mrs. Ela, with her mouth close to the ear of the latter. "Very well, Ithank you;' . replied' Mrs': E., in a tone of corresponding elevaiim?.. "Hour did you leave your family T" con tinued Mrs. R., in a voice quite up the I%tch of her fiist effort: . "All very well, I thank you—how'dyouti family ?" returned Mrs. E.. in a key which' called into requisition all the power of ht.r. lunge: • In the meantime, Uncle Nat and BM/ Kale, who were convulsed' beyond the pow-'. er of endurance, had quietly stolen out of the door . ..and remained under the window. listening to the boisterous conversation of their deaf wives, which was cantinuiief on' the same elevated letter of the staff for sonic time, Mrs., R., in the same ledgeti-line key she had served from the first, thus: - address ed thv lady guest "What oti,earth arc you hallooing at nth for—l a'nt deaf ?" • "A'nt you, indeed 1" said Mrs. E:, "lin! pray what are you hallobing tome for--I'm sure I'm not deaf ?" Each, then, came gradually down toy fief ordinitiy, key, w hen a burst of laughter from Uncle Nat and Boss Kale, at the Wirldow, revealed the whore trick,And eveii' tlle !kit dies themselves were' compellettto join in the meriiment they had afforded the out' , siders by the ludicrus character or their terview. rarl'hey have a pumpkin' in Mobile, which. was' raised in that vicinity, weiih, ill 116 poililds.,
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