The Lehigh register., February 22, 1860, Image 2

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ALLEINTOWisT, PA
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1860
PETER C. HUBER & JOHN H. OLIVER
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS
TO ADVERTISERS
TBE "LEHIGH REGISTER" HAS A LARGER
CIRCULATION BY SEVEItAL HUNDRED
*THAN ANY OTHER ENGLISH PAPER IN
THE COUNTY.
PEOPLE'S STATE CONVENTION.
Tho Citizeds of Pennsylvania, who am opposed
to the-principles and •moasurns of the present. Na
tional Administration, and to the election of men to
Oleo who sustain those principles and measures, are
requested to moot in their respective Counties, and
to Elect Delegates equal in number to their Repre
sentatives in the General Assembly, to n PEOPLE'S
STATE CONVENTION, to be bold at lIARRIS
BURG, en
Wednesday, February 22d, 1860,
nt 12 M., to indicate their choice for the noxt Weal
dmicy, nominate a candidate for Governor, form nn
Electoral Ticket, appoint Senatorial, and to designate
the time and mode of electing District Delegates to
the National Convention, and to transact such other
business as may ho deemed necessary to ensure suc
cess at the General Election. LEVI KLINE,
ChairmanTeoplos Executive Com
The State Convention
The State Convention of the People's Party
Of Pennsylvania meets nt Harrisburg to-day, for
the purpose of nominating a candidate for Gov
ernor. The anniversary of the birth-day of
Washington has 'not inappropriately been se
lected. The principles of the party to-day are
the principles consecrated by the names. of
Washington and Jefferson, whilst the princi
ples of Democratic leadvs as at present
avowed 'are directly the opposite of those,
which secured the sanction and countenance
of the great and good men of the Revolutiona
ry war. That the stawlard bearer for next
fall's contest, selected by the Convention which
meets to-day, will be worthy of the party and
the cause he will be called or" to represent,
we have not a particle of doubt. Either
Reeder, Curtin, Covode or any of the other
distinguished men, whose names will be pre
sented to the Convention, will rally to his sup
port a conquering host of ardent friends. An
imated by the proud consciousness of right
and buoyed up by the prospect of success,
the opposition to the so-called Democracy will
not cease effort until a glorious cause shall have
been crowned with Victory in the election of a
Republican Governor and President.
The Convention, which assembles to-day, it
is expected, will bring to the seat of Govern
ment a larger concourse of the People from all
parts of the State than has been gathered on
any similar - occasion fur years. It is felt that
as Pennsylvania goes, so goes the Union. it
is-an important convention, not only so far as
Success in the State is coneernod, bur also in
reference to general success throughout the
Union. The voice of Pennsylvania is all
potent, and her .claims and demands will
receive due consideration at the hands of the
Chicago Convention, We expect a clear and
distinct enunciation in the resolutions to be
adopted, of what Pennsylvania askA, satisfied
that her wants will receive due attention. In
our next issue we expect to place at the head
of our columns the name of our candidate for
Governor, satisfied that the name of our candi
didato will be one, whose nomination will re
ceive a hearty endorsement at the hands of
our friends.
EDITORIAL CONVENTION
The second annual meeting of the Pennsy
VIIIIiIa Editorial Union, was held on Wednes
day last, in the Hall o he House of Repro
sentativas, at Harrisburg. . absebee o
Morton McMichael Esq., the President, tilt
Con'vention was called to order by Col. Lei•
L. Tate, ono of the Vice Presidents, at
o'clock I'. M. Forty editors, 'representing as
many newspapersin various parts of the State,
were present. The following °LYN were
appointed for the ensuing year:
Pi•esidentMOßTON MeMICII A EL.
Vice Presidents—J. LAWRENCE 43, En, Jour
M. LAID, P. It. Fates, 11. S. EvAss
Secretaries—J. 11. Pulesten, L. 11. Davis.
Treasurer-1, A. Goday
Several interesting questions affecting the
interests of the profession; were discussed (lur
ing the sessions of tho ConVention'; but its
proceedings were materially retarded for want
of the official record of the COnvention of last
year, which was not at hand, owing to the
neglect of the Comfitittee to whom it was en
trusted for publication.
' At the evening session resolutions were
adopted, against the proposed repeal by Con
gress of the law allowing the free circulation
of nowspa'pers in the counties in wlt'elt they
are printed, and the free exchanges between
editors ; and recommending the State Legisla
ture to make provision for the publication o
tho laws in the vewspapers. Several new
members added their names to the roll, and par
ticipated in the proceedings. The Conven
tion adjourned to meet in the City of Laneas
' ter, on the., third Wednesday of February,
1861.
CORRUPTION
A Committee in the Senate of the United
States, is, now investigating the subject of the
corruption connected with the Congressional
Printing. The investigation is not yet com
pleted, but will be finished in time to sprend
the record of corruption before the people be
fore the Presidential election. One Mc(large°
testified before the committee, that he receiv
ed $:5000 from Wendell, the printer elected by
a Democratic Senate, fir the purpose of sus
taining a third party in Philadelphia during
the election of 1850. The Democracy were
aware of the fact, that in order to be success
, ful, the Opposition had to be diVided, and iu
order to accomplish this end, men had to bo
bought. We have no doubt, but that
money is'expended at this day with the same
object in view, in hatching into life the Con,:
stitutional Union Party. Thus far the movement
has proven a decided failure; The reiairt will
also show, that thousands of dollars Ttad also
to be paid by the Senate Printer for political
purposes, sustaining thriftless Democratic jour
nals, &c.. It will also appeal — Wilt
,the Presi
dent himself is not free from - connexion with
this wholesale corruption. We look with in
terest for the report.,
VISIT OF TILE LEotstla6mE.-Both branches
of the Pennsylvania Legislature on Friday last
paid . a visit to the State Normal School at Mil
lerstown, Lancaster comity. The members of
the Legislature were publicly received .y the
authorities of Laucaster City.
ZXZVIth CONGREISS
FEDTWARY 3th.—ln the Senate the death of
lion. David . Broderick, Into senator from
California, was announced, and appropriate
Eulogies &lime y Senators Haun, Critten
den, Seward and ombs.
In tho Douse two ballots for Printer were
md, on the latter of which Defrees (Rep.) lack
-41 three of a majority and led Glossbronnor
(Dem.) but ono vote. Eulogies on Senator
Broderick were pronounced by Messrs. Ras
kin, Hickman and Burlingame.
FEBRUARY 14th.—In the Senate the Kansas
Constitution of the Wyandott Convention-was
pro rented, and in the course of debate &rioters
Mason and Brown evidenced their intention of
opposing the admiasionof Kansas into the Uni
on. Senator Hale entered into an elaborate
defense of the Republican Party, quoting the
opiniona'aJefferSon and his cotempararies.
In the House -after debate, the Senate's
amendment to the Post Office Appropriation
Bill, abolishing the franking privilege, was
negatived: Yeas GO, Nays 112.
FEBTWARY lrith.—ln the Senate a resolution
was adopted, authorizing the issuing of war
rants for the arrest of' James Redpath, John
Brown Jr., and Mr. Sanborn, they having re
fused to obey a summons to appear and testi
fy before the Harper's Ferry Investigating
ComMittee. The Senate receded from its
amendment to the Post Office Appropriation
Bill, abolishing the franking privilege, and
passed a separate bill to the same effect, all
the Senators concurring sitve two.
In the House three ballots for Printer were
had, in each of which nefrees (Rep.) lacked
one of a majority. Mr. Grow (Rep.) Penn
sylvania introduced a I3ill for the admission of
Kansas into the Union, also a homestead Bill.
FEBRUARY 16th.—In the Senate Mr. Brown
of Mississippi gave notice of his intention to
introduce a bill to punish offenders against
slave property in Kansas Territory. n
In the House a message was received from
c President, announcing, that ho had signed
the Post Office appropriation bill. Mr. Val
landigham of Ohio, introduced a bill increasing
theappropriation of arms for the militia, from
$200,000 to $000.000.,
FEBRUARY MlL—Senate not in session
In the House, the bill passed by the Senate,
abolishing the franking privilege, was referred
to a select committee of five, of which Mr. Val
lardigham (Dem.) of Ohio, is chairman.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
FEB. 13T11.—In the Senate Mr. Schindel
read a supplement to the act, incorporating the
Thomas Iron Company of Lehigh county, also
a bill to incorporate the Jordan Cemetery
Company of Lehigh county.
FEB. 14111.-4 n the Senate a •bill to regulate
the charges by Railroad Companies was 're:
ported favorably.
FEB. 15111.-111 the Senate the bill ineorpo-
rating the Dogelsville Iron Company of Lehigh
county, the bill incorporating the Jordan Cem
etery Association of Lehigh County, and the
supplement to the charter of the Thomas Iron
Company were reported favorably.
In the House the bill incorporating the
Dimes Sating Institution of Lehigh county
was reported favorably.
FEB. 16th.—In the Senate the bill incorpo
rating the Guthsville Association for the im
pyovenient of stock iu Lehigh county, was re
ported favorably.
AFFAIRS lY ECROPE.—The last news from
Europe aro of a very important character.—
The Congress of the different European pow
ers,, which was to establish a peaceful settle
ment of existing diflicultieS, growing out of the
Villa Franca, treaty after hating been postpon
ed from time to time, is finally entirely aban
doned. The Pope is engaged in a newspaper
warfare with Louis Napoleon, and France seems
to be on the eve of another civil war. Maz
ziui is in Home, pr Turing his adherents fin•
another rising, while Garribaldi has armed and
equipped about 15,000 soldiers. The Protes
tant power of Hungary, after having vainly
endeavored to redress. their gritikances by an
appeal to Prant!is Joseph, is also taking mea
sures to secure its rights by an appeal to lulus,
mid Kossuth is again supposed to make an
attempt 1)11 behalf of down trodden Hun
gary. It is confidently predicted that Aus
tria will fall a prey to her own despotism, and
that its decline will be a benefit to mankind.
Altogether Europe wears a warlike aspect, and
our readers may daily expect to h ear,of bloody
conflicts across the Atlantic.
STATE LUNATIC HOSPITAL-MO annual re
port of the officers of this institution, located
At Harrisburg, has just been published. The
number of patients admitted into the Hospital
in 1859, Was one hundred and forty-three ;
males, eighty-three, and females sixty. The
number discharged during the same period
was one hundred and thirty-six; males, eighty
four, and femitles, fifty-two. Leaving in the
Hospital on December 31, 1859; two hundred
and seventy-four patients ; males, one hundred
and forty-nine, and females, one hundred and
twenty-tive. The whole number under treat
ment during the year, was four hundred and
ten.
NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.—The Democratic
National Convention, at Charleston, will be
held,on the birthday of President Buchanan,
and the Republican National Convention, at
Chicago, on the birthday of Scott. Ef
forts are being made by a third party, calling
ihmuselves the Union National Party, to hold
their Convention on the Pah of April, the
birthday of Henry Clay, at Lexington, Ky.,
the place of that deceased statesman's resi
dence. •
REPUBLICAN CLun.—The prowslings of the
Republican Club will be found in another col
umn. The Club is now fully organized with
an excellent and complete list of officers, and
is ready for effective service in the coming
election. We trust that Republicans will at
once enrol themselves as members of the ebib,
and .that all will contribute their mite in. pro
moting the iutecess of the common cause.
110 N. JOHN HICVAN AT HOME.—Since the
attack of'3lr. Edmundson of 'Virginia on the
lion. John Vichmun, he has visited his home
and was received at the depot by a large con
course of the citizens of West Chester. His
manly course in Congress seems to meet the
full approval of his constituency and to gath
er a host of devoted friends more closely to his
support.
Cult CONGRESSM.IN.—Tho late Convention of
the People's Party of Bucks county, passed a
resolution, commendatory of the course of the
Hon. Henry C. Longneeker in Congress. The
member from this District enjoys the fullest
confidence of the friends, who assisted in ele
vating him to his present position.
Mr. Bayard Taylor and tha Young Chris
tians of Virginia.
Mr. Ilowison to M r . Tailor.
RTCAMOND, Jan. 20; 1860.
BAYARD TAYLon, Es q.—Dear . Sir: I. regret
to say that reaSons, the full force of which
had not developed themselves when Ila Wrote
to you, compeLmo to withdraw the in • tation
heretofore given you to deliver lector before
the Young Men's Christian Association of this
city.
Believing that you would prefer that these
reasons ri,limild be candidly stated to you I shall
briefly do so. They. are : •
' I: Your connection with The Tribune news
paper, which has done more thanany paper in
our country to diffuse the Abolition sentiments
mind principles which led to the assault of the
murderer and robber John Brown of Virginia.
11. The skeptical character of certain parts of
your lecture on I [umboldt, which indicate that
you do not fully belhive the Divine Inspiration
and authorily of the Sacred Scriptures—a be
lieffirmly held by Christians'of the Southern
States, and which they consider an indispen
sable safe-guard against Abolitionism, Spirit
ualism, Free-Loveism, and all the 'other forms
of fanaticism so prevalent in the North.
While such objections exist in the minds •of
our community, I cannot suppose it would be
agreeable to you to visit us.
Your letters to me have been very courteous,
and have indicated a willingness to gratify us
for which I beg you will accept our• thanks.—
Very respectfully and truly yours,
B. R. ROBINSON, Chairman.
Mr. Taylor'? Reply. •
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 3, 1860
R. R. Rornxsos, Esq.—Sir:. Your letter of
the 23c1 ult., has been Ibrwarded to me.
I acknowledge your candor ; though I might
naturally have looked fur a more courteous ex
pression of it.
My literary connection with The Arew Tbrk
Tribune is of twelve years standing. It is.
4in
dicated in most of my. published work , and so
well known to those who knew any hi gamy
history, that I can scarcely conceit ou were
ignorant of it. I have visited the , uthern
States, as, an avowed correspondent of that
paper, have lectured in Kentucky and rirginia,
and received cordial invitations from Nash
ville, Memphis, Augusta, and Savannah.—
Hence, I considered your own letter of iniita
tion as another evidence that, howet w oliti
chins might diflerrthere was no " sccti talis ti"
in the world of Literature and Art, an cv I n
made arrangements to lecture before yet • S -
ciety, at some inconvenience to mylielf. t
was a nleasantreflection that, while my friend,
John It. Thompson, Esq., of your city, was re
ceiving in our Literary Association of the
North that respect to which his talents entitle
him, I, a Northern author, should at the same
time appear before a Richmond audience. I
have heretofore supposed it possible that I
might privately hold the opinions of Washing-
ton and Jefferson on the subject of Slavery,
yet—so long as I shouLl not publicly express
those opinions—be sure l of respectful treatment
in the State which gave those great men to our
common country.
You speak of my lee hire on Humboldt with
sci much assurance, that I presume you must
have heard it. I cannot suppose that you, the
President of.an association, which claims to be
preeminently Christian, would make so grave
a' charge against any tole front hearsay or ha
perfect knowledge. You knoll., thereihre, that
the (ally points in that lecture which have any
reference to religion are these : I defend Hum
boldt from the charge of infidelity, stating my
belief that a deep religions feeling formed the
basis of his character, mid furthermore, I dis
sent' from the assertion of at few narrow-minded
theologians, that Science is necessarily atheis
tic in its tendencies. I confess to a prolimnd
astonishment that .you should eonsitter such
opinions and evidence of ".skepticism ," " indi
cating a want of belier in " Divine inspiration
and authority of the Sacred Scriptures." If the
belief that Ilumboldi was not an infidel, makes
.me one, by the seine logic, if I believe you to
lie an infidel, I,prove myself' Christian.
In conelusion, let me say I have traveled in
all the principal portions of the earth—that I
know all forms of Government and all religious
creeds, from personal observation and study
but that nowhere, in any of the lands or races
most bitterly hostile to Republicanism and
Christianity, have I ever been subjected .to a
narrower or more insulting censorship.
Yours,
for free thought and enlightened Christianity
BAYARD TAYLOR.
I'ItoORE: , S OF METHODISM.—The Advocate
Journal: alter givine. ' the statistics of the vari
ous branches of the Methodist Church in this
country, and also those of Europe, says:
Summatily, then, Methodism throughout
the world 'comprises 2,5•15,100 lay members,
and 14,583 travelling preachers—an aggregate
()f 2,503,0 N communicants. If we add three
non-coMmunicantmeml lens of its congregations
for each communicant, (a safe estimate for
Methodist congregathms generally) we have a
population of more than ten and a quarter mil
lion attending its ministrations. It extendS
over North America and England : it has COll
- in France, Germany. Africa, nl A its
tralia ; its missions are in Sweden, Norway,
Switzerland, Spain.. Turkey, South Ameriea:
they dot the coast of Africa, India, China, and
the Isles of the Southern Ocean. Its great
missionary organizations include more than :1,-
000 laborers ; its educational institutions com
prise more than 130 colleges, theological
schools, mud hoarding academies, and, (in Eng
land) nearl7 500 day schools : it has more than
2,000,000 Sunday school scholars, and 300,t11111
teachers. Its 25 000 lucid preachers make,
with its "itinerants," a Ministerial force of
nearly 50,000 men.
STRANGE l'aocur.mxo.--A few days ago a
female member of the Roman Catholic Church
died at Youngstown Westmoreland county.—
At the proper time the coffin containing the
corpse and the still burn infant of the deceased
was taken to the church and the usual fune;:al
ceremonies had. After the exercises were over
the priest discovered the child in the coffin
and immediately tore it out, stating that the'
child was unbaptised and the mother would
go to perdition if both were buried in the same
coffin. The friends of the deceased remonstra
ted and quite an excitement ensued. The
mother of the deceased desired her child and
grandchild to be buried together andinterfered
some when the priest violently pushed her
hack. When the busliand of deceased inter
fered, it is said the priest struck him a blow.
One lady present fainted and when her hus
band, ill taking cure of her, placed his hat
upon his head the priest uncermoniously
knocked it off. - During the melee several
friends carried home the coffin, mid the' next
day the mother and child were decently in
terred together, a protestant clergy man bitici
sting.
A RREAeII or Nom In.—Orville Wood and
a Miss Mack, residing in Olivet, Wisconsin,
were to be married, but the young man got
drunk one evening at a social party, whereup
on the young lady's parents raised objections
to the contemplated union. • The holy declared
that she could not disobey her, parents, and
she preferred death to life without the object
of her affection's. In this state of the case,
they agreed upon mutual suicide, to take place
on the evening of the Oth ult., at the residence
of Wood's brother-in-law. At the time ap
pointed, Miss MaCk, accompanied by her sis
ter, drove up to the house of Wood's brother
in-law, 'whereupon Wood drew a pistol and
shot himself through the head, falling dead at
the feet of his intended just as she entered
the room. Miss Mack instantly drew a pis
tol from her. pocket and attempted to ratify
her part of the bloody 'bargain by shooting
herself, but she was prevented by the efforts of
her sister.
A GIRL FOUR YEARS OF . AGE MURDERED nv
A Boy OF FIFTEEN.—A boy named F. Horton,
aged fifteen years, is confined in the jail at
Troy, New York, on the charge of murdering
Martha J, Horton, a child about four years of
age, by pounding her with a stick and stamp
ing upon her with his feet. The parties lived
at Poentensill, a few miles from Troy, in the
neighborhood known as "Oak Hill,) in the
family of Mr. Martin Wheeler: .
A Slave Code for White Men.,,
Wo have been made aware of the fact by
democratic speeches.. iwCongress;,-latcly, that
if Alm National Legislature don't prise a'slavo
doh for tho. Territories—in plain words, plant
Slavery there and protect It by law--that tho
Union is to be dissolved. That the. black
slay° code—but it remained for that
stituted champion of "popular sovereignty,"
Senator Douglas, to promulgate the doctrine of
a while slave code. Senator Douglas is a can
didate for the Presidency before the Charles
ton Democratic Convention, 'and taking the
clue from the recent tyrannical doings of the
chivalric despots in the S intik, he proposes to
do in the North by law what they are doing
in the South by mob force—tB crush freedom
of action. Senator •Douglas has been trying
to please both the interests of freedom and sla
very, because lie aspired to the Presidency, hut
it seems to be his inevitable fate that he will
'be crusheded by this "irrepressible conflict."
There are those who.believed his opposition to
the infamous Lecompton constitution was sin
cere and honest—that lie had then no sinister
motive or object in view; but that that manly
opposition to despotism was the generous im
pulse of a Warm heart. Now, however, (turn
ing his eyes southward,) with one fell swoop
he obliterates forever from his bosom all that
was manly, noble and generous. Nay, in the
wild and reckless pursuit of' the Presidency,
(if he can attain it in no other way, he is will
ing to invade the altars of our country; launch
himself into the scales of despotism, bury
American liberty in the ocean of eternity,
and wreck forever the hopes of humanity.—
And then, when he has satiated his ambition,
lie can have the satisfaction—(like Nero, look
ing with joyful glee at the burning of Rome,
kindled by his own hands)—of knowing that
he has attained that for which he • sacrificed
his honor and his country. Judge Douglas is
well enough aware of the fact that no such
law can be passed in Congress at the prose
time ; but this infamous proposition of h
shows hint up in his true light—it shows that
his opposition to the Lecompton Constitution
was tiir selfish motives—because he was deter
mined to oppose Mr. Buchanan and his mea
sures, and because he wished to make political
capital for himself and desired to get rid o f
the odium that attached to him on account of
his efforts in securing the repeal of the Mis
souri compromise. What 0 contrast to the
noble, generous and fearless Henry Clay, who
wonld_rather he right than be President.
M day years fronrnow, dear reader, when I
m you and Judge Douglas and all those
aromill us shall have passed away—when in
'death we shall have conquered our sorrows and
trouble's—the name of Henry Clay will lie en-
Arined in the hearts of his countrymen, while
that of Stephen A. Douglas will have been
forgotten.
In the last Congress there was a noble and
fearless man, hailing froirLA slave State, who,
although born where despoVini reigns supreme.
and taught perhaps front early childhood that
there was no inn oppres4rin and tyranny
—with all the ardor and eloquence of which
he was. capable, denounced the Lecompton
constitution as tyrannical, infamous and de
spotic. That man waft Emerson Etheridge ol
Tennessee. Mr. Etheridge Caine hack to tht
present Congress; and when, in the late con
test for Speaker, he was called Upon as a man
hailing from a Slave State, to Nome' fiirwari
and vote for It Denmerat, he rose, and, in
clear and fearless voice, uttered these memora
.ble words :
" Sir. I will never N•otofilr a tons On' Speaker o
this House who endeavored to force the Lecomptin
Constitution upon a free and protesting people
never. There woe despotism in that measure t and
sir, as a freeman, I tun unwilling to give aid and
eonifort to there Iviio uphold or would apologise fot
Mutt despoliStn."
Judge Douglas, too. came hack to the Na
tional Legislaturebut did he, like Emerson
Etheridge, reiterate his devotion to freedom
and his opposition to despotism ? No! In
stead of that,'he puts forward the monstrous
proposition to invade our churches, our public
assemblies, our press, and to destroy our
lll
erlies nnder the fin•m and color of /me.
SALYdir
;,•firt a.
ALLENTOWN, Feb..l6', •1860
Mtssas Eortorts looking over this weeks
Register I fotoul It piece which attracted
my attention and which I have read with great
interest (I mean that piece which speaks of
°duration) I have often pondered upon that sub
ject myself, You refer to night school, Why
have we no night school. Is there no one in
our midst who has the pleasure of teaching
such a school, Or are our teachers in such a
predicament that they can not find a suitable
place Where to open one, or are they Yon well
of that they do not deem it necessary to earn
a few cents? Pear readers of the "Register"
let us no longer be looked upon as being finunl
in the dark corner of Pennsylvania. This is
by far not the ease. We live in an ago of pro
gress and will not submit to be excluded from
any of our immediate co-workers, but one
thing however is true that. we have too few
young 111011 who encourage in any way the age
of improVement, even if they have not chance
of going to a Hight school, they should be
lineal to grasp at something that would store
their minds with some knowledge and at the
end they would find that they would have gain
ed by it at least. such it per cent. thily would
not be willing to pay• if they should do so.
Mechanics, now is the time if' you wish to gain
knowledge, if you put it of it will be too late
and a noble opportunity may have • been iwg
leeted. I myself was born anti raised in the
country among the farmers and having attain
ed a mature age, I learned a trade, worked at
it for almost live years, meanwhile, however, I
always had a thirst after knowledge and never
neglected an opportunity to gain something
which I thought would be of sonic use. After
I had been free of my apprenticeship, I ob
tained an excellent - situation at a certain Sinn
inary where I received my, board and instruc
tion for attending to certain duties belonging
to the principal of the Seminary. I went but
a few sessions, as I wac poor anti hall to earl,
my clothing 1 was compelled to quit my situa
tion. But its l appreciated' the value of 'time
I have improved no much. that I ant capable of
teaching a school, which is my business at the
present time, however, I am no teacher in town,
and never applied thr any situation in the
•platT.
In regard to it night Scheel, it' 1 had the
means of obtaining a suitable place 1 would
expend almost, any sum of money to affhrd the
young, MOO a chance where they could devote
themselves in the higher duties of Me, in fine
if I had been a teacher in town I would have
had opened a night school long ere this, be
canse I knew that I could have secured a place
Without the least trouble. In my next Messrs.
Editors I intend to write a few words about
the young men who have already risen within
the last two years, who are now enjoying a life
which will elevate them in future time to
many a prominent position, providing naught
will impede - their avocations.
A PENN'A cliEnll.lN.
PRICES or Paoncer. IN NEW YORK.—On
nesday, common tit extra State flour sold at
$;',.05 to $5.45 per barrel; common to extra
Western $5.05 to $6.50 ; ex.'s% Genesee, $5.50
to $7.50. Rye flour, $3.70 to $4.49 ; corn
meal, $3,50 to 54'.15. Wheat basbeen "quiet
but firm," as the slenlers' say-1 he prices. vary
ing fruit} $1.20 to SLSS per bushel ; rye, 87
cents; oats, 38 to 46 cents; corn, 78 to 79
cents. hops--8 to 16 cents per pound .for
new; old, 3to 5 eolith, and dull at that. Mess
pork, $17.50 per barrel ; prime, $12.25 ; prime
mess, $16.25 to $l7. Country mess beef, 85,-
25 to $5.50 ; country prime, $4.25 to $4.50 ;
re-packed WeStern, $9 to' $lO ; extra Mess
$10.50 to4ll. Live beef cattle sold at 6to 10
cents per pound—average 8 cents. The retail
market, exhibits no new features to notice.
,tlei-A citizen of Winsted, Connecticut, in
vested several years since, $4O in the stock of
a Hartford Insurance Company. The stock
gradually advanced and dividends began to
roll in. The fortunate purchaser has now re
ceived $4,000 in cash dividends upon, the.
original purchase, while the stock is worth
$4,000 besides, • •
LOCAL AFFA,IRS.
(Communicated.)
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ELECTED LIEUTENANT.—CharIes Compp
`Esq., of Eastoia has been elected Second Lit* ,
.
tenant' f the Easton Jzogers, . . •,,
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nerCol. FORNEY Clerk of the House: at
Washington t has appointed GEO. W. PEARCE * .
Esq., of the West Chester Republican, to a lu
crative Clerkship under him.
air The members of the F. Ti. Society en
joyed a sleigh ride to Bethlehem, on Friday
evening last. Although they arrived home at
a very early hour, all speak highly of the ride.
DELAWARE CANAL DIVIDEND.—The
Board of Directors of the Delaware Canal Com
pany have declared a semi-annual dividend Of
3 per cent., out of the profits of the businessof
the Company.
.•
SERMON.—By request of the Young Men's
Christian Atisociation,.the Rev. J. L. Sagebeer
will preach a sermon to the Young Men on
Sunday evening next, February :Nth. The
Firemen are invited to attend.
IldrThe Hon. Jeremiah Schindel, Senator
from this District, preached in one of the
dawdle:4'of Harrisburg on Sunday a week since.
The Harrisburg papers speak of the discourse
as having been able, and practical.
A LEG BROKE.—A young lady by the
name of Frederica Heine, of Bethlehem, fell
and broke her leg on Sun,day night a week,
while on her way home from the German
Methodist church in company with her sister.
DELEG A,TES TO WASIIINGTON.=—The
Sons of Malta, of Easton are reply:wool br
lion. W. 11. Dimmiek, Lieut. Geo. L. Fried, mid
W. Scott Johnson, Esq., delegates to the Crand
National Encampment of the Order, as now
sitting at Washington.
,'pet-Leetures On " Pilgrims' Progress" in
Him Presbyterian Churith.—The next lecture
will be delivered on next Sabbath evening by
the Pastor, Rot•. Mr. Judkins, at Gk o'clock.—
Subject, "Giant Despair and Doubting Castle."
All arc invited.
PA RI /ON.--Justus Howell of Mount Bethel
tolrnship, Northampton county, returned home
lately from the Penitentiary, at Philadelphia,
having been pardoned by Coe. Packer. He
ltreledieen in two years, and had two more to
remain, having been sentenced on a charge of
Forgery. di;
ANOTHER SNOW.—OR thursday night
fist we were visited by another snow, which
by morning was some eight or ten inches in
depth. The sleighing was excellent, and
lovers of pleasure embraced the opportunity,
as it' feeling realizing that it would he the last
chance of the season.
'l'll E /1,I) COPPER CENTS.—The old cop
per cents, red rind rusty, are rapidly disap
ilearing from circulation. At the Philadelphia
mint,
.where they are being redeemed, they
were r.t.ateived during the mouth of January to
the value of $2,915, which is doing well, con
sidering,- that it is a one cent business.
er Lauer's Artesian Well has reached -a
depth of I 070• feet. The drill is now boring
through a stratum of trap rock, the same as
that from which Oakley's spring flows. Mr.
Lauer is encouraged with the hope of soon ob
taining an abundant flew of pure water, all
the indications being favorable:to that result.
lIEMI 3113 ER.—Ir you ltaVe a farm, n house
and lot, a horse, a cow. a stock of goods—ohy
thing at all, to sell—the very best way to do it
right is to advertise. We tierefore remind all
who have anything to dispose of, that the sur
est way to find a good purchaser, is through
the columns of the ItEntsTr.a. Bring in your
'advertisements and try it.
A sw - NDL yotmg man, apparent
ly about years of age, is traveling through
Ihe cohntry, representing: himself' as an agent
of the American Tract Society, and soliciting
stthscribtions to a religious paper. 'Recent
events go to show that he is a swindling im
poster %e call attention to the matter now.
to anticipation attic fellow's visiting our bo-
rough
ter•A dilapidated jou' , printer, • unt Of sorts,
made his appearance at our office last week.
and asked 14 work or some pecuniary aid, he
was olfered work for a week, and went out to
arrange his affairs accordingly but 'after re
flecting Some time on the vicissitudes of life, he
came to the conclusion that limes were too
hard to go to work, so he sold his shoes fir
seventy-five cents, and went cat his way rejoic
ing.
COVER YOUII 11011 SE.—After driving
your horse fur some time, in cold weather,
do not neglect to cover him warmly, whet you
hitch him• out of doors. There is no sight so
cruel, as that or a noble horse, champing his
bit, and eestlessly and painfully movingto and
fro, at the end or his strap: while the sweat is
f reez i ng on hint, and his neglectful master sits
unthinkingly by the fire;
" A merciful man is mereiful to his
JOB WORK.—We would remind our read:
ere that we are prepared to (hi all kinds of
Job Work, from ttre largest posters to the
smallest and most delicate cards. We are pre
pared to give the must satisfactory proof of our
facilities and ability for the rapid execution of
all kinds of printing, end wlnle we tteknowl
edge the liberal patronage that has been ex
tended .to us, we respectfully ask a continu
ance of the same.
co m, AND MON.—The Lehigh Valley
H. It: Co pony brought down, for tlie wee}
ending Saturday, tlmi . llth inst., 14,319 tons of
coal against 9100 tons for corresponding week
last year, making, fir the Sell Boll, rein incntti:2;
liveember 1, 135,983 tons, against 95,971 t ons
to corresponding period last year, .being au in
crease thus far for the season of 40,912 tons of
coal, 530 tons a pig iron were also carried
over the mail for the week ending same date.
SOLD A COW VOlt THREE CENTS.—We
heard at day or two mince from areliable source
that a countryman, who resides Ilia far from
town, sold a (Inc cow to a fellow a short time
ago for three new cent pieces, the countrynian
supposing them to be ten dollar gold pieces.—
The cow was taken away and the countryman
never discovered how egregiously he had been
sold until the lax-collector came along and
opened his eyes to the fact.—.-Easton
HOUSES EOP I.L-FAME.—The Borough
Councils very properly last week passed a res
olution, that all the inmates of disreputable
houses in the Borough he notified to leave in
five days from notice, otherwise the Borough
'authorities will attend to their prosecution un
der the laws. The effect of the notice has
been to bring a general stampede among this
elitss of persons, latterly becoming so numer
ous in our midst. We trust that the reform,
so loudly culled for, may be a permanent one.
GIVE YOUR DOGS WATER.—A freeze up
is al Ways dangerous on account of dogs.—
They can got no drink, and become nutd /
Every person owning a dog, should be careful
to supply the animal with water daily,.as the
best preventative against hydrophobia: Fre
quent cases of this terrible disease occur in
severe winter weather, simply because the
poor dogs find it impossible "to supply them
selves with water. Ice and snow only aggra
vate the thirst—they must have water.
TILL TWENTY-SECONP IN BETHLE
PM—According to the Advocate, the Twen
ty-Second will he celebrated with spirit in
Bethlehem-. A military display will he made
by the Bethlehem Artillerists and Washing . -
fon Grays, assisted by the NorthaMpton Artil
lerists, Capt. Linn, The Grays have been
drilling for some time, in order to do honor to the
occasion and to themselves. They will appear
in overcoats, if the weather permits.
In the evening there will be a supper at the
Eagle 'lloteL •: •
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Lohigh Canal is undergoing repairs
lit...4nd about the lock at'llothlehem.
THE LECTURE TO-10111T.—We trust
ihiitthere will be a full tern-oue,of o\ir
zens to-night to hear therleetnre (f our;Aoivne.:
man. Robert E. WrigliCEsibe obj ect of
the lecture is to raise funds,to assieton the .
:kpurchase of Mount Vernon. - Ali. Wrikbt 110
indly consented to deliver !hie lecCuye. free(
persons will receive full value for theii money,
and at the same time have the satisfaction of
knowing, that it will he devoted to a worthy
purpose)
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JER
SEY.—Frimi the annual report of the Directors
of the Centralltailroad Company of N. Jersey,
just published, we learn that te total earn
ings of the road for the year 1859, were $O7l,
702 14, and the expenses for the same tone
were $385,710118, leaving net earnings to the
amount of $535,930 00. Of this last amount
$370,300 was paid to the stockholders, in the
three dii'idendH made during the year. Leav
ing a surplus, after paying interest on bonds;
of $91,00049.
BALL—We trust that all who take pleasure
in " tripping on the light fantastic toe," will
attend .the First Grand Animal Ball of the
Young America Fire Company, which is to
take place, at the 0(1(1 Fellows' Hall on Mon
day evenining, March sth. The occasion, we
are assured, will be one of unalloyed enjoy
ment, the arrangements being on the most lib
eral scale, and adapted to promote the happi
ness of the bravo and fair who shall honor the
Company with their presence. The names of
the managers are a guaraidee that everything
will be wisely arranged to make the evening
one to be long remembered with pleasure.
BAIL OF T E ALLEN INFANTRY.—
The Allen Infantry commanded by Captain
Yaeger, propose having a Urand Benefit Ball
on the eveningpf the Lith of March. Exten
sive preparations are being made, and we liave
no doubt it will be the BalLof the season. The
Company deserve encouragement, and we
doubt not, that it will be extended to them by
our citizens. The Infantry have been put to
great expense in getting up the splernlid uni
llfrm, of which our citizens are deservedly su
proud, and whilst the energy of Captain 'Yea
ger has redueed the debt to a degree, to have
Been expected at the hands of no one else, the
wants of the company still demand aid at the
hands of our citizens. This aid; we believe,
will lie willingly granted.
.11:131LEE. eleventh
anniversary of ".Jordan Division No.:;till Sons
~r Temperance," will be hold on Tupsda s nvxt
the 28th inst. The G. W. P. has called a con
vocation if Divisions, which will meet in a Tern
peranoe Ilall, - at 11 o'clock P. M. In the, even
ing, at 71 o'clOck, a public mass meeting will
he held in the Evingelist church in this place.
0. W. P., Wiii. A. Didf. U. W. A., W. S.
Chilson. U. S., Win. Nicholson Esq., and M.
S., Ito. Fickardt, are es mated to be pros
et.t 011 the occasion, and address the audiciwe.
The first ward grass Band has. been moraged
to play on the occasion. Also the Eire 'Com
panies of town will he invited to attend; and
altogether, an old fashioned temperance jubi
lee is anticipated. The public are cordially
invited to attend.
IMPORTAN'I"fO IRON MANUFACTI:II-
EllS.—We have inadverilently omitted to no
tice that .Messrs. Samuel and John Thomas, the
later the superintendent of the Crane Works,
have obtained a patent fin' an improvement in
air heating pipes for blast furnaces. This hot
blast is spoken of as env of the most perfect
over intmduced. It has already been tested
:it the Cambria Iron Works, .Johnstown, Pa.,
Scranton Works, Scranton, l'a., Carbon Iron
Works. Thomas Iron Works, and Lehigh
Crane Iron Works, each attesting to all that
is claimed' by the Patentees. 'T'he'se gentle
men hating been reared from infancy to the
manufacture or Iron, are probably as familiar
with thB intricacies of the blast Furnace as
any in our country. Certainty 110110 111•0 more
capable lif discovering a deleet, Or Making an
'.lriprovnient than they. The well known abil,
ity and experience of the Messrs. Thonfas,
AVM g . l ti n s patent a favorable reception in
Qvcry Iron district.—Calasanqua Ifer«ld.
CENTRAL REPUBLICAN (IX:B.—A
'large and interesting meeting was held at the
public house of Moses Sehneek in this place on
Tuesday last. Tile President being absent, on
motion, Reuben Guth way called to the chair.
Minutes or last meeting were read and whopt
..d., The committee appointed to prepare a
oonstitution, presented one which was read and
unanimously adopted. The members who
were present signed the constitution. The
committee appointed to report permanent ofli
oers for this club, repiwted as follows
President—Win. 11. Aney,
Fire Presidents—Capt. W. 11. Clawder, Ist
ward ; A. (1. AH111)11(311, 2nd ward; Epin•alin
Ltrim, 3rd ward ; Charles Keck, -Ith ward:
Jonathan Reichard, fith•ward.
Rec. Secretaries—T. Good and 11. •I. Sager
('or. Secretary—Reuben Guth. •
!TIM!! AT —Chas. M. Hunk.
The report was adopted.
After the al moin intent ofseveral eunutittees
the .elute adjourned to meet at the, same place
on Monday evening next 27th inst.
MOSS, Secretary, pro. tent.
COLD WE ATIIEIt A IlEAD.—Thaa is, an
Wild tradition extant among the believer:i- in
signs," that the gromid but comes out of his
hole or den on the first of February, and if he
can see his shadow, he returns again to his re
treat to remain for six weeks, but if he cannot
see his shadow, he concludes that warm weath
er is at hand, and cut up such capers as suits
his limey in view of his liberation from risen-
An exclumge says:
If there is any truth in this old ' sign,' we
may look fur vela weather for six weeks to
eome, fir the first I was a bright and beau
ind day, and the aforesaid g round hog could
ua l seen his shadow alnarst any hour front
'sunrise to sunset.' For our own part, we can
not conceive any emmeetitM whatever between
Ut ground hog'pshadow and cold weather, nor
why the hog should come out on the first day .
of February, as it is not to be prosunwd that
he hits much knowledge ()four institutions and
modes of counting time, and would lie
to make a ioistake, out iedp year at aoy rate,
in day of his trial of the shadow theory. Net ,
ertheiess, we do not pretend to say thal, there
,is no truth in the collected wisdom of many
past 'generations, in' that the instinet4 of the
ground hog may not be such as to inform him
of the weather for some time to come, and if
any of our readers have faith in the ground
lung theory, let them enitty it.
' LEAP YEA R.—Any year divisible by hair
without it reinainder, , is leap year, which comes.
every fourth year. Thus 1860 is leap year.
The solar, or true year, is 305 days, 5 hours
48 minutes and 48 7-10 seconds. For conve
nience we drop thease hours, minutes, seconds
in our ordinary reckoning, and call the civil
year 3135 days. Hence we lose nearly a day
in this reckoning every fourth year— we actu
ally lose in 4 .years four times 5 hours, 48 min
utes and 48 seconds, which is net quite a day.
gut for round numbers again, we call it a day,
and therefore add a 'day ta'every fourth year,
naming it the ,21411 of Febtuary. 'Of cOurse by
thus adding a whole day we add a little too
-much, nearly twelve Minutes a year. That
in 100 years would amount to say 1140 mina
tes, and of course if till's discrepancy also were
not provided Ibr, in the course of centuries it
would vitiate the calendar. Therefore, once
every hundred years a leap year is skipped for
three consecutive centuries; on the fourth cen 7
fury it retained, because the balance is a
,Fttle the other way again. Thts for three
centuries we have an excess of 3380 minutes,
leaving a discrepancy of 600 minutes,—this
then is partially corrected by continuing the
leap year as usual, on the fourth century,.put
ting us within about 480 minutes, or eight
hours', of being right at the end of every fourth
century—near enough right for practical pur
poses. Another important fact about leap
year, is that during its centinuanee every la
dy has a right to purpose to any gentle Man
she may fancy.
Vlgt—We utiderstand that the Phoenix Ileac'
Campaay : otiAattett intend 'getting a Steam
Piro Englittkvg-'-.•
DEATH • OF., ,AN AG ED CIT ZE N.—On
SundayFinOinizig A nt about one o'clock, after
a lingerffik: illataii ; the lion. Peter Newhard
died. .14. - ivitskirtkof the oldest citizens of the
Boioug4:.'and Ames behind him a host of
friends 'and roliitiong.. lie had served the
people of this SeCtion the country in various
capacities;.filling posts of honor as well as
those offices which required, his most assid
uous attention. He was elected tinit 1111 Cor
oner, than Sheriff, than to the Lower House
in the Legislature, afterwards to,the Senate of
this State•and lastly to Congress. Ile has in
deed enjoyed an enviable reputation among
his fellow men, and when we look back a year
or two and think how well he withstood the
marks of approaching old age, , we can hardly
think it possible that he is..now laid low, in
thd cold and silent graver Yet so it is, those
who have withstood A Lhe chill blasts of time
for many long yea7l, must. nevertheless at
last bend the suppliant knee to the ruthlcs3
Destroyer and follow him to his dark abodes.
STANDING AT CHURCH DOORS.—We
often see in papers complaints made of men and
Boys standing at chore]: doors when the ser
vices are over, and bitter are the denuuciations
that are showered upon the heads of those who
are addicted to this habit. We know that the
doors of the sanctuary are often blockaded by
impudent fellows, who-stare ladies out of coun
tenance and make improper remarks. Such
conduct deserves the severest censure ;—it is
ungentlemanly and inexcusable. Yet, whilst
we are ever ready to pitch rough-shod into any
male.biped who is guilty of such conduct, wo
are inclined to Think that much of this standing,
around church doors originates in the habit of
ladies huddling together in the aisles, and re-„
mtfining in the pews till the male portion of
the congregation passes oat —hence, if a g,en
tlenian has aCeompanied a lady to church—a
husband his wife, or a brother his sister—he is
necessarily compelled to wait for her at the
door . outside, for which ho may be denounced
as being inapudent, a rowdy, &c., or leave the
lady return home alone, at• the risk of being
insulted on the street. But how is this to be
remedied?' To a great extent it can be done
by having the males nod females sit together
promiscuously, which enables them. to passout
as they entered. This will also put a stop to
much of the gaping around on the part of
voting people to spy out their lassies and beaux
hint that some older heads might also profit
by. The ill-mannered - fellows who are dispos
ed to loiter around church doors, with no other
object than to stare at folks, would thus find
their mmiber so small and so marked that they
world fear to do so often, and world soon be
driven entieely.
ST. VAI EN TI N E'S , 1)A Y.—Wednesday
last 'was the lover's day, for St. Valentine is
the lover's saint. We do not know that lovers
are more imperstitions than other mortals, but
they are certainly more imaginative. It is said
or Orpheus, that he "played so well he moved
old Nick." It might be said of Cupid that he
moved everything. In the language of the old
•
song:
"Oh. 'lir love. 'tis love, 'tis love,
That makes the world . go round,
Every• d ay beneath its sway,
Both old and young are found.?
It moves the veriest brute to gentleness, and
relines the coarsest nature. It, equally moves
the king find beggar; the educated gentleman
and the illiterate clown;
,the white and the
black. It makes the most common place na- . ,
tures retie:ll—and ut certain seasons the law
yer forgets his brief, the man of business his
ledger, the politician his intrigue,.and The poe
try of their natures is allowed to take form
amid consistency, and finds its way to the heart
and home of their lady loves.
To all such " true lovers," we repeat, St.
Valentine is the patron saint, and hence the
missives to the fair at this season bear his
name. An old writer cites as "one of the most
eloquent fru d'esprthi on the occasion," some
verses bi which an admirer reminds his mis
tress of the legend which declares that'oh St.
Valentine's day the birds clunse their mates,
and inquires :
Shall only von and I forbear •
To meet and make a happy pair ?.
Shall we alone delay to live?
This day an age of bliss may give
But oh! when f the proffer make,
St-ill coolly you refuge to take:
hiy heart I 1 fleato in vain,
The too mean present you dimdain
Vet Alive the tMlemn time ttllowtt
'l't, choose the tobjetw of our vows;
Boldly I lure profess my flame,
Promd to,lte yours Ity tiny name.
The earliest poetical valentines of which we
have any knowledge, are by Charles, Duke of
Orleans, who was taken prisoner at the battle
of Argineourt, in Lll5. They were chiefly
written in England, while' he was confined in
the tower of LI nylon, and are contained in a
large, splendid folio manuscript at the British
museum. SllllO Pr them are written in Eng
lish, which language the Duke learned during
his captivity.
Mr. Pepys, in his Diary, speaks of having
sett this wife half a dozen pairs of gloves, and
pairs of silk stockings and gaiters thr her Valen
tines." Bather an odd valentine, we should
say. Further on, however, (in 1037,) he says:
"This morning came up to my . wife's bedside,
I being up ilressiirg myself, little Will Mercer
to her valentine, and brought her name written
on 'due paper in gold fetters done by himself,
very pretty, and we were both 'well pleased
with it.' But I am also this year my Niife!s
valentine, and it will cost me live podia's ster
ling: but that I must have laid out it' wo had
not been valentines." •
Five pounds sterling (twenty-five dollars)
must have purehased a very handsome valen
tine—probably :uuithe• present
, of gloves,
stockings, and gaiters.
.
I,E•rirl )(legates to the Charleston Convention
have been chosen by thirWen States, and it is
Stated that their preference fon• . candidates are
as follows : Ninglas", 109; for Gen. Lane,'
Oregon,l: for (Ittlbrie, Rentnelcy,' 12 for
Andrew Johnson, Tennesice, 12: fur Jeff.
Mississippi and Alabama, ; for Mr.
Cold), tleorght, 10. The friends of Douglas
say that he will get the Oregon, Tennessee,.
a nd Oeorgia delegates alter the first election.
11E.9„.A story of gnoa luck IS being eirettlat
ed in Danbury, Ct. A man near Fairfield,
named Stevans, it ig mid , late off t it an
mu•tion sale. fora trilling sum. at package Of
old papt;rs belonging to his father's estate,
among wide!' 'Was found a deed fir a soldier's
land warrant. • Rumor says that the location
is where the village of Batesville, in Arkansas,
is now to a gen-
tieman
REM
There
of this State to remove' the seat of Hevern
ment from Harrisburg to Philadelphia. This
proposition has met with some favor owing
to the local inducements the city of Phila
delphia seems to hold out to the interests of
the State.
11Iiss Thompson, iu TennesSee, 'has
recovered $ll s,(aa) in a suit for a breach. of
promise against a 1111111 named Patterson.
The ease ex, ited i a great interest, as- the most
eminent counsel In the state were engaged
upon it. The verdict is the heaviest ever ren
dered in a case of this kind in Tenn.
• gar" John Morrissey, it is announced, in
tends saiting for England on the I diii of March,
in Order to be in tune for the tight. It is also
said he will take over with him $25,000, part
of which is entrusted to him by other parties,
to.be used at his discretion.
,—.31r..10hn S. Jackson, proprietor of the
Philadelphia Sunday liwnscript, who was somo
time ago convicted of libelling Dr. Smith; was
aenteneed on Monday last to pay a line of $lOO
and undergo an iinpraionment of four mouths.
fie-Daniel Ullman, the American candidate
for Covernor of New York a few years since,
has joined the " Republican CaMpaign Club"
of New York city.
111,5 T
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