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DENTISTRY
DR. if, - A: smicrE would respectfully announce to the
•
of Smothport ant vicinity, that he has fitted
. upan office, atplia• prepared to attend to liuminest
•in 'lila prpfestifin...Artificial teeth • inserted: upini ari--
, Ootifinpriticipleagano Co V,' to preserve the nutytral OK
: • pression.of tlie.faco • All operations in Dental Surgery ,
-done, in aaktitful manne r . . . : . • . 10tr
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D E N TIST, would respectfully. inf Oran 'the inhabitants
,
of Olean' and • surrounding country that he has lo
cated hinrself , permanently fn Oleon s , for the, practice •or.
his Pretension., whin-011e will lie• 'prepared to wrist on all
who, choose to give him Office vrer 11, II: Things
Dry Gocidii Store.
Olean, May 12;1860
A. J. NOURSE
Dealer in'Stores, Tin Ware,•Jnpppaned Ware, &a., west
- end of the Public 'square, Ftnetliport, 'Pa, 'Ciinlom
•-:work,done' to order onthe',sliortest notice, and in the
most substantial niannni. • •
• . • •-..OLEAN'HOUSE • .".. -
.1. - P,•IIARb, Proprietor. 'Olean,: N. Y.,. Omnibus 'rune
• t:o and froufthe.New York um.ll:rie Bail Baia. ,:taees
. 'forSioelliport 'and Ceres. • '
11Y.bE . .701J§E,
SSJ Osnoon Proprietor. EnigwaY. Pa. Tlll4 lintel
new and furnished in inedein styld. Ina ample ace°
rmodations,
.and is, in all respects, a First Class lintel
Itidiway, Elk Co. Pa. May 2.1.
ELDRED HOTEL,
JOuti•Neut,•Proprieter• '• This house, is 'situated 'll.
way between' Srziethpert 'and. 'Olean:
an commodious honor, atleati•ret and obliging atten ,
auto, 'and low prices. • '•
, Eldred, May1 : 7,1E•131).• • • , • • •
A.. D.' HAMLIN, ' . •
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Surveyor, Draft.smio Convoyancer:' nod 'l;eal 'Estate
Agent. on i etliport, 51'Kratt.rOnory, pa:
A. N. TAYLOR,
Dealer in Dry Gonda, Groc . ories, ,l'ork, Flour, SO ; F
Ready-Made Clothiu,g,.l3dota api Sulethpo
• WILLIAM WILEIN, • .
.rractital Meghatti, Britl4e-buil•ter, Sc
• Port, Allegheny; Nl , 4ettn'county, •-•
L. BROWN;
surtvEtoit, DRAFTSMAN. CONVEYANCER an. Rea
Extata Agent; Office,.Williamsville Elk co:; Penn'.
• • " . " —t;rnillENCES—
C•bapin & Boyitl;
lion. Tionimti Struthers,
W. •S. Brownell,. Eq.,
lion. A. 'l.• Wilcox,
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...- '.., . . ' ' CARVER 110,. USE, • .' - '
Joirt 11. Ilgt.i, Proprietor. corner (f Wai . er anLlll•leknry
Strtetm, Warren. l'a.. Veneral•Stage 0:1ice..., ; •
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FOBES HOUSE,
Fronting the' . Public f.z , /na're, - Mean. N. Y. a ay.rs
111im.en. , 1 4 .roprietor. Thu robes 11.iEvisfilti
and built of hriek. And is fttolNliel•jlt.rilo , li:rli
The Ipreprietor flatters hirm•elf art•omin,nta
ti n i ts , ar , not s ur p a qot k.y. any fiotel • '.n We,tOrn
York - . Carriages run to and from the No.,r York
Erie Rail Road.
BYROND, HAMLIN,
ATTORtiIiT AT 'LAW; 'Stne.thp.ort, :VPliean (71;unt..
~Azent for 'MesSrs,. l'o'o Lands , :Ithn
'.:iS • petally . to the Colter:Eon' of Claims Estninatic;;.l
Land Titles; Payment of TaKes. nli fall l,ine'ss rch
..tiog to Elia! Estate. 0111,e in
E. EOI.,TOHT : ON EtDRED,
, .
,Attorney and Condsellor a,t Lan., Sniethport, 3IIICna
Countyt- . . en. .11us.r i o,4p enthyttel to Iris care for th
dounties.of,sl , lcean; Potti-rnlnl Elk 'will .htt.prninti
attended to '',ollloo in the Spotlit Inane .: Ai.eond 114 n,
DR: L. R. WISNER,
Physician awl Surgeort; Salethpoet. Pa, will attear t
- all professioacr ails with promptness . Unice in
well Brock; seeoticl . tioor. .
THING. & MILLER;
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Whotphate and R4al . Dohlerit • in Blot.lP and Fader Pry
' lionda, Bnipeting) Rpady .Nl . adO.(Bothine; and •tronma
.- Furniabing °nods; Booth and Shop h, Wall . and Windt.,
' raper,,Looking 0 la4ses kn. - At oleali.2 - . Y.' •• . •
BENNETT HOUSE,
:f..tnettibort,M , fteail It. Itk:t::;itrr, Proprit.
inr 7 .—opposite tlie'Court 'lmmo.' A geld Lir4e, eL , : u
modions and well:furniolo houce.; • • . , •
JOHN. C. BACKUS,
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Attorney. and. ,
P.butiselloi at Lair. Sineiliport, I',l'nean Co
• • L'a. Will attend to all hosinesa in his irroressinn in the
• countlea orMiKeitn, Potter and Elk, Office over O.K.
... Sorbing! dr, lirothero' Store. . .
HACKNEY HOUSE,
Corner orPeconit and . Liberty 'street's, {Carron, Pa. it
A. pennon, Proprietor. !Travelers .hill fluid good. asi
-cetomodationa and reasonable charges,:
E. S. MASON,
Dealer In Sto'vee, Tin Ware . , Jappened Ware:. &e.. west
Aide of the Public Sque're,• Smethport, Ph. ensthm
work dime to order on the shortest llotice nod in..the
.most nubetantinr manner.
LARABEE'S ROTEL, • "
B. L.faan6e , Proprie,tor,,;Alloulletly IWltean
.Co Pa; Thin, lioneola situated about nine mites from
SMOthport on thu road. to Olean, and will be found a
convenient stopping-placo • •
?mutEßs , vALf,Ey HOTEL;
fly T. ildonwor. This house is situated ahont fice'ruils
• frntn Satothport on tko road to Olean. Pleastiro..partie
and othetscaO be . accommodated on the . shortest notieU
• -• W. S. BROWNELL, . . ... -
Polder in:Dry ,Goods; 6roCeries, OrbekOry, liardviaro,
' 'llnotp, Shoes i jlnts,:Cops, Glum, Nall4 OilA s &c.i.a:C.
East, sido of .tho , Square, Sme
Public Sdipprt, Pa. -
EBtPORIIIN ROUSE,
.13hIppen, lll'Keun . . Co., -P.s. • IV. Proprietor.
.A commodious and Ivoll-furnished houmo,' Stranze vs
and taavelors will find good acecinimodstl'ons.„
Pour ATIEGAI7'IIOIT4E,
"Puma 11. DoLLEY, Propriotor, at Pert Allegany, Me
'Keen Oeunty,nix hotel iesitnated at the june.-
lion of the Srnothnort . and Allegany River toads, nine
imilestast of Sniptliport.. .
: ASTOR HOUSE:.':
• •.: SMETIIPCRT,III , KEAN Co.; pa.
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WM. HASKELL • : : • :•: Proprietor.
'This House is toll .Caleulatedfor the accomniodatien
the Travelling Public; having recently been repaired.
add' remodeled. tided Barns and Stables. Oharges rea-
Seeable.. Stages for Olean, Shipper! and Itikway.
inetliporti July 2i 180. , • • •
The.folioWing just and handsome tribute from
an
~ English .jOurnal
.to . . President
in' stiiiiing . centrast.with the.iiiijost and tingen 7
erotis:.....attacics that are Sometimes made • upori
'him :by Amerienn .neWSpaPers.,' T.hiS
journal, reinetej,from the.seetie.of our prilitical
battles and:free frotri partiSumrancor, :pronoun . -
.ces the'calri, lodgment of theiittentive observer
and the impartial . historianand, orie:of our'
cotatimoraries justly Mbservs—sifurnisheS
glimpse :of; the judgatent - which 'posterity will
Undoubtedly pronioniee npon - the administration
of that distinguished •statesmari." '•
[Pronl the London SpectajOr,lSeptember 29.] •
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. • PRr.SIDENT BLTCHAN AN. - ."" •
Ina few short:Weeksthe electors of the Uni
fed , StateS • 3vijl determine'. who is. to. succee,
James' Buchanan imthe Presidency'of•theljoi
ted States.: Looking upon'thepecasion.,Witl
the eye of a ciaontempoi cry posterity;'.' Vet:teen
trot but regard it with' peculiar : interest. It it
a more irripOl:tant act of the.'eleetiVirbody than
. any' Which
.has occurred fOr a-long, Series of
years..We (filly recognize' in the' citizens of
the United - States s just desire to Maintain . that
, high standard or, charactei in .the :men chosen
. siicceSsleely for the Presidency ; and- we feel
confident that no Mao cati.bavo taken
self . miof fi ce so completely withoutany,parallel
in the preseilt,day; - oi imhistory, save in aspir
it'Of the mcist T 'conscientious;-ilasire,.not simply
.tmacipiit 'himself creditalily in comparison wlfh
his predecesiors; hut More solemnly to-do
his,duty to his cOuntry.• We believe, however,
that we 'are simply •Stating, a fact,' when we
„say that .Mr. Buchanatesimmeriiate predec.es.'
sors . had not altogether'reached' the standard
which be'his. restored. , ' The • chMactencif his
Administration is best.:describeil in the recital
of his chief events which have-happened during
th'e possession'of the Chair; or have in So : inr ca•
see been brought. nbodt by
,Ids. judgment and
When :fames' Buchanan was Fresh
dent,' he, found:A . lle Itim'ublic in a state of one:
(Nulled political excitemen't. I'llere have been,
indeed, periods of greafer violence, though 'even
in ;hat respect • the history, of the Republic
would with ditlicnity.exceetr some of the scenes
witnessed Within the last few years,; but 110 ' 11-
er; we believe, there•been such.a breliking
down of
. party Aistincticias, such:a beWilder
ment irs the opinions-by which Men are guided.
,This was not so.much the result of the (Morse
Rursued :\l;r:',llticharian's ;immediate preile
crisor as. of the vaseillating pOlicy'to which
F.iilenore conlrortthl A's
geie man, ;conscientious, aUxihtts to perforrri
his. duty,. we fully tilinW Mr: Fillmore to
bceh ;• kit 1416t*il ihe"eflliction of be
ing•a thcirougWconmnonfilace man.
ino . rals might be found in rin . }r.rge Of the
Connimpldee.'l3ook. ID aimed ;at
beine guidedify the sort of morals whichscliooj
-IMys are practised in Wlfen they stu...ly.ealig; a
phy M.their copY.tioolcs. •.Atoive'
was ambitious of Mial: l 24l . the A dininistraiion a
li
peaceful any; but 'lie 'alto the rormfieMblun
der;of thinking that to say.. Peace was to Make
it
,Where thefe,was no peace'.•Jle tried to avoid
'conflict by . evading, t troublesome qu'efStro.ns. The
6thtt'cl' . Arne ty teas fullyrtevetcpiil
in . his. day: We have i•ince been shoWn 1.0. w i
might lhare Veen settled, butdi was he wlnial
lowe , d!it !o 'imeorhe chronic - by ne‘.:ket.;
hind to' temporize with
,MortnmOtM and•posi
Lively enconragsedd(to the' in=-.nz
it 'could establiSbitsrlf by . imr;rinif,'-', its to
-; .. 1.;15 1)0
• t!0'00
10 00
2000
• I:50
..... IVirren, :
liueiia I'i,ta,•
Cr, the ridieuMus Dr:i7,hOto
,Vonnir., to ftv•G;ov
erno.i of tiCalf. same sPirit.• of temptoi•
'zing w:th obsolete preteets.::cm‘,...befavel. the
way 'to' I he repeal.of the illisi•ourf.i.C.oniiiromise.•
Thus lie.r s eally • pand , red . lo' '.
e x : Tara
gances under cover of cem'cifiat ion, With tared
dillieuoes : .and all their branching coese,,itien
ees. General Pier'ce: hail to: battle, art Midd.; lo s
t.thein Were the first • comp'Jca'rons arising out
of tile actual repeal of the compronlit , e of I St2o;
with tin early disturbances in 1;;;Ineas. .Itic
no fel:leer:On upon Gen: .P4'reo to say be. wtes
not strong enough:to grapple with thrse.'enon-'
and.subdu e them: They. temained in ti;11-
vi g o'r lobe imemantered by ,Ttlines .11e:chat:Ian::
and had,•intlectl, eneonraeement of the
one Dzes,ident,..and:tife. failure of the : pther to.
pirrth m down,••gi . .)wn both in propertiort. and,
lit h01dne , ..5.'.. The' cross .pnlposes. poli'tical'
parties had engendered a restless Fort of per
yersitv in the House of. RePre . FenfativeSovhich
nafttrally.failing to.beesatisficd, gye\v•.in.tbop
rioSition.; onda o imetiliar persnmil nenbitio.d
(bleed some :statesmen of. the Republic—Julian
Douglas, for instance—to specelate iti a.policy
of IM . Stifitylo Mr. [lndianan.. Personal. ied..er
'est,.political want of- 'pliepoke. and ho narns:ter .
eviestiOns I”eitterttlied to bim by his pretleces..
'sors attended Jeribes Buclianan . .s entry ifito of-
We are not recapitulating - the Ini:tory of.: his
AdministratiOn, but'simpry- Btatim; the circorn
stances under which he crimmenced it and tita
eonelnsionio which he hrts;brmtplit ha;
assisted in settling. the Central American ques . ..
tioni not only by overruling Ilia absurd preten
sions into. which our OfficialS hlandered, hnt•ni:
so- by: cstablishiact . the- cherncter. of Brit
ish encrnachmentsin the Mo . sqinto 'Protecto
rate, at the same time-hatter defining . the rern-,
lions of Ihr. United' States in- that. P. boardly
constituted Territory. To What authority did
he appeal 1. To common sense, reason add
ft Was. histhorough command of the law of the
matter,. his temperate, yet film exposition of
thelaw, and though .MP . la'st, Pht.least . ; minute:
. his
and- •divinct geographical kno(10,. - whlch
enabled him to Oyerrule opponents; sad -thus to
Cause 4 - settlement of the whole. affair -on its
natural basis. Correcting the: inches-of „Mr.
Fillmore, Mrc Buchanan reduceir_ Brigham
Young. and his frantic followers' to reason; by,
the
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firm and effect ivc exercise of the ..Federal
authorify,•he brought the Territ'o'ry beck to the
jurisdiction of the Republic; and acting under
his Orders'i .the'ollicers of the: Republic,. effected
this reSult;:Witholit shedding a drop - of , blood.- 7
In like manner, by plbjeetipg the KarisZis flues,
thin to.a more precise treatment 'than it had
yet received, he placed'-lirnita,on the excessive
Pretensions Of bath parties; , Tod by his acts he
proclaimed to ille.'world Ithar . tbe'peWer of 'the
Republicis . paramount over faction. :The bor
der difficulties • ‘Viih. Mexico have' been. over
come.. exactly' te
in the . same - manner—by a m-'
perairc s-clear-sighted • appeal topublic luw and
reason,with.the employment of eff.cetnal,.. but
not e:caggerhted, .means'to accomplish a deft,
nite : 'purpos'e, We. have reasonM . loo' (hat
Mr.•lluehatain"haS always bCcti : .opposed to any
rorpign Vstimate of President huchanan'
:$.V1VA1 . 11P04.1 1 ',.. Wii. ,- .FAN:C.OUNTY;...:.P4, ',I.IIIkIiII,SVAY.
.„..9C10NER'..2..;;..156.0:.
di r eidea . of - illextreAnannexAfion-;
even . ct. i'nvi
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tat ion to' that te m pting g specieiof-rotm d' Nat
'r.
din been. iejected,- as offering, en benellts to:the -
Anglo-Saxon' Reptildid. by 'suddenly ..• casting
within its limits. a for6ign'popidatiOn,.addicted
to -foreign habits• in their Political
„Where:the l‘rexic - aus . :;proVed ineonMetant. to.
'Enstain . their-OWn aufliorify;cir to furnish sect:-
rity.on" their' border,' Mr. -Buchanan - . supplied
that WanthYtneanS which ai Minec ti •
pur
pose; -an d ... Went-no further. Still, in t e.snine
spirit,
.he accomplished' settleinentrof- that
vexed question, right of
searched.: finally- closed - in a . manner satislacio
ry to the deliberate public opinion:even offing
land.- fie .Maintained. peace at honie and
maintained peace at fiotne . and abroa - d; , though .
the demons of feCtion . and superstition:reared'
their heads at - horne,,and blunder) rig statesman
ship threatened to dd of amhifion ant
treachery .. .eh - road, 'He
. haS accomplished 'all
this in spite of tho - se eross..purposes
.atterpnted to thwart-him
at.every. turn,. and, which did: sOeceed . in pre-
Yenting.hirn frdm building . the.PaCific Railroad,
thus injuring the Repuhlie to , spite the President.
But in our. estimation, hue thing. done by
James _Buchanan excels evan,these, high - and
difficffit achievements.. The 'historian who
shall horeafter f .
pursue ilaiille::writings . will
.adMir that they riot only returnto the Clear 10-
and' calm di.nity'm Washington and Seder
'son, hut, imorfe. reSpect, go - even a Step further
than the., first .I'reiidents the It'
was a su perstitious prejudice of American poll
.ticiani that a countrymen of Washington and
Jefferson should never have -the courage - or the .
franlcness to speak in . -direct tehnsOf the dark
difficulty. beque.athed by British rule' to hoset
the Republic throiighont its life hitherto.'
- Buchanan foinied - a higher estimate of; the in
telligence and conScienco.of his 'countrytifen.
The first • President to. speak of .sla,vety, point,
blank,' he' haS -been firm "to
,principleir . upon.
which that difficCilt sectiOnal .questiori'might
his treated With reference to the-broad interests
and .ot%err y of the •eictil'e
I ic., ,and withoift encroachment on State rights .
or legal guarantee's.. In other words - r
-.Jame=
13cichanan-has not simply restored an ele,vated
moral tone, with the dignified language.of . the
fat hers.of the. Republic; but has impart ad . to the
official records of the ,Adiniiiistration
,afranker
-arpore - implicittr.ust - in - the ivisclorn,cif
the.Americ.an nation.. Nolnease oblige ; . .he has,
imposed-, rebeived ra.q)onsibilities on..the.eleet
ors a9Li his successor
,THE , WES TE RN • RESERVE.
These are . Ithusehold words. with 'yet
molly per.sons have a rather emilksed , idea of
their rpc'aninz how. th'e came jnto lion.—
rhose persons and Oh netv citizens will doubt;
less thank us for Making 'the following • ex=
tract from 'the admirable ..address bf Ti. V.
Pierce;. of Akron; lelkt'ered to the pititieeis.'of
Lorain' county. on the:lth of July lest: ' •
The territoty.now embraced lathe State of
connectien t. was originally granted to tiviti'corn/
'Panics . ; • conneeticut akd New . Tins—n.: The
Old patent Of 'Connecticut nias granted • March
Irl I.p3l , :by:the IV . nr.Wick; to .T.Ord
tiny , The. New Davi- .company'
. compased . cf . Lord ...I . troek;* . rind .othe,rs, and (ion s .
the union of.the• names of cite of each compa
ny sak ancl.l3 rook, one Of the , first towns set
tied by the - cOmPtinirs. Have° . rum
.oll3` 13 I rivisd in Boston .111 and is'
the,folteivine 'April .removed .to NOV Ifat ea.=
In 1.069. the, IJ, of 'Rl:gland,' granted.a
for the OnioU . of the two colonies, • nod
defided . the . ..r '
• :From the South fine_ of nisSaChitsytts"hit
the - n. 0014 10. - tring.:lSland the South,.
and from the Naregans . ett river; nti the east;
to.the PaCifie . int the:West." , • . .
It 'a ill lie•sceit.liy: reference that
t bonad.l ries wOuld enclose..not only
is Pall . ' the• Stat e. of conneetictit; dint . .pOrtions
.of Nilw . Yo,l . l; and Nets Jerxey,-fticarlYbne-har(
.of Penosyvahini rill of .t he nart born portions. of
Ohio. and Widnli; tint) 'portion's-of 11.1Mois', 1 . 10*-•
ica,'Kattsas, Mis.s . ono, California and -.Oregon.
There was a:id:nose in the 7 cliarter,.. howeVet,
which
. exaepts from the grants su'eli 'portiens
as . were occupieilliy . plini'settlirs. •
The Doke 'of .Vork p coca red a' patent fur
what is new New York, ,erdiflicting. with this' •
patent to th e Coanectieut Cotripaiiy. • -Penn
sylvntila.hoil 'also, had: their' paper ti
tles to portions•of this'Same territory.
• A dispute soon. arosrtAiet ween.. New York-and •
Connectieut;as fo theirliontoinfies andjiirisdic•
I j
tion;' . which;iti 1•60 I was referred tea . i•Mn ht k '
shun appointed 6y the King, who . : decided.that ,
tl western boundary of Connecticut shotihl
a line beginning 911 .. 01c:east-side. of Mamara•
sock river, '(now called Mill iiver,y at • a place
where the salt Wat - er imiets . 60:fresh at high
water,. anti thence . north, ninth-west to .the
line of iklnsSachusetts. .130 descisien con
nertient lost all 'of the . tertifory claimed by . her
within the limits . of the patent of the Duke of
York.
,'A charier was.granted fo.william Penn
. . .
in lOnt - embineing that . pniU.of the 'teriito
ry wet of New .York; , whiehlieS ‘rithili the
present . .of dispute
th'en arose - bet ween.these crannies us to boan-
darie's and jurisdiction. 13.dlpsolonies sold . the
some and eaeh'.guaranteed.to the purcha
ser undVtorbed,posession . .. This 'ex iced ,Lit
terr quarrels arneng . .the'settlers, and resort was
of ten had to force to expel those in possession.
In 1753; a - company . ' was t'armod in.. Connec
ticut to plant a colony on. what they claimed
as ineludeidin her charter, on the Susquehanna
river. A piircha§e . was . ,maile of the sachems
the
thelroquois, or six nations by this company,
in 1751,•at- Wyoming, now called Wilksbar.re,_
and in 1774, a township,was orfr„aniied there
called Westmoreland, which. Sent ..arepreaeni
ti.eo- to' the leuislai ore' of Connecticut.'
.
!jive; on their..prior grant, the legislatnie
of Conneetieut,in 1771), transmitted• to Ent;-
land 'certain questions to: be proposed .to the
most able lawyers respe . cting 'her title to' the
land in disputo... The answers ii..ere faentahle to .
her Claim,' and. dot ermined 'the colony to
them. The Revolutionary war Happening soon'
'after, su s pended' further proceedings ; until its'
close. In .IS$ l' the two States agreed teup,
point cominissinher3 to'lletermitlo.the
and an aCt of Congicas was passed painting to
thdaa',cornmiSsioners fold power to . ael in the
final setilernent Of this long pending . -contra-
.verff . . ' The demmis s inni•rs met . at Trenton,
Nnty Jersey, in . Noyetnhe'r, 1782, end after a
full hearing i.f.t - he .parties.ihek 'decided that
Conne s etient hnd nu light ,to the lands, in dispute„
Thia settled the : matter so far a 3 Pennsylva
nia Ava!!.emicerne4. • • ; . •
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...Coon'ectieu, botwithstntittinlc tboe adverse
desilsious chanted lathe
lands west of to'save
tore trauble,..oe.legislcqure...prorosed-to . etide.
ill'these fluids to Congress With' a ie. ervO.
one rlitioilred , Ond twe nty length:in - m - le ,
.
diiltely 'west. of the tv'srlino o'f'Peonsylvania;.
and nortliof'le.titade degrees.' • ;-
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This preposition vras..ticeepteil by Congress,
and . 01. the 13 September • 1780 the - State
of conneetie,ut,,.hy deed' released ill chiim to
western lantYs, iricluqed.'in... her Patent, reserv
ing the tract aforetiaul,, then eallecl.4New:Con
neat ictit; but notv•knowd as . the 4. , W,estern Re-
•
In 1762, t!elfilecticitt granted half n million
acres - on the' West .etil•Of the • Iteserce, to .
London, • Fairfield, '
arid
other.taWns in ConnOcticut fOr lbases'austained
liy' them in ilia Itarantionary. war, by the ,bur
'sling of •their , property' Ily'tha. liritisll. • From
the circumstance they are tike-lancia
The .remainder of, the tract,:being' . a• little over,
.three.million•acrei,,wai soidliy the State' of
ConnecOcut to:the eonnectient ,
company'
on the sth, of erlintnlier 1795, and the ;per,.,
chase money $1,Q00,000, 'was' '
State cif..Cornicatictit,' the intmest , rorestitutitig
a 'fierrittiO hind for, the support. of . eprOrnOn.
schoolain that state,: called . tlia—Connecticitt
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.. This brief harative brings up, the 'history' of
‘the Rese;rve".tce 1795, wheit ie C.onnectient
I,IiMI company was , .otganikeil; anit.mnde - the
purchase 'pithe t- Wester!) Rese.iye:?'. The.
cOnipany:was'eomPosed of fifty -Rix individuals.
IMthe.yeai - 1705 they sent, ontjhe first explo . -
Ting antrsurveyiit,petty,'who sixty-four'years
ago .to-tiajt, lanthAon , fthe, ileserve!i and , cele-;
brated.ourNational ludepende nce.'? •.. ..,
. • 'Signs of the Times. •
111,A el: LoyE. r!:.tsT I.Y cinencio
. . • .
11. f ngitive slave from Missouri, n amed
sotight. - telnge in Atli:mis t: end a' few 'months
since was arrested tinder t.lie-fogitieslaye law;
and 'by the decision Gl .. .Fudge Cnittox' 55'55 •Te.
stored to, hiS owner, a Mr. There'-
tMon . h . inqb 'seize'd the. - .heir°, and::eveh..befoie
the Judge had left 'the bench, took ' him oat 'of
the hands of the officers of the law; and
tied him beyond' their. relief'. ..Threp.. of ilia
tir;gliiaders bf;-thiS.. mob .were arrested, :tried
'antb - cotivicted. • Nine - leadintzjiepablicanlaw
'yers volunteered to : defend them without fee or
reward.' -They Were sentenced to line And • im
prisbarttent-two. for ten-days, due third for one
The Imo . ..int:of. t it fir,rs and costs was $
. .
600 Xl7. The Black Repel.licad imanager's in
stantly set'to work to raise the amount:' Vrin
tic appeals : Were . . writttn and.spokem 'The
whole commu n ity: Wi:a.'ekeited"; • Mem:Wean
judg.s; lawyers, 'preachers, and oflicedualders
chthrituted: • The Money was upon raised, and
. the .12th, the'ilay on; Avhich the ten
day's finprisonmeat expired, it Was paid into '
the Court. '
'tber' folf.owed a scene of:it:NO.3ns excitement
which - baffles public meeting
wasljeld-ei night', in' Metropolftan ':XWO
lof ihe'vidlators"..of ti,e. IhAv-,Ltwo'hf the . sedit ion-'
isls and criminals , by name llOssAca: and S:ronT
'Were poi - pet:sly °paraded on. tbe platform, and
introduced to - rhe• mer 01)0: as , 611tirtkri..oy 111;ir
y." :131.ick trieh;l:flite women', Wide Wannin
and white Men:Av.-re tegolier
t;uousty ;in the meeting. ',Ong .Joux.
wothrn,:t he Black flepshhcan Mayor of Chicago,
cipeni,d the meeting, nail nod tine Of, cluir
etheristic adclross. , e„ 101 l of low buffoOnry, : and
ribaldry. athf full of - Abolition freason. .
• When
.. the..two qiinals; floss:At::l.nd STOUT,
erflltf. iorwatd upon fhe stage, they were greet- I
e'l:acillt a 'Perfect stOal.of applause. • '.•
floisitek was at once: called 'Out. 11e..c0m4
Monced saying..N.lT If? •wA's -t.tvrt'Anoth
.tX WOOL." Hi; uta.mvuri .l
TIIAT Gob'thir:Arrm et.r, atrx or riXr: moon
I'll: nathaVEn IN' °fur: iw
s yn'rlM - uamsaAI:I6NOI°)NDEPI:NDLNCE, IN . /MN=
KEIL, iiii.t. At4f ttrthc. , .To;;4; 1V W Asuiv!toN
joWs . )lnthr: , ::(lmmense applause.)
lie' therraddressed soniti words 'to: aid
black and white, and. told them • that lee -'could
nct /nye ( . 7n..9 mil num itn:lcs,i,q.4fas
•' Doctor S'rhur, the.other f°*tinzinai, hext took
the stand.
Ile'eulogized the Republicans of Chicago for
'gettiuglsimSelf and, - comrade out of
• jaild hut' he
'wanted thenacto know° and feel thaft
in which they:did if was' not the right
Every . Ceti( haiksubicri.bed for that intr.'
pose - Was 'blood money.' Was that the . Way
Godieleased Peter from prison! '•Nd! he struck
the jailor'down ! (Great'applanse.), He. exhOrted
the Ropublicans.olehicag,o to•uddnpt.a iimalAr
course; if such a case:again ;me. They ihthild
use the strength'ot their : right
,ariri, arid not to
do it w h 9.100,1 hmiley.'".(Applauso)..
He said a sinatriOnS had bees served upon hits
•and Ilossack for the value ofJim Gray (the ne-
Pc") 'More "blond money" would have to .be
paiduthess the dllubrieans did their whole du
ty. 'Lle. had got to pay $2OO es -the price . .of
human being, or•lay in yonder jail. (A • voiee :
"Then We'll take yoirout.") That's right my
the''s' the time for you Id do. it..
plause, and cris ''We ! We will!) He
had Made. rip his: mind that he had suffered
'enough in the cause of human- freedom. ''Ti'
Judge Drummond shOuld send .
minion., • after
hitilthe should defend hirnsett. It might be
that some of them would Alf : and. the Sheriff of
“yonder. jaii'' would tie'cnllra upon . to “stretyli
his nerk."Will'you -,(Cries of
"No! No! We won't!"' and applause,)
'An auditor here
,asked the speaker if he would
have had the. Republicans of 'Chicago form 'a
mob and murder the S'heriff'to re-take: him,
stead of taking the cotirie - theyhad taken..
Stout: '.No, Sir; but I : would 'have them. go
with pickaxes'and 'crowbars; andmake a' hale
thrhugh shine walls large enough. 'far 'freemen
to pass, tlfrough."(Tremenilous.applause:)
' Stthat then'tendered his tlinnka to' the crowd
and gave I.y. • .
Wentworth fOtio wed in' seine explanatory re
rlcs; after ivldelif) : .cen Coo and' e -
th nmori•
ous Qt..,Dny nam , ed the
,erowd: .
Such 'is the coNsaal'Arts'll tif the i3taekletniti.
Hearts of. 1111noi4,..Lspinoves 'own' •,State..• The
men and 'women 'wholifigtired this meeting,
..wele' his :,i/eigl2ors 'end '• friends. :The: i•mo
entnii‘f.s. whose.. ,'Ybotit ion sentiments and
whoa insane threet.. • entinisiastiealiy
eheered, • ale I.4:4e . ciLiv vpiEns.. Are such , the
aentinMMts of the 131ac . .k. Repuhlkans 'Ol Penn
sylvania'? Yes, Black Repuldicatiktin the
:arse every . where. .
Arterr'us Wa'rd'g intorviol'o7 wlth.thelnco
,
• . rtetnne.: ) , Vard;Jhe-sholvman—the :man
Mani.e.srieiienePe and nnlimited hutnm -fins
seenithe 'Prince. The Int bet.weep't4iie
itiatingeisteo : personeis . supposed to - have taken
place at Sarnia, 'anti A. Ward,•Esq.,.telle.loB
story
lle. handed RIC a . sega :Ice Set.'do — ern'On Ihe
pizarro . &•cornmenst emokin':riglir.eliserful,—
“Irel,„'sez I; ‘4Albert li:dwarrl, how's- the-old
r,kffer Majesty & Ihe .rrinee - - ere • Well," he
g<
. ..Dui the old man take: his lager .reglar?'i I
lt;U red
.The.Pririce tarred and intiOnted that the olil
Men didn't let many keg's of that-bevrage Spite
iii tho.sellariri the, coarse of a yere. We sot
,&
tawked-therc sOme . t.me nhout,tnrittera &ildnes
Sr bi mcb y I. axed. bow he liked I)6n'
,a
Prince as fur. as Iteeireot— : •
• ...To sPeilk plain Mister Ward," - fie-ead,, ''l .
muelflike it. I'm this - luiwin
& giernwiin kluirrnin ore! hoy. Min
I would, tat hergo t hreW the country
enjoy Myself in my .owttway:, - ,With 'the
boys,.& not. he made a shoW of to lieGarp,
,ed at hy . ev.erylicely.. - When the •people . cheer
me I- feel 'pleased, fur I.knOwthey. - meen it,
if these One-hoss knoW how I . see
*threw all their' moyes &E' understand how exitct
• ly whattheyare after, & Icnowed howl Fart 'at,
collo'. private, thayd.stoptissin my:hands and.
fawnin • Over me as they .. new.'do. But you
know, cant bein a prince,.& . l .
must do-all I kin to fit'myself fur the'parsishun.
'F
-must somtfme'ockepy.','
“That's troo," sez I; ifsickness and the doe:
Mora pill Carry the Queen
. orf- I ofAllele dasc,'
sore's your -born." ~ "-.• ••
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The.thite haven arove;f6rrne to take' MY de
parter,l.rose un..Ond sea, Edward,,_reuSt go,.but Previs to doid:rso' I obsarVe
I lint you soot. rrie. Ytire a good feller; Albert
,Edard, & thotigh Imeogin'Princes . ns.a ginefal
thing, I must say I:like:the cut of your::Gib:- 7 .•
When you g,i t te be ICA lig t ry. end,he ea' good . a
man ns'-yhre mother has jße just and he
Senerus, especially to showmen,.who'hav ajlrrs
bin aboozeil rios the (lase ',Nbah,.'who was
the.fust man to. go into the.DlenagerY - biznees;
kel the , daily . paPerit Or 'his . time, -ore, to be .
bleeved, - Noah's .colleckshun pf li.vin ;wild
beests beet ennything ever seen: airis, tlio 1
make bold to dowl ef.his sheiks was ahead of
mine. filce.rt.Etlard, ndoo.": . I Ink . ..his •hand
which he shook:wart:My, & perpet.
6oal fipOs liars' to my show, &also parses to take
home . todhe Queen andAlbert, L put on my
.hat and wallctoway, ' •
Want;" 'I rolilerquized as. I wallet
Irn rd, 'of you cool See y,otit.lltis
.band now, jest as lit promlly ernerjis frorif.:.the
presents of : the futnr.King of Ingland; Ythrll be
'sorry you hini a Beest je.t, becavv?„ he.
cum home tired ..I nite hod vi•nuti4 to go to •bed
without takin ori his bdots.. - Yowl he 'sarry•for:
tryin to deprive yore'. husband Of the. miceles
'boon of libertk, 136t5y . .1.anp . ." ••
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Tur.: 11t.cfrp.my op Ir;ick..- 7 -YoUliave heard t he,
story. of theltalian artist, Who; .meciilhi with
a child of 'exquisite beauty, wished to preserve
he
. r, , aturefr; for' , fear should. nevor , see'eueti
loveliness ;oda in. So ine pahhed . tlfe charm' rig
, . . ;the
face . upon cansasS,. and 'mine it a . lien walls
of his studio. In ,Ilis. sembeinsr. . hour : 4 thdt
swees.gentle rounteanneelead Tillie an : angel at
light in hiar...lts presenee'fille'd-his:soul s with
the.pii res t 'aspire tions. lf oVer I liiiil,A,e said;
a perfect eontinit to this iiiiriuteons face, I .will
paint' that •alse, s and liang..therd s sids .14 side, nn
ideal of heaven and hell.—, Years' s passed; 6t 'Inngth, iii a illstandand, he sate in a prison he'
vidteirthe snost'hiskoirs alijaet. he iiiier gazed
npaiia. (lesee, haggard fiend, with , slating
ey s es'and cheeks deeply. furrowed with lust and
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crime. • The artist TeMembered Lis Vow, end
immediately peinted.apir;fure :Of. this loathe
•some. term; to bang beside the portrait .ortiths
lovely •The contrast I , vas . perfret. this
dream Was .cealized.
,The tw o . poles of the
moral universe were before him. , What Wes
tho•sarprike of the artist, on enquitY into the
history•of Ohs : horrid ; •Wretch i te find he was
Once that lovely little bey. Both of these'pic- .
fures, the angel and the (lemon • of the •erttne.
song, now hatig•Si t io bk 5/0 in a Tnican gel-'I
....11rr:.Tistrrxr.irto Duwn oFSvntit.—Our Syr inri
correspondent write,t3 thn.r. more than ten thou-
. •
sand human bodies still lie tiponithe.iides o
Moult Ilermon, , in full view rrf the sea
al Gal
lilee,and the AleiliterraniNin, tip;?n the plains of
Sitfon, the ancient Phamicia, hlaekening.in the
sun, a wil r their iihroil still cries put to IleaVen
for Vengeance. • :It is Qrieetal •ctisten
leave murdered dead iinburied_fintil justice has
been satisfied, and although in Syria the'efrer
:or climate upon a dend'hody.reqiiires its burial
witniw't Wen ty-fitur hours' of Ihedepartitre •of
ito.spirit from its earthly tenement, these had
ies tattle remained unburied slid' in a..•catriplete,
state of pres , .rva fiord
In the couit yard of. t Ite•palacei, in the bar
racks, and:whe,rever the . Christian has fallen.'
there lien Elie. body nosy, still atvaiting the ven:
t. , ..eanee . of . :llenveii upon'the oppresors and the
slayers of the: Christians of Meutit 14badOn.
Without entering, into. an ejohirial ion of :lite.
physical causes trhic4 have produced this MI( . 111-
llMlfirilliOn; it is eulliricut to . ; say that t hk,:tes
timony of all confirms the statement. Wolves:
and hyenas'. have of cause vi•ololc;'
hut iwall enclosed premises the presence of the
unburied dead remains a silent appeal to Him.
who declared, 4 Yengeanee is,mine,. I Will re,
pay; saith the , tord.'"- • • • '• ;..
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How. Wni,KEn. WAS ' §IfOT.—All Illni a / 1 11 cor:
respondent or : do, ilemhz
~viites:--AValke'r; it
appears, yas'pot I)erinitted to. haVe any eon"-
rhardeation with any of his followers previous
t(i.his execution. - He'rnarehed from his..celt : to
thO'plahe of e.i - ectitioo with a. steady are!) .and
attshakett . thien. A. chair bad been p!ireed fiu.
. .
idarilvith : his 'bock. towards !ht . ! Castle; • Hay:
in.. taken his seat he was blindfolded, Three
osoldiers s tepped forward to , within twenty, feet
or end !discharged theifo.moiskets.:.-Tho
halls o;niereol his holly, and as he leaned ir little'
fdr wards,'it befog observed that he — Was:not
d e mi; d foolith sOldier, advouceil so
clone to the suttailng' tnanr that. the itilliZT,!
tbe omusliat 'almost touched Ida forehead, and he,
ing there discharged, tot;ottered his torniris. arol
"101'
in thewinds. ~i
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-61,1 N• FOATSR AT Ilarifg.-Thit How Ifenrp; D.
totter, tit Vemoc ratiC candidate for,Goitarnat;
reached hiaticene'ip Oreepshigt,'''Ohi.Vi(krea,
dal , : last, oritt'vt , ae met at 'tho.derrot:-bi:in
manse crnwd :15 hi'roto,.i.eitjterii;*ltti.;;,tiiiiiii
music and escorted'. to wisidencei•avhere
ho . tvas Welcornert by drip; Stokes', la.
an Cloritienta'nd cordial speecht. 'Oen;-
Was loudly checi'edi and - reariorided :.brielly
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GICS7. STOKES AND :tly II
sible for Meth expreis the 'deep.gratilitide which.
1 feel fur all - your ItindneSs; defeated, htit
I trust not disgraced. , I came dmang yeti meld
'to live in• peace; and' I . hape` tO 'lto* 4n . the . tu•••
tore, ns the pest; iny.allegidnee.tn'theP644
neratic . party, dmd my warm syrripetlay fun niy.
lriends, paring the whole contest just ended;
Iha v.e assailed' no man wordier act: I hive
neither acid or done - anything t regret, 'and:l
hope nothing for . which my friends_ need Wash.:
Firrnly-standing onDernocrakic t . tuth, I eletkv.
- resume my. place in, the:ranks of the pdrfy--
ready toticht the 'Coninort. enerq of tha qO 4 , •
siltation and the, country. : r
• Accept, General Stokes, my heartfelt thanks
for,the too flattering terms in : Which you have ,
expressed the feelincs of our Tridiuls.
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.`The Greenshiirg,..a%inocint snye
No •
language is silq"iitinte to'nfpreSs.the-eii
lhusinarn of our people in bohiaof'"nui . great
citizeit and diatingnishell friend:: Stiecepefula'r
defehted, Weatmorcland will ever.'prover trite tp
Henry 1). roster.• Ale returns to to " ui wllhaill•
fray. and .i.vithnot .. reprattch-thir - HaYarci
Pennsylyania.Politica. • . . .
Jotrn C.,
lingetuhitirlit ern
'Aug : Lisicota.t.:-.'
The'first of theSe is selected by'the.Deitiocilicy.
as its candfilate,... because his Is a name ,Well
known to the American . people, as 'syhomytheits.
with ail that, is hnblo ih our' pntute ,. All 'hit
clihraCteristiCii 'are positive, strong'and striking;
'hie career has been inthe'shnligbt of thet
lie eye. Asa gentleman, a' acholarin soldier;
statesman Mut patriot; . be "stand's' e1:M . 14601y
'ilia peer of oily man living. There is no'iimbi
'guity about him.; all.know him.to be a nUtion
al.mali otunswerving integrity,.and Ids past is
a sure guarantee of an honorable flithri v and a.
clear title . to the s'anfidence of his countrymen..
But 'one face can be put on JOIN tii,ligsggih-,
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ABRAHAM tiricoin 'was selected because she
Was not.hnown,. new his life.softinwritten.as to
giveacope for many versions:. Aboiitirin, Con.
serval ve, Free Trade' and Tarifh . at . the *till
and option of the different factions that support
him: Iln is made to realm so many 'different
faces that no one knows which is the geintinee
or whether 'they . are nut all counterfeit:. All
Stories abont him, however contradictory, .11101 j.
'be adopted, because no one known who he is or.
Whit or'.what are his•cheraeteriitics Ind .
principles. There is only one certain 'chime. ;
let of him, judging by the'divereitied pottnit
urea drawn by the Ulepiablican' presit, 'to Yiit—
Protons—as such he resembles
ya
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an.
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Titp Coon 'Thur. Comtim.-111r. C. H„ Lange . ..
on—a nigger Republican of Borne ability—ad...
!raised the Colored people at their
.first of "
•An
gust Celebration•in Dayton.• We find 'a sketch..
ill his'rsmarkS in tha.t . exCelleojournal, .th.e :
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Dayton Boieirs,-.Langstoneaith
~C od: h ad bionght the colored ;folks here for
a great purpose;, it ".was the destihy' at. (he.
white and black races on this continent to ant-
algamate, And out of the union wee to grow the
most mighty end perfect.people'the.World ever
..,
knew. We Tant escape thia,. destiny. The .
blacks .would IMMO 'mitre common stock . the
bone end sinew and muscle, anti the whites the ' •
intellectual strick.. And Altogether the time-'
garn,Would'present a perfeernation.", - . . .
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. The atirlien.ce was dmiired .one—whites and•
blacks--and it was curious. to noticethediveree
effects proditced lky . the prophetic, eloquence of .
the speaker.. The negroes, by expressive looks, . '
indicated A willingness to enter immediately in
to the proposetLarrangament. for.the simply Of ...
the bone.and.sinew ; they Were obviously rea.... , .
dy to , cgo in 'on , their muscle," instanrer.• rut..
respectable old gentlemen., fathers of fair dangli.„
tars, from wbom was expected the'requisite...: •
supply tit the I , in tellectual supply," grew fussy,
reached for their hats and. canes and departed.
—llallAntaine Gazetic. •• .•' • • •.:
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. • .I . kfortNTAIN .
prairiet)Y4at man' re:there; with
liberty of choice, who' wouid 'be cOntent:to '
Yhere there are 'no mountain's? , NhO' would
take as a gift 'the famous . !thundied
mile' .prtit
rio" of.lllinois(a la'rrn of that eictent'iof fertile
ilattn;ss,• Without . fence !) on.condition 'of. tllere . . ,
:taking op hii: . ahiula 1. I:llTvie'neuer Sealiiad he.:..
fore what a . cathedral 'intlneitee:thereis in 'The..
Y
monntainle onar— hoW't suntefe .
made reverently suhlin'M by them •.
7 —how the storms' perform glorious anthems .•
with thrill!! echeie)i--Ji'oti 11?e.eye; which 4
lifted:from the .valley to the tall.peak sivherettp 7
on rest s a the thunder cloud, carries 'the, hea.rt
with',ii lit aninatioet of irivolontaryawe The' .
Mere floor . SCPIIISI to It wilderness:
‘s , it bent n. ant hor—Na tore - wit bout' .gallerr.or •
Borne—earthyithout proper Cathedral :wherein
the elements shall -unbidden worship
P. Willi,. . . .
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Titnng is much exeitetneht nmong.Pniti!etans
relative 'to I he.repent election tit the First,Con-
gressional . district. The.award of the certifi
cate of election to John M. ButlerOhe Repub.
Henn qqrididntr., is disputed by Mr. Lehnosn
the nrnund . of forgery . . in the returns: :Win;
llyerly, the 'return jedge•of the Fourth - Ward,
was arrested and takee before ReeorderEnid;
.on the charge of fore , ry... The.ReiOrder,4(rer:
hefiring the ruse. held Mr. Pyertv.in'the sum
of $1,500t0 answ,e r af: rt
Cou•
has, placed the 'metter in' the bends' et . . .
Cover
nor Packerocith ti,request thatr"thepreettims.
tion of •Mr. ButleesT'electionille
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Et 11r. Sonvittons'oitne Revoi.prrellertr Anst . v.
—A letter from the ; IF; lACotiomiittionero. , non?
siona . sA vs, thot there, iii now . but : riehipninst
survivors. or the Revolution whose harries
_were.
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