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CONGRESSEONAL_rnoODEDXNGN,.
Antetesting from Europe.
REVOLUTION - IN , S.PAIN
, .
. imonstm,x, July
We. glve.to-tlay the : news by two foreigq
steamers. The Franklin' brings intelligence
of a military revolt in Spain, under the lead' of
General O'Donnell.. Four thousnind govern
ment -;•`..
troops; headed by the Government Gen
eral, marched out ,qf Madrid, and declared 'a
..
gainst the Ministry, but in favor of the Queen
There was some difficulty in getting other
Government Generals to go against them, as
they feared the regular troops could not be
depended upon. Barricades were erected in
Qte„streats of Madrid, and much trouble was
feared. In connection with the Russian end
Turkish war, we learn that 26,000 Austrian
troops bade entered the Principalities, The
Russian Government has" refused to order the
evacuation of Moldavia, and' has lietermtated"'
to defend the line of the Sereth The Atn tri
en General has been ordered to clear the
Principalities or them.
The steamer Niagara, at Halifax, brings
news three days later than this. The.allied
fleet was within gunshot of Cronotadt. A
severe battle, lasting two days, had been
fought between the Russians and Turks, as the
former were retreating through the Dobrud
salm: 2600 Russians were killed, .but the
Russian forces made good their retreat. In
'Asia the Turkish forces have experienced se
vere defeat, having 2000 men killed and los
ing all their camp equipage, 13 . cannon, and
85 standards. This was in attempting to storm
two redoubts between Usurghet and,,llutars.
•The Russians attacked them in flank:" A na
val battle with the Russian fleet has occurred
off Sebastopol, but without any result.
In the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Sumner pres
ented a memorial from the Pennsylvania Anti-
Slavery Society for the repeal of the fugitive
slave law, urging as a reason that under the
tenth section a free colored person had been
sent into slavery. Upon this subject Mr.
Sumner made some remarks, which caused
quite a sharp debate between him and Messrs.
Clay, Dawson, and Benjamin, after which the
petition was laid on the table. The Home
atead bill was then token up, discussed, and
an amendment offered by kfr. Brodhead, to:
strike out "free of cost" and insert "at fifty
cents per nore" was lost, as also an 'amend-
ment of nearly similar tenor °tiered by Mr.
Weller. In the 'House, Mr. Philips was re
fused jenve to • introduce a 'bill annexing to
New Mexico the Gadsden territorial purchase.
The' bill to repeal so much of the not of Au-
gust 80th, 1852, es makes a reduction of fifty
prepliiill6sthge ornew'spapere
and periodicals, was taken up, hut no notion
had, and—the Army—Appropriation— bill was
then considered, and the amendment restoring
the civil superintendency of the armories was
° adopted, but no further action had.
In the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Pettit, from
the• committee to whom was referred the pe
titions for the repeal of the fugitive slave law,
reported against the policy of so doing, and
the committee was discharged from the consid
eration of the bubjeot, The Texas debt bill
was taken up, considered and postponed. The
Homestead bill occupied the remainder of the
session, a number of amendments being offer
ed and rejected. One offered by Mr. Brodhead,
striking out the fourth 'section, to free the
lands of a settler under the act from liability
for debts 4tontracted prior to the passage of
the bill, was adopted. A test motion, offered
by Mr. Clayton, to lay the bill on the table,
was rejected. In the House, yesterday, Mr. -
Stunton, of Tennessee, reported a bill provi
ding for the accommodation of the United
States Courts in Boston, Philadelphia and New
ork, by temporary leases of buildings, and
authorizing the purchase of sites and procu
ring of proposals for the erection of buildings
suitable for Court Houses and Post-offices in
those cities, for which the President is to sub:
snit plans and estimates to Congress. The. bill
repealing so much of the law of August, 1852,
as makes a reduction of 50,per cent. on the
postage of newspapers and periodicals when
prepaid, was laid on the table. The Army
Appropriation Bill was discussed—without any
result.
Thomas F. Meagher, the distinguished Irish
exile, and assooiateeditor of the Citizen; hov-
ing been grossly libelled in the Freeman's
Journal, nod refused satisfaction by the editor
of that sheet, nesnulted him in Sixth atreetl
New York city, on Tuesday, and beat him Be-
verely.Master,' the editor of the Journal;
had a pistol and a loaded cane and vainly at
tempted to use them. The steamship Frank
lin has gotten in such a position on the beach
where she struck as to be hopelesti. She will
have to be abandoned to the underwriters.—
The River and Harbor Bill hoe a clean major_
ity in the Senate, but the President is,said to
be prepared to veto it. An anticipated treaty
with Spain is rumored at Washington, and it
is said that the session of Congress will be
prolonged to await the result.
--• FRIDAY, July_2l.
The • Alassachusetts Anti-Nebraska Coniten
tion commenced its session at Worcester, MUM
yesterday. It was largely attended by men of
all shades of politics. Strong Anti Nebraska
resolutions and in favor of the Fugitive Slave
law, &0., were passed. A despatch from Cape
May says that favorite bathing resort is crow
ded, at least 4000 persons being there. Tho
heat - in the overwhelming: - At Balti
more the thermometer stood at 102 degrees in
the shade, and in Cincinnati at 90.
In the Senate, yesterday, the consideration
of the Homestead bill consumilll the session.
-A - substitute offered by Mr. Hunter, embracing
a general plan of graduating the price of the
public) lands, and allowing actual settlers to
purchase at twenty-five cents per acre, after
five years cultivation, was. affOpted. This is
said to ensure the-passage of the bill, and to
avoid the veto. As regards the latter, the
President, is said to be preparing two—one for
the $140,000 Appropriation bill for Cape Fear
river, which of course dooms the River and
harbor bill, and one upon the survey of the
lands in Kansas and Nebra• ka, embracing the
Homestead — quasi ---- In'tio — HOWlM — . rmy
Appropriation bill was passed.
SATURDAY, July 22.
In the House, yesterday, much time was con
sumed in a personal discussion relative to an
imputation against the integrity of Mr. Billy,
of Virginia, which that gentleman wished to
have investigated! It appeared to be a com
munication made to the Colt investigating
committee by B. E. green, charging Mr. Dryly
with being under corrupt outside influences,
which caused him to use his official position in
the last and present Congress to secure the
passage of certain appropriation bills. • At Mr.
Ilityly's request, a committee was appointed
te investigate the affair:, ,In the - Senato, yes.
terday,, the substitnia. for the Homestead Bill
passed finally. It is, as it now stands; a bill
to reduce and" graduate the price of the public"
lands' to purchasers "and actual settlers, and to
grant pre-emption Privileges. The Texas debt
bill was _then taken up and passed finally.
The Directors of the Harlem rail-road cord- •
pony :have recommended that the over-issued
stock of that road be assumed by the company,
and a 'meeting of the stockholders has been;
called to consider• the matter. investigate'
of the condition of the, Buffalo Almehouee,
tamed by the large number of deaths there by
cholera, has developed a,sbookiug eint.o of a& ;
fairs. The establishment wee filthy In the •
extreme, and the Inmates In a horrible condi--
Con.% - •
. • MONDAY, July'24: •
'Ai4,lvril of Oft'inOlorif aE 'New York and Now
Otleone bring us twe'.weekefater intelligence
FFPPoleoo9•oop Peefilo The rev
cutter: Marcy, had,niiived:at San Ft
epee. with lib 6f the reeeeed AneFicana,fyent .
Guayanine. The eiliter',l4 t i fiteeltten
publican luie killed the cfliter of , the . ,§ieekten
Yout:nal in nelreet
,fight. , The etivatter.
culties
ment bill, on the ground that the obstructions
were caused by government 'works. Some
time was Spent in considering an adverse ro
' port in relation to prohibiting the sale of li
quor at Washington, which ended in the sub
ject being laid on the table. The rest of the
session was spent in considering private bills,
ninety-tivo of which were laid aside to be re
ported to the Nouse.
Tho ,mortality in Boston last 4 svqek was 98
deaths, 14 being from cholera.
In Philadelphia. last week, there were '132
deaths, of which number 81 were from cholera
infantum, 7 from cholera morbus, 01' from
cholera asphyxia, 13 from diarrhoea, and 20
from dysentery. The infantile mortality is
shocking, 258 of the above deaths being of
childrerrunder ten years•of age, 107 being un
der two years old. In New York, last week,
the total number of deaths was 915, being nn
increase of 08 over \ tho previoni week. 183'
were of cholera. The infantile mortality was
awful, 538 of the deaths being of children un
der two years old. The cholera has broken
out at St. John, N. B. In the West Indies
cholera is very prevalent. Fresh advices from
Barbadoes give even more frightful accounts
of its ravages there than 'those last rAceived.
In the small city of Bridgetown' 2,000 deaths
occurred in seventeen days. At "the latest
date, July 13th, the number of deaths on that
day was 214. and the ravages of the disease
appeared to be daily increasing.
A Treaty with 'Russia is said to have been
negotiated by the Secretary of State at Wash
ington, in which Russia recognizes the doctrine
that the neutral flag protects the vessel over
which it floats.
The Funeral of Gen. Towson, at Washing•
ton, on Saturday, was attended by the whole
National Administration. An unsettled claim
of the General, connected with his services in
the war of 1812, is still pendingTh.Congress.
The PresVeni has signed the Cape Fear
River ImproVemont bill, which renders it
dmibfful whether lie Will veto the River and
Harbor bill, should it pass the Senate. The
Washington Union has also published an otti-
cle showing that the doctrine of the Homestead
Graduation bill, adopted by. the Benate dl arees
with General Jackson's principles. This ren
ders it nearly certain that the President will
/
TIIIIRdIrAY, July 20
sign the bill, should it puss the House in the
shape. •
The steamer Illinois has arrived at New
York with the California mails, and $977,000
in gold dust. Tito steamer Prometheus, at
New York, from San Juan, brings news that
the 11. S. ship Cyane has bombarded and to . -
tally destroyed. the latter town, as a punish
ment for the insult offered to the American
minister, Mr. Borland. An apology was de
manded of the town, and refused repeatedly.
After cannonading it for some time, a party
of men, commanded by a lieutenant, was lan.
dad, who fired the city, and it was so corn
pletely_burned that nothing was leTt to mark
its site alive some one or two small buildings
in the suburbs.
The steamship Pacific arrived yesterday,
brings news of fresh complications in Europe
an affairs. Austria has countermanded her
orders for the occupation of the Principalities,
and, with Prussia; wants to try negotiations
again. The allies, however, have sent a mes
senger to Berlin to demand categorical an
swers as to the intentions of the Prussian gov
ernment. The Spanisl insurrection is not
suppressed, but makes no progress. Russia
is concentrating her military strength against
the Austrian frontier and towards Poland and
the Principalities. A 'Russian diplomatic a
gent is suspected to be in London, in the per
son of a foreigner, who had been introduced
into one of the West End Clubs by a Cabinet
Minister. -It was rumored in England that
the combined fleet had 'attacked Cronstadt on
the 30th of June, but further accounts say that
no engagement had taken place and the fleet
was lying at anchor in Bare Sound
In the Senate, yesterday, a great deal of
time was Wasted by Senator Pettit in a long
personal 'attack _upon Colonel Benton,, which
was repeatedly objected to, but sustained by
the chairman, who is a personal enemy of
Benton's The Civil rind ll,iplotnatio Appro
priation bill was- then considered, amended
and postponed. A long Executive session was
then held. -In the House, yesterday, the ono
hundred private bills considered on Saturday
were reported to the Homo and passed.
Much time' was consumed in discussing and
exposing some unauthorized alterations in the
Minnesota 4and bill, which had passed bdth
Houses. A Committee of Investigation was
appointed. Some of the Senate's amendments
to the Indian- bill were rejected. The Fortici- .
cation bill was taken up and passed.
A riot has occurred at Handout, in which
one man was killed, and the military called
on to suppress the disturbance.
EXPENSES OF GOVEUNMENT,—The nppropria
tion bills thus far passed by the House of Rep
resentatives, and now in the bands of the Sen
ate Finance committee, are as follows :—Gen
eral Appropriation Bill, $12,000,000; River
Harbor Bill, $2,5000,000: Army Appropria
tion Bi 1, $10,000,000; Lighthouse Appropri
ation Bill, $1,250,000; making a total in
these four bills, of $25,750,000. ~This luau ev
er, is only a part of the expesnes of Gowan.
ment for the year.
ANNEXATIONS OF THE SAE/WWII "MANDEL—
A dospnEekfrom-Wasbiogton4o-tho-New-York-
Tribune, announocs on "positive and undeni
able information, from the Highest sources at
Honolulu," to the effect theta Treaty is about
being conoluded between Mr. Greeg, the Uni
ted States Commisioaor and the Government
of the Islands, for their,,annexation to the Uni
led States forthwith. The only unsettled
question in relation to the annexation, it is
said, is whether the Islands shall Come hi as .
a Territory or n State. Mr. Gregg insists on
theTormer, The Administration,_ . it Is added,
at Washington, is perfectly advised 'aS to the ,
position Of thenegotintions.
• Tue "State of Matrimony" has at last been
bounded and detr.ribed by some out-West stu
dent, who says : "It is ono of the United
States. It Is bounded by hugging and kissing
on ono side, and cradles kind habiea on the
other.. Its chief productions are population,
broomsticks, and staying out late at night
It was discovered,, by Adorn and Eve, while
trying to find a pessage.out of Paradise. The
climate is sultry till you cross Ahe equinoctial
line of h:tasekeeping, . when 'squatty weather
sets in with such power as to keep all bands
as cool asondumbors. Pur the principal roads
leading to' this Intereiting state, consult the
first pair of bright, eyes you run against."
. ,
rTnnw Youn Faison Poere.-,-It la menilOned
as a oariouafaat that a farmerin Connection',
who reeently took up s o fane‘e after it had:been
etanding fourteen ,yearti; fond all those poets
eblid ;kick tad been inverted &elm the w'ny
theY'OrigtnallY e lf then
.
which 'had een no they grow ;rota' rotted
cittat liettont: Heade 'down, therefore;
enema a epooifia &oak,'
• . .
vorable; ' 1
-Gray's surveying expedition of:, be
southetn route for the Paciffio railway had Ar
riied attSain Diego, and reported tlie whop
route practicable. The disputed boundary
bbtiveen.Oregon and California' is said tote .
likely to tiara* several important mining di.-
tricts•into Oregon. - The-Branch Mint hi crow
ded with business; and working'up th its full,
'capacity., -Chinese • emigration continued-10
'flow in. Advices from the Salt 'Lake
Aim>, int,the General Conference, Briglanni
Young has been again chosen President of the
Church. -Missionary accounts from- all-quur
tars of the world are favorable, especially
from Europe. •
In the Senate,'-'on Satutdaysevetal.priiate
bills from.tho liodse werupassed. The Home
bill to provide accommodations fo'r the U. S.
Courts in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia,
and tor the Post Of in the latter city, was
referred for amendments. The Civil and Di
plotnittio Appropriation Bill was reported from
Committee of the Whole, and numerous amend
ments were offeied from the Finarice Commit
tee, many, of which were adopted and others
laid over, after which the bill was postponed.
/17.iiieSSage from the President announced that
he bad signed the Cape Fear River Improve-
TUESDAY, July 25
HERE)),',Is...ND EXPOSITOR.
0 it
aLI
MMEEEME
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1864
fHE LARGESTcAND CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER
IN CUIVIDERIMIqI?,69UNT'S'.
Terme.:—Two Dolla6 - er year; Or . One Dollar anel l
Fifty Genre, ilpaidp.akclyatty in,Advanse...
$1 76 rf paid withiu the year. • -
IVELEG STATE TXCRZT
FOR GOVERNOR,
JATIIIES POLILOCii.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
GEORGE DARSIE,
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT,
DANIEL M. SM'SYSER,
REGISTER.
WE are requested to announce Mr. ALFRED
S. SENER, , of Carlisle, ae a candidate for
Register at the ensuing election. [may ]T.
TO the Voters of Cumberland County.—
C lIIZeTIS .— Through the fierr, tia.
sions of many of my friends, I offer myself as
a candidate for the office of Register, mihject
to the decision of the Whig county Convention
HENRY A. THRUSH,
Shippeneburg, June 4,'59-3m.
IR=
We are nuihorized to state that SAMUEL S.
SNYDER,. of Newburg, will be a candidate- for
the .office of Clerk of the Courts unil Recorder,
subject to the decision of the Whig County
Convention.
Prothonotary
Wo are requested to E tate that J. S fros-
TETTER, of Alechriniosburg, will he n candidate
for the office of Prothonotary, subject to the
decision of the Vhig County Convention,
DICKINSON COLLEGE.
Notice to Petrehaaers of Scholarships
WHEREAS, the plan of endowing Dickinson
College declares that "no payment shall he de
manded, nor any certificates issued, till the
subscriptions shall amount to $lOO,OOO ;" and
whereas at the late meeting of the Board of
TruStees, on the I Sit inst., it appeared that
Scholarships had been sold to the amount of
said slim of $100,000;No - iv tberefOre this is
to give notice to all purchasers that the notes
given for Scholarships are due and payment is
hereby demanded.
Tha,agents, Rey' 'THOMAS B. LEMON, of the
- Baltimore Conference, and Rev. CHARLES J.
THOMPSON, of the Philadelphia Conference,
will proceed without delay to collect the mo
ney and issue the certificates, according to the
terms of purchase,
For the information of the public, notice is
also hereby given that the Trustees at the
meeting aforesaid Resolved, that the price of
Scholarships, after the time of the text meet
ing of the Board of Trustees in •July next,
shall be advanced 50 per cent. on present rates
By order of the Board of Trustees of Dickin
son College. C. COLLINS,
July 19, 4w] President.
=
A Masonic Procession will be formed. and
the corner stone of the German Lutheran
Church laid, in Carlisle, on Saturday the'sth
of August next, at 2 o'clock, A. M., to which
ceremonies the neighboring Lodges, and nil
Members of the,dllasonii Fraternity in regular
standing, are invited and respectfully reques
ted to attend, in regalia, with dark coats and
white gloves.
The Clergy of Carlisle, the Judges of the
Courts, Attornies at the Bar, Physicians,
Town and County Officers, the Trustees, Fac
ulty end Students of Dickinson College, and
Citizens generally are respectfully requested
to join in processsion.
We'are authotized to soy that tho Comb. V.
Railroad will carry passengers on that day for
half U se an:4 faro.
I. LIVINGSTON,
W. FOULK,
E CORNM AN,
P. MONIER,
S. KEEPERS,
Con. of Arrangements
Carli-le, July 26, '64
THE WHIG AI/DRESB.—On our first page
will befound an addreas from the Whig State
Committee to the people of Pennsylvania. I
is terse and explicit, and states, broadly and
distinctly, the issues involved in the commit,
without any attemptut.roystification. or clabo-
MEM
SCHOOL Cptivryriort.—A meeting of Coun.
ty School Superintendents was held in the
Hall of the House of Representatives, at Hat
rishurz, on the 12th instant. About forty Su
perintendents were present. Da. S3irrit, of
Delaware presided. - Hon. THOMAS li. Butt-
ROVES, of Lancater. was Present and took nu
active part in tiro deliberations of the conven
tion. The more important items anted upon
were, the Examination of Teachers and giving
Certificates, and the formation of Teachers
Institutes, State, County and District. In re
lation to the former, Prof. WICKERSHAM, of
Lancaster gave an able report. It wan deci
ded that the examination Should bo thorough
and there are three grades of certificates to be
issued by the State Superintendent, the high.
eel two having'the seal of the Department, By
these means it is expected soon to have a corps
of Professional Teachers umitirpassed by any
Stale in the Itlnion, as well as to miss their
salaries, and consequently offer inducements
for higher qualifications It Is proposed to
meet agiin,_in Pottsville, onstho Ist of August
next.
DEATII.OF QEN TOWSON.—Major Gen. Nathan
Towson, Paymaster General of the United
States army, who died in Washington' on
Thursday from paralysis, was a native of Mary
land, and had attained the age of 71 years.
The name of this gallant officer is intimately
associated with almost every brilliant notion
,upon the Niagara frontier from the commen
cement to the clone of the Wm - r — of 1812-'l6. In
the official statements Towson's corps formed
:iiprominant feature; and one . of the common
ding officers graphically said, "Towson's bat
tery emitted a constant shoot of fiatne.V Ile
was ospeolally distinguished in• the battles of
Chippewa and Bridgewater, and in the sortie
from Foit Brio. - •
How. B. 1?: WADS.—This gentleman, now a
Senator of the United States trlm Ohio, is a
self-made, man. In a late opaeob of Alr.'Sew
ard, of Now York,"he stated that a man who
at one,•time worked with the spade and wheel
barrow on the Erie canal was now a member
of the:Stinete, and ono opts ablest rnembere.
Ho bad reference ,to,llr. NVado whose brother
is also a member of Congreee In the other
house.
Tun Loco Foco Anunno:a.—Thu ilarriatnirg
Telegraph tolys, that' ilia ad!lroos of the
Loco ,race State comiaittee; which strongly
snide sod keinlaka, was iresentOir to Gloi , oinor
anit the ocaver. ,
Olen nen':
out' an agent to submit it to Free ,
t4oilara,
,in ascertain
whotlidr „the., an : artioncleti,vroulii meet
thotruapprOetien.t 4 1 : . . • •
,
1:49,..A lino rain fell'yoater
Reform of LOgiellutiro Corruption.
Tho time for ',electing candidates for the
full eleetion is-approaching, and many of our
coutemporaries,-.the 'Volunteer amongst them,
are earnesily.oallingattention to the necessity
of nominating intelligent and upright Men,,
particularly for, the Legislature. • Tide is very
well, end' we 'heartily coincide with. the ap
peal.. - All parties feel {bat a reform is sternly,
demanded in.
,this matter. And'considering
opponents have 'fei several 'years had
-11- lant#majority in one branoti'of the Legisla
turo and frecpiently in the other, such confes
sions as the following'," Which the Volunteer
quotes from' the Harrisburg Patriot, the con;
ildential organ of Gov. Bigler, must strike the
pure minds of the honest masses ofthe people
with startling force:
"It is a lamentable fact, says the Patriot,
that too many have been sent here es legisla
tors, who were totally unfit to discharge the
duties which devolved upon them. Instead of
being qualified toznake laws, some of them had
not the capacity to construe intelligibly, a law
made by others. .The Democratic as well as
the Whig party has been disgraced by such
weak Representatives. We N inust also make
another confession, humiliatilig l as it is, that
' our legislatures for a few years back, have
been.crushed with a class of nien who oared
nothing for the interest's of their constituents
or their State—their seitelohieot seeming to he
the readiest way of lining their pockets with
gold, even though the accomplishment of their
wish was at the expense of their integrity and
and utter disregard of their solemn oaths.—
Knowing as we do, these tams, will any ono
question our duty to speak. plainly of them ?"
Here are admissions and nccusations which
may well startle and dismay every citizen who
feels en honest pride in our noble Keystone
State! And such is the cry which has been
coming up from Harrisburg for years. Legia 7
lative stupidity and corruption have become a
"stencil in the nostrils of the people." There
must be reform. But what shall that reform
he? This is the question which requires a
Practical answer. The press answers by cal
ling for the selection of better men—purer and
more intelligent men—for Legislative candi
dates: But the County Conventions meet, the
.z~~:
.'r' ' ~'~
1
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of Nortliumborlaud
of Allegheny
of Nontgomery
usual sort of men are nominated, and then
from these presses we hear nothing but praises
-of the virtues and excellencies of their candi
dates until atter the adjournment of the Leg.
islature,, when again is heard the cry of Legis
lative corruption; And thus the evil goes on
without reform The honest citizen asks in
despair,: must 1141:1O - atwiiiis so? Can ntref.:
fectual reform be proposed ?
Tho question has puzzled more sagacious
minds than ours. But we believe there ie a
way of reforming, or at least .mitigating this
evil, and that reform, in our opinion, consists
in L6nnia6 arssions of the Legislature. We
have frequently alluded to this measure of re
form as the only practical mode, and our con
viction of its efficacy grows stronger every
day. This sending of one hunched and thirty
three men to spend four months at ,, llari isburg
every winter, where the unscrupuldlis majority
trafics and hucksters out the legislation of the
great State of Pennsylvania, while the remain
der are too ignorant or too inefficient to be
able to counteract the degrading work, has,
becone an evil too intolerable to be longer
borne with. We protest against a longer sub-
mission to it on the port of the honest, high
minded citizOns of Pennsylyania, and shall
earnestly advocate, until we hear of a more
effectual reform, that of Biennial Sessions of
the Legislature.
Our friend Col. McClure, of the Chambers
burg Whig, who we nro glad to find-takes a
similar view of the matter, offers in his last
paper a a eries of excellent suggestions in favor
of Biennial Sessions. We subjoin an extract
from his article
"We need biennial sessions for many rea
sons. Such a change would at once alter the
complexion of our Legislature, bemuse it
_would calLinto the public service a degree of
talent and integrity that can rarely be com
manded now. Good men frequently refuse to
serve in our legislature because they must
there be surrounded with corruption, anti how
ever faithful to their trust, they can scarcely
escape the suspicion if dishonesty. This is
the case because a different class of men con
trol and give tone to our legislative nctions,
and all suffer more or less in the public esti
mation.itiiiisequence of the recklessness of
the. majority. Biennial sessions would also
necessarinlly curtail our local legislation, if not
put an end to it entirely. It is local legisla
tion that is the I ruitfel source of venality, and
while our sessions are held nuually it will be
utterly impossible to check it ,Many• persone
seek legislative nominations and - go to Harris
burg
to profit by the local legislation that al
:wept crowds the halls with professional borers
:mid black-lees, whose business it is to buy up
members at so much a bend to seder° the pas
sage of hills, inmost cases of more than doubt
ful justice and morality. This evil would, at
least be materially lessened by biennial ses
sions, for such a reform ,would of necessity
lead to some general legislative action etilitrg
ing the jurisdiction of the courts, and forcing
cases of a 'local or personal character to pass
'the 'nedeal of a judicial investigation.
We earn• etly hope therefore that the next
legislature will add a proposition for biennial
sessions tretbd two adopted last winter, and
let them all come - lififere - the - people two yours
hence together. . The Public works will be
Sold—if not under Gov. Bigler,-, they will cer
tainly bo sold under Gov. Pollock, anti then
with none but the legitimate expenses of the
government to provide for, there will be no ne
cessity for sessions every year to pay old debts
and open the way for newpries. 'The jurisdic
tion of our courts can be readily enhirged, so
as to embrace till cases not general in their na
ture, and no inconvenience need be suffered
thereby.. Let us have the question submitted
to the people, nod biennial sessions will carry
by the largest popular majority ever given; In
this State." % _
Whigs of Cumberland — County! .if you ngreo
with us in limo viowo, ns wo . bodove you wil',
let your approbation be signified in your next
County Convention. Nominate men only who
will pledge themselves to tho support of n bill
,providing - for Biennial Sessions of the I.,,egtsla
tare.
THE LAGUE. BEER. BILL.—Tlie. Democratic
Union den Ounces the lager beer hill no "absurd
and ridiculous," and calculated to injure rath
er than benefit the temperance cause. If it
bo 'oabsurd • and ridiculous," why did Gov.
Bigler sign bills of a similar character for
Chester bounty; and far ono town and four
townships In Tioga,courity
•
PiNNBYLVANIA.—John Itobins,.Jr., (Nebras
kan()) declines a renomination to Congress
from the Third District. Perhaps he has been
investigating ihoWeent election results in the
city of PhiladelphiaL
A WINDrAir..--Jolin Z Metzger, a journey
man barber, under the Quincy How, Boston,
on Friday lest received the title to 'an eetato in
Germany worth at tenet $26,000.
. .
MILITARYOII.OANIZATION. — it is stated, by a
correspondent of the Now Yet.lcl.su'n; that the
Irish military number throughout the United
States up Id the present date, bo,odo armed
and well diseiplined troops.
T o oomert,--Leat: slotiday . two. loiora,.
and Mae Sampson, ofll.lftseaohasona
lashed tkintasidea toiather, atid . jtimpedlata
the taSi pond 14'AbIngton
,and iyarii diowned.
. • , •
M.Fitty.eix deatho per day woo tho-grea
toile 'lnoryllity experloncofi from cholera at
litOntreal ihO'l6tlt'
2... BIENNIAL SESSIONS
lIIIM
gown an 4 entintil 311attero
14
Corner Stone Ceremonies
The mirn6r stone of the ~ Gorman Lutheren
Church of this borough will be laid on Sahib
day tho bth of August, with Masonic Ceremon
ies. -Several tlltresses trill be delivered on
the occasion.
Heat .and Drought.
.The heat leas been terribly oppressive for
the .post )veek, •the thermometer ranging
be
tw,een DO and WO degrees. It is nearly four
weeks since a good rain- has fallen, and as a
consequence vegetables and the growing corn
are suffering severelfin limo vicinity of our
borough.
nenith of Carlisle
Our neighboring contemporaries, who ap
pear to have heard alarming reports of the
prevalence of Cholera in Carlisle, may be as
sured that all such •reports ere enttrely false.
The health of our town probablppter,was
better, thrro being but few cases even of
ordinary summer coinjdnint and nonh of them
of a serious or fetal character. Two weeks
since a number of cases of a cholera charnot*
oceured at the gar:Lion, from which there were
three deaths, but the disease has entirely dis-
Opearod'.
Raro Exhibition
Nushburn's Troop of Indians will exhibit in
this plaOe on Tuesday the Bth of August after
noon and - evening. We believe there are °let
teen Indians in the company, and from what
has been said of thorn by the press throughout
the country, we may expect interesting and
profitable perforinatices. The fact that the
race of the red man is rapidly disappearing be
fore the l r'ogress of the white, should induce
every one to visit this exhibition of their man
ners and customs, as a similar opportunity
may not tit afforded again.
Decisions of Supreme Court
The following decisions of tly3 Supreme
Court, 'on errors to Cumberland County, were
announced at their meeting in Philadelphia,
on Monday last:
Hoffman vs. IfeD , rmond.—L Opinion by Chief
Justice Black. Judgment reversed and venire
de novo awarded. Judge Woodward dissen
ting.
A.. and R.. Noble vs .• Jamea.—Opinion.
Judge Lewis. Judgment reversed and venire
de nova awarded.
rel. vs: Irm.
1P ?Qanlincr.-0p p
ion by Judge Knox. Judgment reversed and
venire de novo awarded.
Tax-Payment,
We learn that on :Monday the 18th the sev
eral Collectors paid over to the County Trea
surer, upwards of $35.000, and on Wednesday
the quota of State tax for this county was paid
into the State Treasury, thus saving five per
cent. for prompt payment. Much credit is duo
to the Commissioners and collectors for their
exertions in securing so large an amount in Bo
short a time after the issuing of the duplicates.
The tax payers have also exhibited a commen
dable spirit by their prompt response"to' the
demands of the Treasury.—Democrat.
State Agricultural Fair
We learn by the Philadelphia papers that
arrangements are rapidly progressing for the
next State Agricultural Fair which is to take
place on the 26t0 27th, 28th, and 29th of
September, in West' Philadelphia. A spot of
ground, twenty-eight acres in extent has been
secured for the occasion. 'The. prospect is
that the display will surpass anything of the
kind that has ever taken place in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Horticultural Society it is
said will also participate, and it has been sug
gested that the Franklin Institute should join
in the great demonstration. Such a union
would render the Fair one of a truly magnifi
cent.description. The list of premiums is very
large. The Ploughing Match will take place
on Friday the 29th, at 9 o'clock, A. M, and the•
Address be delivered at 1 o'clock, P. M. The
premiums will be awarded the same afternoon.
Improvemen . ta
Although the number of new buildings in
town is not very great this sun - riper, we aro
glad to mitico marked improvements in some
of the old ones which render them quite .equtil
to nate: Among others is the - decided change
wrought in the largo building on the corner of
South Hanover and Pomfret streets, recently
' purchased by Sir. BRATTON, of the Volunteer,
and which has been thoroughly renewed inside
and out, and surrounded with new brick ;
'pavements, shade trees, &a. rendering it truly
an elegant residence. This building was for
many years a prominent temple of Bacchus in
which thirsty souls daily sacrificed in deep po
tations at his shrine. It is now, as the Post
Office, more tippropriiitely dedicated to what
may be r p o tric A na the service of Mine'reati
temple df letters desirable and we .trust a
profitable' change. On North Hanover street
new buildings are in progress by J. B. PAR
KER, Esq, and Mr. FRED'K. CORNMAN, whose
hsndsomo exteriors promise to be fine acqui•
sitions to the appearance of that street. These
with the making of new pavements, the erec
tion of the water works, &o. keep up "the
march of improvement" iu
[COMMUNICATED
Mn. BEATTY: As tile Whig C.:minty Con
"vention Cot' noninitting. 'candidates to 411 the
aloes:Of county) will co_oipcse . mble
it Inc tlPrbugb the columns of ,your
paper to present to the convention and the.
people, the t nine of Col. B. F. LEE, of 'Emit
Ppnaboro as a candidate for Anumbly.. Col.
Lee has almays been an active Whig,.is a thor
pugh business , inan,_and is' every way well
qualified for the oflico. The interests of the
county would be safe in his hands and should
he receive the notninaticn it will give general
satisfaction to the Whole LOWER END.I
LowLtt ALLEN, J uly 211854.
ICODIMUNICATED.I
At a meeting of the Board of Trusteei Of
Dickinson Coll+, on the 12th inst., the fol
lowing resolutions in Ttferenco to Prof. Went
worth, were adopted— ,
"Resolved, That this Board entertain a high'
sense of the Christian character and eminent
attainments of.Dr.WENTWOIVIII, and of his.in
dustry, fidelity and success as a College officer.
Resolved, That Dr, WENTWORTH bears with
him M his now field of usefulness in the for
eign service of the Clitfroli, our cordial wishes
for his happiness and 'prosperity, and our
prayers tlfat his labors to extend the influence
of Christiimity in the world may be abundant
lyblessed by Abe Great Bead of the Church.
,Resolved, That Wiese resolutions bo publish-.
ei'f, and n'copy sent to Prof. 'Wentworth. ,
Aleo at tho same meeting the following in
reference to ,Prof..BLUMENTIIA, were Ala
adopted . — ' .
Resolved, That this Board tender' , to Prof.
BLUMENTHAL their thanks for 108 long contin
ued ierviaeOln the chair of Itiodern.Languages
and liehrow.in this
,CollegeoXilll tleellullices of
their high appreciation of Ilia attainments as a
linguist and of his, skill awn Teacher.' • •
Resblve(); That these' resolutions holittblish•
otiltinda copy sent to Prof,,Bitncuthal.
. Secr',y,. ';
"Carlisle,
•
jeoMmITNIOATED.] - • ,• .
DICKILV StIN COLILIEGGIE.
• „
Moe. EDITOR: , •You nowspoper editors—are
doubtless 'very indopendenthm'well as influen
tial chaps. But yeuh'inanifest yourintleien.
derma very strangely sometimes, it strikes me,
and ono of the strongest manifestations I hove
seen lately is that exhibited by one of our
borough papers last iieelc in what 'imports to
ho a review of the proceedings and - oratorical
exercises connected with the recent Commence
ment of Dickinson
_College._ The malevolent
spirit which th it article dfiplays toward the
College strikes me as exceedingly strange. A,
criticism, kindly directed to the pointing out
and correction of the faults of those spettlitrs
whose efforts were deficient, and jutliaiously
eulogizing .those who are more successful,
would not be amiss.....Qndeed it would be of
advantage to the inters in these annual exhi
bitions. But all such criticisms should be fair
and discriminating. The speakers on these
'occasions are always young MD: not of ma-
tured mindsifut in a course of training, who
need equaliy l judicious encouragement and In
straint. None of them are so unsuccessful as
to deserve ri a dicule or harsh denunciation, wl lie
few of them are so .eloquent as to merit the
lavish praise which is due only, to the highest
order of oratorical efforts. Hence,. criticism
to be of any practical benefit should be judic
ions and temperate, free alike from partiality
and prejudice. As for the Society exhibf:
tions this year, it is enough to say that they
were, in the general opinion, quite upward to
the standard of former years.
But, Mr. Editor, the article in the Volun
teer is not entitled to the name of criticism, as
every intelligent perilon will admit. I could
scarcely believe while reading it . that the writer
Jiad really listened to one of the speeches, so
little actual knowledge does he show of their
merits or faults. On the contrary, the
•whole aim of the writer scorned to be to take
advantage of
." Commencement", in order to
indulge in a malicious tirade against the Col
lege and its officers. The whole spirit of the
article, in tact, betrays its emanation from one
Who, to rise his own phrase, has "felt the Filo,
ulty's feet." And that such a communication
should be published, with tacit approbation, is
one of our papers, is what, Mr. Editor, strikes
me as exceedingly strange. Strange, because
it is generally thought to be good policy in any
. town to cheriah:ivith Jayoran.institution which_
not only largely contributes to its prosperity,
but conduces also to the intellectual and moral
elevation of the community. -Certainly our
business men end mechanics will not deny that
the College population is a large and desirable
source of pecuniary profit to them 2. Certainly
parents will not deny that such an institution'
in their niidzt Words peculiar facilities for se
curing economically to their children a supe
rior education? Are not these important
cousiderations to all of us? Other communi
ties do not lightly value them—Should ?
erne it strikes me as exceedingly strange
that any newspaper, with the influence papers
are supposed to wield, should take a position
antagonivical to an eminent educational in
stitution in its own'town, or lend its a' olums
to petty personal assaults upon, the officers of
such on institution. The College is so little
dependent upon the town, that the striking
want of policy evinced by these attacks, can
not-but be obvious to every business man.—
But so it is, stiangely enough, that the Col
lege end the Garrison, Limb of them extra
neous sources of prosperity which other towns
would make great exertions to secure, arehere
the almost continual objects of malicious and
wanton attncs. ilt •is time that publiolndig•
nation made itself felt in checking this
But, Mr. Editor, how impotent (though
strong in malevolent spirit) is this attack upon.
the College after all. The writer could not
really have chosen a period in the history.of
the College when /acts gave less support to his
assertions than the oresent. All his assertions
are in truth flatly contradicted by facts whill
are fully known here and elswhere. Ile speaks
of "Commencement" as a failure. I venture
to assert, on the contrary, that the community
here will almost unanimously testify 'that it
was one of the niost,successtul and gratifying
ttritrsaries the College has ever had. The
occasion drew a larger number of visitors from
abroad than was ever known before, who cer
ittinlyiNvere gratified if_we may judge from the
unabated interest manifested from the begin
ning to the close.. I.lchooseB to infer, how
ever, that they must have gone tiway
pointed'! Oh, no, sir, with you . "the wish was
lather to the thought." Again the writer has
the hardihood to intimate something about the
"general decline" of the College! How ri-
diculoue is such no hail:notion when the last
catalogue of the College shows an increase of
students unprecedented in its history. Equal
ly absurd is it to speak of the Faculty having.
lost the public respect end confidence, in the
face of the fact that the College is now at a
'height of prosperity heretofore unattained.—
It is to be presumed that the char:inter of the
College and Faculty lute lately been the sub
ject of rather close and interested public eT
a mine tion, especially since the recenOiliffeal
to the public in connection with the:!endow
ment plan. And what is the result? Is it
Adverse to the administration of the College?
Does an increase of almost an hundred eta-
dente in the last year, or does the complete
:access of the endowment plan,ahow a loss of
publto , 'confulence? On the contrary, do not
those fads °misfit ate 'a triumphant refutation
of all t that itsa mal:olously asserted in the
--r.Vollilliet. 2 --I,4Aitlk,lBl-t---To-the administra
tion of the College these facia afford ample ev-
lifeline of the public confidence in the chorne
ter/of the Institution nud the qualitientions o
it 3 corps of inotruetore. They show, too, how
exceedingly unfortunate tho Voiunterr comas-
pendent hao been in referring i to the preoen
situation of the College no phowtng n "decline'
in its usefulness or prosperity. But I have
written enough, more than enough; for any
ndhoo of • this wanton assault was scarcely
needed, in view of the facts which aro toothier
to the public. But as ono who is interested,
In common ~with other business men, in the
prosperity of our town, I - feel indignnnt nt the
continuance of this warfare upon aninstittiiion
frpm whieb our community deices signal bou
of la and ofwbich we should uII ba proud
CAnwein; July 22
[COMM ITNIATED.
.att. x,nrron:—we are just on tho eve of nn
other' election, and our County Convention
must soon meet 'to select men for oiti.'conaith
bration for the several officee to ha illlod' this
tap s and it is time . we. were lohking around to
find men to suit. us and in whom weitan safe
ly confide. - Smite gentlemen of Undoubted
character and Ability have already preteinted
thcmsolves, and we. aro glad to see so much
interest evinced in the coming' contest.• Any
ono inoking'with nn unbiassed eye upon the
present state of political affairs, cannot fail ti
ape before us a comploto triumph. Kthen,ate
are to have the aloes, lot then,„be.filled by
good,' competent, native 'and effoient, mom
liefortit oUr .IstatiOnal-and State policies is
loudly, called fOr, and tio office is pirbutm more
iiiipOitiMtiliii . 'tlME of R4ireiMatativo to our
'
State Legislature. I . l2,conn'esition with this of
fice we - see • the names of several gentlemen
from the lower end mentioned in your last pa
per! viz., Mr, E. Zug and Mr.• Sherban, both
men of tried integrity, 'unquestioned charnel
ter, and ability, and unswerving Whigs.
These gentlemen onn receive our hearty sup
port should they come before Imo Up to this
time no name from the upper end has been
mentioned in connection with Assembly, and
I therefore take the liberty of bringing for
ward the name 'of Mr. JACOB BOMBERGER of
Southampton tp. 'Of Mr. Bomberger we need
not Ppehk. You know him well,. Mr. Editor,
and we know him end the upper end know
him, and we know him sufficiently to put our
ntfairs in his hands during the next session of
the Legislature.. Mr. Bomberger was before
the Convention two years lig., and received
very respectable end flattering vote. Ile will
again be brought before that body end his
claims presented. In connection with either
of the gentlemen already mentioned he would
make a capital, representative of old re
deemed, regenerated and disenthralled Mother
Cumberland. No man in this end has done
more to advance the intet•ests of the Whig par
ty than he, and we hope his friends will stir
themselves aright and secure his nomination...
Truly Yours. A WlllO..
Newvillo, July 22d, 1854.
[COMMUNICATED
Beatty—Allow me through the medium
of your paper to say that I wish no longei to
be considered an applicant for one of the
County Offices, for reasons best known to my.
self. W. C. lIOUSER.
Mr. Beatty—We heartily concur with South
Middleton in saying that Mr. Zuo, of Me
chanicsburg, would make an excellent Repre
sentative, for a more energetic and persevering
man could scarcely be found in the lower end
of the county, and one who is welqualified to
represent the interests of Cumberland County
and for whom we expect the unanimous veto
of the convention. • WHIGS.
Mechanicsburg, July 24th, 1854.
Q:1)e
BALTIMORE MARKETS
AIONNY, July 24.
FLOUR AND MEAL,—The Flour market is
.very quiet.._Small - safesofdloiraid St - ' bratiilS
t :$8 50. City Mills' nominal at fib per bbl.
Rye noire and Corn Meal unchaugmL__ _ -
GRAIN AND SEEDS. --The receipts of gridn
are quite large. About 22,000 bus. Wheat of
fered, and sales of good to prime red at 1 05
78, do. white I 75(51 80, and prints
bite :31 88 76-1 bushel. Inferior lots 2to 15
cants less. Corn—About 18,000 bushels offer
ed, and 811131 S of white at 78®80 cents, yellow ,
ii-(?€!77 cents, and mixed 74 cents /11 bushel.
Oats—About 0000 bushels offered, and sales of
new Maryinnd at 55(57 cents, old do. 05e06
cents; and srles of 4000 bushels old Chicago
Oats at GGEI3B cents 1 bushel. Rye—no
sales. Seeds quiet and prices unchanged.
In South Middleton tp on the 18th inst
Mr. DANtri. DINRLE, an old and respectable
citizen, aged about 70 years.
3Nttu '2Oucrtif.s4.mcnt.3
WASRMURrus
UNIQUE AND INTERESTING ENTERTAIN
MENT OF THE MANNERS AND
CUSTOMS OF THE
Uncivilized Indiansof the Far West
GIVEN UNDER A PAVILLION
Accommodating- 2500 Persons
The celebrated Chief, Kawshawgano, from
tbe IValaitpu Nation of the Indian tribes west
oil the Rocky Mountains; and the young Chiefs,
wanetutdc and Kimmewean, from the great
Sioux Nation, together with Okatewoula, from
the Callapooya tribe ; with their large Troupe
of ‘Varriors and Females . , from the plains and
from west of the Rocky Mountains, will give a
ruo exhibition of the Manners and Customs of
tire untutored - Red Man - cf..th - o forest, at Car
lisle,
TUESDAY, AUGUST -Bth
At each Entertainment, Kawshawganoo, the
most eloquent Indian Orator now living, will
give a brief description of his country, the
condition of his nation nt the present time—
showing the great immoral influences exerted
among his people, by. the large class of Fur
Trade's now residing in their midst. Also,
their religious belief, &o. Ttio . rollowing in
teresting dances, ceremonies, games, &c., will
be represented by his largo troupe of natives,
as enacted by their people at the present day.
Their solemn and impressive Burial Ceremo
nies; Chanting to the Spirit of n departed
Ch'eftan, &o, Indian Council—Council Sp ech
es, smoking the Wow Pipe, &c. Tho Indian
Merry Making, or the first day of Kadusamn,
Indian. Courtship Marriage Ceremony, Mar
riage Songs. The Indian Prophet, or -Medi
icitio Man, who places great confidence in the
efficacy of his medicine bag, casting out dis
ease from a sick Indian by enchantment. From
the many INDIAN DANCES the following will
be represented by the Chiefs and attendants—
Matmway, or Sacred Dance, Harvest Dance,
"Discovery or Spy Dance, Buffalo Dance imita
ting the Buffalo, Courting Dance, Snake Dance,
'Green Cbrn Dance, War:Dance, Death Dunce,
Bear Dance, Dance of a hunter in a Comm, Co.
The whole will be accompanied with the beiit
pieces of Wild Indian Music, Sings, 'Sze.
Each Ceremony as represen ed will be ex
plained by the Chief KtyCstitwgance, to the
understanding of all pre eat. From the Large
Collection of Curiosities, the Chief will exhibit
and explain the. use of the following articles
of Dress, Warfare, etc., brought from the un
civilized Tribes'ef the West; expressly -for This
Great Exhibition ; War knives make of Shark's
teeth, IVar Clubs of every description made
'with not ing but the Flint and Shell, showing
the groat ingenuity of the Red Mon ; Bintikets
manufactured froin bark of Trees; Knick
knack sacks used by the Indian in carrYi his
Tobacco; Stone Battle Axes, War S pears,
Wampum Belts, War Pipes shape.' from solid
stone, Calumet of Pence, Tomahawks, Scalping
Knives, etc, together with the largest variety
work ever exhibited.
In the afternoon may bo witnessed the ex
citing sport of slicoting at Targets with Boa s
and Arrows, showing the wonderful expertnety,
acquired by the Indian the use of this sim•=4....
pie weapon.
At Muth Entertainment will he represented
in three parts the Great Historical Scene of
Pochabontas saving the life of Capt. Smith.
tlio soolphig scone, rescue from the
burning stake, &o. At the close of the even
ing's- Exhibition will ho presented the celebra
ted Reiolutionary scene of the Murder of Miss
Jane M'Croa, who left her .honto:to join her
lover in the liritiali Army, untLwas killed by
a, party of Indiana sent to conduct her.
The Chiefs, accompanied by theiMittiiiidanta,
will make a grand entree into town, mounted.
on their 'Odin,' ponies, dressed is
costume, pointed end fully equipped tor war,
between 10 and 11 o'cloolc,_A. Al., preccdpdby
. .
Kimmewean's eclat), ated Brass Band. cempoa- '
NI entirely of.Nativo indions, the onlrludinn
Bross Bnnd in the World,.. and for harmony
and Execution of Music, have no equal among
the traveling Bands of the day. The whole
oombientien forme the greatest attraction over,
presented to the'Amerioan people. '
A imitation 25 oents. Children under 12
years of age half price.
Doors open nt 2 and 7 o'clock, P.M.
hibition commences at 2a- and 7i o'clitek, P.
M. good order will he preserved. .Bouts ro
served for ladies. Courtettus and obliging •
ushers,will aliTnys , ho found in attendanCe. •
The publio may, rest nssu• ed that no effort
will be spared to rondos this the most attrao
tine and instructive, aniertainment of the pres-
iUk3IIOE
mit 'thiy, and will find it an exhibition wok,,
worthy the attention and sympathies .of dulls
interested in Abe manners. and customs, Orin.
Notion frist passing away.
Julyl9, 1893.-2 t. • ~ •
It
GO). COLAS •
iTTO lt N W, will ,n tend:
L promptly to all buciness
Office in the •room , tornierly occupied by W . .,
Dan! levine;Ean north lianovor St ,- Ca
20, t 859. •
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