The Albany patriot. (Albany, Ga.) 1845-1866, November 12, 1845, Image 1
VOL. I.
ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 12, lfc45.
NO. 31.
tH E ALBANY PATRIOT,
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MISCELLANY.
: From Sears' Family Magazine.
THE MAMMOTH CAVE, KENTUCKY.
Among the physical wonders of the world
this great subterranean tcuiplc, or rather
^ty of temples, takes piouiincnt rank. If
. situated near Green river, in Kentucky,
the entrance to which is by a pit forty feet
ilcji, and one hundred and twenty in cir-
aiiiileicnso. At the mouth of tlic cave we
descended about twenty feet over stone
Mips and then walked on horizontally for
about one hundred and fifty yards to the
dare called the rotunda. Each of us wnlk-
!d with a lnmp in our band, preceded by
our guide. At the rotunda wc halted for
tew nioiiic ms, and our guide illuminated
the place with a Bengal light. There are
large vats lit re, used in our last war in mak-
ag saltpetre. The care here branches off
uto two avenues. Wc proceeded on in the
main avenue-, to the church; the main avc-
tiuc is about seventy feet wide ; the church
sin the tide of the avenue, extending into
tlie wall about one hundred and filly feet.
The gallcrv is exceedingly natural. Scr-
atoitiImvcbeen preached in this church—
"a temple tmidc without hands.” As wc
pissed on beyond the church we saw the
, tints of the o xen nnd of the cart-wheels,
titade there more than thirty years ago.
After walking nearly a mile wc came to
.1 Gothic avenue. This lends off from the
main avenue tit the riglil. We ascended a
•.light of steps about twenty feet, and then
walked on-about two hundred yards when
wc came to tit c registry-room. Thousands
of names ha vis there been registered on the
Veiling overhead. We passed on in this
brenne till wts came to “Hercules’ pillar.”
Tliis i.<a immense column standing midway
mween the vratls of this avenue. It was
ridcntlv formed by water dropping from
he ceiling. 11 must be at least sixteen feet
a circumference. “Stalagmite hall” is a
-mdred yards beyond, in the same avenue,
lere are some ten or fifteen similar colums
the one above mentioned, differing only
size. The next tiling of importance we
■fcsed, was “Bonaparte’s breast-work,” a
-aturai breast-work of rocks extending at
;«side of the cu vc for twenty yards. Oi
.'indred yards from the breast-work is “the
Mirra chair.” This is a very large col-
; ua, extending from the ceiling to the floor,
•wing in its side a well-formed arm ctiair..
I he next object wo noticed was an ele-
'diinfs head. The resemblance wus ex
iling perfect. A few yards further you
mne to the “lover’s leap.” This is a pre-
l»ce at the side of the the avenue, so aeep
“i but fow lovers would dare to leap
itrc, evon if, sodnriiig, they should obtain
«object of their a ffections. Directly a-
'fc the “lover’s lenp,” on the ceiling, is
representation of on Indian in the act fly-
'?• Wc now descended a crevice called
[he “elbow crevice,” leading to another and
™othcr apartment of this immense cave,
‘her passing through “elbow crevice,” we
'me to a magnificent dome, called _“Na-
dcon’s dome .” It will be impossible to
[esenbe one half of what is to be here seen,
ear “Napoleon’s dome” is a large dining
tble, • • - ■ - —
one, iviij
^airwoo-fj dining-tofile.”* A little die
SECRET EXPEDITION TO THE GUU? OP
MEXICO.
Our government has made a movement
within the last three weeks, which must
be confessed to be os vigorous as it is se
cret, but which we hope may end as well
as it has commenced.
This measure is in substance as follows:
It is confidently reported among persons
whose station and intelligence entitle them
to credit, that when the protest and declar
ation of the Mexican government against
the annexation of Texas trenched London,
and was officially communicated to our gov
ernment by the Mexican Minister, orders
were immediately issued to our naval com
manders at Halifax, and in the West In
dies, to send off by single ships as many
vessels of war as could be 1 1 ’
descending the “steeps of time,” we came | that they have British corroboration of A-
to a beautiful spring of water, called “Rich-! merican intelligence, on (his subject, some
ardson’s spring.” We then passed on of our cotemporaries who met our state-
through the “arched way,” by the “lady’s i ment referred to with little less than de-
saddle pit,” which pit is about eighty feet rision, will begin tp think that some things
deep ; then on to “Minerva’s dome,” once [ can be knawn in the city of New York be-
the “labyrinth,” to “Louisa’s and Goran’s; fore being trumpeted through the London
dome.” We then passed on by the “bot- ; press,
temless pit,” into “Pensico avenue,” and •*■*-*■
by the “wild dome,” over the “great cross
ings.” Wc then came to a pulpit of sta
lagmite, with a book lying upon the pulpit.
This is all the .work of nature, without art-
It has received the nameefthe “devil’spul-
pit.” We then passed through “pine-apple
arch,” to “Getico grotto.” All this wp saw
and passed the first day. We returned to
the “cave house” about six in the even-
in».
The next morning we started at about
eight o’clock, and went on through the
main cave to the “deserted chamber,” and
entered an avenue called the “humble
shoot.” For a distance of about one hun
dred yards, we passed an avenue where
the ceiling is so tow that we had to stoop
as much as possible. We then came to
the “winding way,” a narrow serpentine
passage, through * which only one person
can pass at a time. This extends about
fifty yards. At the end of the “winding
way, wc came to a large chamber called
the “great relief.” Wc thenpossed through
“river hall,” over the “dead sen,” along n
deep cascade. Wc then passed on to the
“river Styx,” over which tnere is a natural
bridge. Crossing this bridge, we soon
found ourselves at the shore of the “river
Lethe.” We there went on board a boat
and were rowed by our guide about thirty
yards, when we arrived at the “river Jor
dan.” Our whole company entered the
large boats at the shore of the Jordan, aud
began to move slowly over its surface.—
Part of the way the ceiling is ouite low,
and iu other places very high. The whole
distance-is more than half a mile. Mu>
sic never sounded so sweetly to me ns when
passing this river. The sweet tones of the
never-ending echo, surpassed everything
I hud over heard or imagined.
After passing the river, we walked on
about two miles, through many interesting
scenes, when we arrived at the foot of the
ladder that leads to “Mary’s vineyard.’ —
We ascended the ladder about twenty feet,
and came to a large hall, the walls, the
ceiling, the floor, covered with clusters of
the finest gropes. But we found when
we touched then that they were ns solid
as the wall itself. We then passed on
through “Clevaland’s avenue,” through n
great variety of rooms, until we came to
“snowball-room.” The avenue here is n-
bout eighty feet wide, the ceiling and walls
covered with snowballs, some perfectly
while, and some saturated with water, as
natural as if thrown there by schoolboys,
in there juvenile sports. Tuc walls ana
ceiling, for more than a mile after passing
the snowball room, are covered with flowers
of every name and description imaginable.
The only thing needed to make them true
to life is color. Wc then passed on till we
came to the “rocky mountains.” It is quite
difficult to ascend these mountains. We
were obliged to clamber over rugged cliffs,
we ascended about two hundred Teen. We
then descended the mountain on the other
side. On the other side of the “rocky
mountains” is a beautiful arbor called “Se
rena’s ar'ior.” It received this name in
honor of the wife of Col. Croatian. Mrs.
Croghnn was the first lady wno ever en
tered that bower. In the side of this beau
tiful arbor is a spring of the most dclicous
water. Wc here found ourselves eleven
miles from the mouth of the cove. We
then retraced our steps and reached the
“cave house” about seven o’clock in the
evening, having walked inoro thnn twenty-
two miles, far, bcncat h the surface of the
earth. Our third and fourth day’s excur
sions weie, if possible, still more interest
ing. The chief cilv which we visited on
the third day, extends over on area of more
than two acres.
Wc passed into the cave about six miles,
when wc came to llio avenue leading to
the “holy sepulchre.” None can ascend
there except the most bold and fearless.—
Only two of our company had courage to
plante her colonies in the most distant is- We were
lands, is actually less in value than the an
nual grassgrop in the British islands. The
breaa stufTs annually extracted from our
own soil amount to more than 800,000,000
bushels, and their value is almost tripple
that of the aggregate exports and imports
of the whole country. Our grass crop is
worth $150,000,000, which is juhl twice
the value of all bur exports to foreign coun
tries. The annual Indian corn crop of Ten
nessee and Kentucky alone amounts to
more than 125,000,000 bushels, and fully
equals in worth our exports to Great Brit
ain and France, which constitute the bulk
of all we part with to foreign countries —
And what is not a little remarkable, the
corn crop of these two. States is precisely
equal in value to the entire oiton crop
grown in all the States of the Union.”
JV. 0. Delta.
From the Montgomery Independent.
GIANT BONES.
There have been recently dug up in
Williamson county, Tennessee, seveo u» ,/ '
. - . - 0 f fte
WE will make liberal CASH AD
VANCES on Cotton Stored in any
, Warc-llouse in Albany.
SIMS & CHEEVER.
Albany, Oct. 29,1845, -9 d-
ships as many J_ ver y low prices, a largo stock of Negro
spared, and theghoc^ (gome very superior) Kip do^ Indies tine
departure of which would not excite any Walking do., Kid 'Slops, Gaiters, Women’s l>»ther
special notice. Concurrently with this or-Shoc*, Gent’s tine Calf pegged aud sewed Shoes,
dcr, single ships have also been sent olTfino Calf pegged sad sowed Boots VVotcr-prooi do.,
from remote stations on the coast of Africa & p ' NCUON ’
and Brazil, and are at this time assembling) Albany, Oct. 29 : .9 3m.
in the Gulf of Mexico. “It is thus the! Just Received
opinion of Sir R. Peel,” says our authority] the BU b*cribet* pieces fino black and col’d
“ gradually and secretly to assemble a con-1 JJ Brood Cloths, American and French Cassimers,
sidernhlc naval force in the Mexican seas, black Silk and Satin Vestings, rich Wool do., com-
which is to act ns occasion may arise—and mon do., Kentucky Jeans, a great variety o! cheap
at all events, to prevent any blockade byl l’»ut Stull's for common wear. all of which they otter
the American navv, should the Mexican ° n K? od .o.- 1 3™ ‘ *
government proceed further in their declar-l Albany, Oct. 29,184* -9 3m.
dtionof war.”
STEAM NAVIGATION ON THE SU-
WANEE. I
Our renders may remember that it has
been in contemplation for some time past,
to establish a mail route by steamers upon
the Suwancc, from Cedar Keys to Fort
White, to be connected thence with the
Si. John’s by Stogc. We arc happy to be
informed that the necessary arrangements
for prosecuting this useful enterprise, have
been carried into effect. The Steamboat
“Orpheus,” built at New Orleans, express
ly for the purpose, has arrived, and taken
her station on the route. Wc lenm that
she is a most-beautiful vessel, 136 feet in
length, and is fitted up in fine style with 18
elegant State rooms. Site will carry the
United States Mail from Cedar Keys, to
the new town of Santafcc, on the Santafee
river, in Columbia co., once a week,and will
run up the Suwannee to the flourishing
town of Columbus. From the Suwancc,
stages will convey passengers to and from
the river St. John’s in connection with the
Steamers from Savannah, thus Conning a
direct line from Savannah to the Gulf.—
the advantages of this route cannot be duly
appreciated, until we have begun to expe
rience its convenience. Travellers to Key
West, New Orleans, Tampa Bay and Ce
dar Keys, can now avail themselves of a
direct and expedicious conveyance. It on
ly remains to connect Cedar Keys with
New Orleans by steam communications,
and one of the greatest thoroughfares of
the South, will be established in our Slate.
The dangerous navigation around the pe
ninsula, the reefs, the keys and the bars,
would secure for this route, a vast amount
of the traveling from the North to Louisi
ana and Texas. From information we
have received, we can confidently assure
our readers that a line of steam packets
will very shortly ply between the Suwanee
and New Orleans. This, together with
the line which as been established between
New York and Charleston, will give al
most uninterrupted communication, along
the whole Atlantic coast with the Gulf.—
This cannot but have a beneficial effect
upon the settlement of Florida, and we feel
warranted in foretelling its rapid growth as
the result of these conveniences in travel.
St. Jlug. Herald.
AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.
We are indebted for the following facts
to the third qf the very valuable Lectures
now delivering at New York, by Professor
lle > thirty feet by ten. fi ts one solid ] ^ C nd. We made our wa^ up a precipice, ^Hebrew CommonwwuTh !*** ^
me, about four tec! nigh. It inm ca...-, almost perpendicular, .Or ftoOUt eigli.y feel; y « » |nain cau9c Q f this over-valuation of
•aten-ooFs dining-table.”* A little dis- ,hen crawled through a narrow opening j commerc i a | n9 compared with agricultural
wither on wc found an immense between two massive rocks: then passed: j imagineHio be this, that the
.., of fader* like that thrown from a 0 n about ten yards horizontally, and came P jn# ^ comme %e lie muoh more upon the
■acksiniih’a furnace. We then proceeded to a row 0 f stalactite column* through d open lo lhe Scrutiny
— —•*- —' found our * Md apprehension of the mass of observer*
while those of Agriculture, on the contra-
son >« three hundred yards to the end of w hich we made our way, and found our.
•^■re Vc ! lue - selves standing at the mouth of the scpul-
girtl "«ilien proceeded on in the main ave- c b re . Here the cave is about sixteen feet
•tsjue until we canto lo the “giant’s coffin.” w jg e> l n the centre, between the wells,
is a large atone in the shape of a coffin; wa8 a grave six feet wide and sixteen long,
height is about five feet, and its length a bout eight feet deep. The soil was
UP eighteen. . Directly over the coffin is apparently thrown up oh two sides, and al-
|j* r gc panther, on the Wall. We then g^ at each end in equal quantities.—
round the coffin, and entered the Though it has the appearance of soil, it is a
solid stone.
P 1 ranee
> ceiling of the “deiiertod chamber” is
, 1 more than four feet high, We paswd
P>orough this chamber, about ten yards,
l® * c came to a large dome,, called the
pmpden bowl,” on account of a wooden
1 being found there when it was first
At .one sitie of t&e wooden
hW lhe “steeps qf. .ttnje.’P
IfoM*" a wwr paw d°wqabout
l- > over natural ston «e steps.
twen-
the frontlet Of PrhanSJuid bets (U AlXtaCtaifcUk) 1
had intended to nislw a day’s hilt ' • R refold In tor
rents, however, I pulled ont my guidebook, and bal
anced loog in staying dry i* tbs pi! Cary, and go
ing wet to sec the wonders. Here are to be aera
the swaddling ckah* of oar Saviour, the rqbc of tibo
Virgin Mary, the ahrend of John the Baptist, tome
oftbe manna of the Israelites in the wilderness, a
lock of the Virgin’s hair, and the leathern girdle ol'
the Saviour. Here, also, is fobs seen; (with more
certainty,) the tomb of Charlemagne. The church
towers that cover these marvelous sights, loomed
np through the shower, bat my asaal philosophy o\
“making most of to day,” gave way for once. Prom
ising myself to see the wonders'of Alxonmyrc-
tsrn, I ordered my baggage into the ears, and rolled
away through the rain; to the ftagiaWnamed city
of Cologne.
I got my first glimpse of the Rhine, through the
window of an omnibus. From so prosaic a look-out,
I may be excused for remarking, (what I might not
have done, perhaps, from the embrasure of a rained
castleO that it was a very ordinary looking river,
with low banks, and of about the breadth qf the Roa-
qurbanna at Oswego. A party of beer-drinkers,
j, bearded and piped, sitting nnders bower of dried
_ branches in front of a tavern, wore all that I could
d see at the moment that looked either picturesque or
b poetical. This was on the way from the rail-read
b station to the hotel at Cologne. As it was the only
?view I had of the Rhine that does not compel admi-
ration, I seized the opportunity to disparage it.
In doing the cariosities of Cologne with s guide
and sporty, I found nothing not thrice told in tha
i many books. Fortunately for the traveller, things
■ newly seen are quite as enjoyable, though ever so
■for gone beyond a new description. I relished ex-
1 ccedingly my ramble through the narrow streets and
’over the beautiful cathedra], and I puckered my
lips with due wonder at'the sight of the bonea of thu
“Eleven Thousand Virgins” in the Convsat of St.
Ursula. Alas, that of anything loveable, sack relics
may have been a part I There was no choice, I
-thought,between the skulls; yet there mtist have been!
Idifierences of beauty that covered them.
1 I was lucky enough to bring the moonlight and
Imy ryes to baron the caterdral at the aamo mo-
•ment—the half-filled horn of the Queen of Stars
’pouring in upon the fine old towers a light of beau-
iiful tenderness, while I strolled around thorn one o'
mcnciatbeorening. Tbo cathedral of Cologne looks
indeed a lovely confusion. And quite as lovely, t
fancy, to eyes that have no knowledge of bow win
dow and pinacle put their Gothic legato the ground.
I believe in Gothic. I am sure, that is to say, that
these interlaced points and angles have a harmony,
in which lies architectural strength; and with this
unexaminod creed in my mind, like capital in bank,
I give to impressions of beauty unlimited credit-—
This is sometimes the kind .of trust with which wo
admire poetry. There is many a strain of Byron’s
learned by heart for tho music that it floats* with,
the meaning alone of which would not have immor
talized it for a nameless poet
“ The castled crag of Brachenfela,”
for example. The noblo Cathedral of Cologne,
however, like many others in Germany, stands knoo
deep in common houses against the wall—a pitiful
H UNT & PYNCHON have just received Car
penter’s Tools, full setts Smith’*, Tools com
plete, Knives and Forks, Butcher Knives, Carving
do., a large assortment of Pen and Pocket do., stock
and rim Locks, Butts and Screws, cut Tacks, Cotton
niut Wnnl r-nnU Iron A N«i)«. tiwtlwf with a full
have seen or examined them, lhai these
bones belong to the genus homo. All the
larger and characteristic bones are entire,
and the skull, arins.and thig bones, knee
pans, shoulder sockets and collar bones re
move all skepticism as to tlicir humanity.
The whole skeleton, wo are informed, is
about 18 feet high, and must have stood
full 19 feet ‘in his stockings' (if he wore
any.) The bones of tho thigh and leg
measure 6 feet 6 inches, so that our friend,
‘the Genera),’ could have marched erect, in
full military costume, between the giant’s
*Thc skull is described ns being about 2
feet by 3—the size of a flour barrel, and ca-
wble of holding in its cavities near two
mshels; a coffee cup of good size could, ... . - . , -
ho put into the eye sockeis-nnd the jaw
teeth, which arc all perfect even to the cn-, *^ te fj? 1 " * )l tl>0 00 08,10 of JeBn
amcl would weigh‘from 81 lo 6 pounds, will ever qaah away. And aprepo* . ww
some of the smnlfer ones which were loose, fOT «* ^ Fpf*' .«» <*><,*«■•
have been weighed-the front teeth arc dm. the great prroce ofresence* «id I stepped re-
missing. These teeth bear the evidence of t0 , 1,,8 * 1 “P m and breathed foronre, with-
extreme age, from their cavities and nppa- ^t a doubt, the atmosphere of the gHJu.ue “IW.”
rent diminution from use in wearing nway. i!n
An eminent physician and anatomist, b »»^pdcdnpm|)yrimiibofweetne«»—the fjgfat
properly assisted, is engaged in having- the
skeleton pul together and the smolfdefi- ln g m T ■^^/ozdm singiebyle. Laurie* to bo
ciencies supplied by art.
We arc further informed by our fellow
valuable in this world of small parcel* should be
1 guardedly shown to the enjoyer.
Your* faithfully,
N. P. WILLIS.
From tie Report of the Commissioner cf Patents.
THE CULTURE OF COFFEE.
ter iqto this question, with the view of
' ‘ * of the cul
tivation of the earth, aqd «vof vindicating
the' wisdom of Moses, in founding upon it
alone his policy. 1 Great Britain is decided
ly the most commercial nation on the globe.
IS IT TRUE 1
—The*fa^brought 4 by lhe .la^teame* Her trade with tire United States is nearly
that lAat “ Experimental Squadron” had two-fold that which she carries on with
returned to Cork near two month* in eon- any other counity,
nection with the following extract from you the cn *'« i““iSstof Item
Bell’s London Weekly Messenger, goes commerce both w “y®. a,1 f ™^ r ! n
far toward confirming the account were- as much ,n . J cro P of 0413
nn 4 published near a month since, and beans in the Conner country,
r^tiveto tlic fore* chanreternnd purpo- 1 “The whole foreign commerce of Great
relative to the rorec, enurero cr Britain, in the pursuit of which she over-
— r The pas- ses of the Pritish fleetireen y now .shadows the ocean with her fleet* and
« narrow and diffic nU to phss. After lately arrived at thu port, remap* nowisnauows «
citizen, who has purchased an interest of
one fourth in this interesting and wonder
ful curiosity, that it will be ready for exhi
bition in about one month’s lime, when it A inoDeoroOT .gncultural papers men-
will slart on its tour through the cmhzcd cojr „ u . fra lt tlmt may dreerre alrfol in some
f m’i- Nc n..;/ii e i"": i ° r ^ Sonthcm State*. He speaks of a coffi-o ee-
■“ ““ * ” tate which he saw just before entering tho city of
Cameras. Tho coffee trees, he ray* were planted
in rows of ten feet from each other, under a treo with
an umbrella-like head, called the traceari* which
were about thirty feet apart In the West Indies,
the banana, or plantain, are usually planted on the
sunny side of the cofice tree to shade it from tho
fierce beat of the sun.
The cultivation, he add* It simple. It It said to
Sourish well on the Jamaica mountain* at a height
above the eea where the climate it quite as cold aa
South Carolina, Georgia, or Louisiana; thebbqr ia
also very light Tho tree, when once planted, will
bear SO, and sometimes fifty years. Tbo prepara
tion for market, to* it very simple! and may easily
be performed by children. When ripe, itiis picked,
then carried to a platform which covers sometimes -
an area of several acre* made of plaster vwy hard
and dry. There the berries are spread ont in tbo
sun to dry; after which they are placed in a mill
resembling a cider mill, where s heavy wheel parere
over them and takes off the husk; it isthen cleaned
by a common fiutand placed in bags for market.
It is an interesting qumtibo whether it wfllbear
the climate ot the Southern Slates; for (ays tire
writer whom we are qsotisgJ if a* there can
be little doubt, that for productiveness and facility,
of culture, it wfil he preferable to any southern crop.
It is to be hoped tho trial may yet bo made, anil
thus the question practically decided. The addition
of cofiee to oar home predhMS would save our citi-
a large amount cf money which is paid abroad
for the same. According to the statement of for
eign imports for nine months ending 30th Xun* 1843.
the quantity imported amounted to about 93,500,00.>
pound* at a valno of about **500,000.
It is not difficult to procure tho scad; and when
cnee the fact is ascertained that it can be raised,
we can have nodoubt that it would bocoorn a favor
ite object, and divert much capital and labor from
cotton raising; thus teadwtog that product mor*
valuable.
will shortly Ire among us here. Our fellow
townsman keeps the price he paid for his
interest a secret, but says that $50,000 has
been offerod for tbo whole of this curiosi
ty-
[From the Ke» York Mirror.]
LETTERS FROM THE CONTINENT OF
EUBOPE.
My Dear Morris:—If the water in Lake George
were tanned to meadow, and its numberless tail isl
ands left standing as hill* it would bo very like the
natural scenery from Liege to Aix laChapelle—The
railroad follows the meadow level, and pierces these
little mountains to coatinuallj, that it has been com
pared to a peedle pairing the length of a cork-ecrew.
Liege war a scene of Quentin Darward, you will re
member, and at present is lhe gunamitiiery of Eu
rope, but it graces the lovely scenery around it, as
a blacksmith in his apron would grace a ball-room,
and I was not tempted toree much more of it than
_ lay in the bottom of a bowl of soup. Nobonesof
rv. ore ofamore retiring nature, and seldom Chariet the Bold, promised in tire guide hook, nor
tdrtrnde themselves on public notice. It tusk, nor armonr of “Wild BoarofArdenns. Scott
will not therefore fie deemed impertinent, was never bet* and hie descriptions of town and
nor, I hope, altogether uninteresting, to en- castle, were, of conn* haagfaary.
A river fa much more of an acquaintance than a
mountain, and I never see cm for the first time
without s mental salutation, especially if I have
heard of it before. ThoVeedre would scarcely be
caned a river fa our country,but it Unlovely little
stream, that has seen a world of romance, what with
love and war, and it runs visibly dark from the cioee-
, and with a mare musical
ness of the hin sides to it,
ripple (if you pleaaej for the «piriU that haunt it-
by railroad. Of course, It quite knocks a norel on
the Bead tobe dragged through its scenes fry a loco-
motive, andif you Care much for Qurabn Outward,
you had better not isihoad it, from Brussels to the
Rhine.