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Mail Arrangements.
POST OFFICE, $
Washington, Ga., Sept. X, 1843. $
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COTTING & BUTLER,
ATTORNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE on the North
side of the Public Square, next door to
the Branch Bank of the State of Georgia.
October, 1843. 28
~ NELSON CAREER,
DEALER IN
Choice Drugs and Medicines,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Perfumery, Brushes,
Paints, Oils, Dye-Staff's,
Window Glass, fyc. <|-c.
RED MORTAR. j AUBOSTA, G..
October 12, 1843. ly 7
HAVILAND, RISLE> & Cos.
Near the Mansion Home, Globe and United
States Hotels,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
P t . DEALERS IN CHOICE
DRUBS AND MEDICINES,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils,
Window Glass, Dye Stuffs,
\&,c.
CLAY CLUB, |
AT a regular meeting of the CLUB, held on !
Tuesday the 7th instant, the following na- i
tned gentlemen were chosen Delegates to rep
resent the Club in the Convention to be held in ;
Milledgeville on Monday the 24th of June next: i
HEZEKIAII L EMBitV,
DAVID U. COTTING,
JOHN L. WYNN,
JOHN C. STOKES.
J. R. Sneed, Secretary.
May 7, 1844.
WILL spend two or three weeks in Wash
ington. Persons dosiTing his Pioi’ession
| al services, will do well to call soon.
I Washington, Wiikes county, i
| May 16th, 1844. ’ £ 38
; Bargains ! Bargains !!
The Subscriber will sell his Stock
of
Staple mid Fancy,
Foreign mid Domestic
GOODS,
At very reduced prices—cheaper titan they j
were ever offered in Washington befote.
If you want good GOODS, at low prices,
call on
WILLIAM S. HEARD.
May 2, 1844. 2m 36
New Spring & Summer
GOODS.
J. MAYER & BROTHERS,
Respectfully inform the citizens of
Washington and vicinity, that they have
just received a
New Supply of
Spring & Summer
GOODS,
Consisting of the following Articles, viz.:
Foulard Silk, new style for Ladies’ Dresses, 371
cents per yard,
Lawns and printed Muslins, 31 to 45 cts. per yd.
Calicoes, of every description, 6to 18$ do.
4-4 French Calico, 25 do.
Fine Irish Linen, 50 to 87 do.
Summer fancy Cassimers, 1 37 to 1 50 do.
Darps’ete’ for Summer wear, 871 to $1 do.
Large assortment of Broadcloths, $2 to $65 do.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Gloves of
every description, from 121 to §1
Great variety cl Linen Cambric
Pocket’Handkerchiefs, 18$ to @1 each.
Summer Stutf Cor Pantaloons, 12$ to 37 per yd.
Linen do. do. 37$ to 62 do.
Swiss and Jaconet Muslins of every
description, 25 to 62 do.
Scotch Gingham, 31$ do.
Aiso, a great variety of Manches
ter Ginghams, 121 to 18$ do.
All kinds ol Laces, Silk and Fil
let Shawls, Neck Tie's, of
the latest style, 45 cts. to §7 each. :
Ladies’Silk and Cotton Ilose of
all kinds, 12 cts. to $1 50 ‘
Leghorn and Straw Bonnets of
every description, @1 121 to 4 50
A great variety of Bonnet and Cap Ribbons, ;
Marseilles Vesting from 20 cts. to 75
Latest style of Ready-made Summer Clothing
for Gentlemen’s wear, a large assortment,
Also, an assortment of Summer Hats,
Ladies’ Shoes and Pumps of all kinds, from 25
cents a pair to $1 12$
Also, a large assortment of Gentlemen’s Shoes
and Pumps, from 62$ to $2 75 cts. per pair
Boots from $2 to $4. do.
Bleached and unbleached Homespun of every
description, at the Charleston prices.
Coffee, Sugar, Tobacco &, Segars,
Which will be sold as cheap as can be bought
in this country. O’ Call and see—nothing
charged for showing Goods.
April 25, 1844. 35
FIRE INSURANCE.
The new.york contribution
ship FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
have established an Agency in Washington,
Wilkes county, Georgia, and are now prepared
to Insure Buildings and Merchandize against
ioss or damage by Fire. I
Capital $300,000,
All paid in and safely invested.
Apply to
WILLIAM S. HEARD, Agent,
Washington, Ga.
May 2, 1844. 36
Richmond Hotel .
SamA, THE Subscriber, having taken the
1"••flit above named HOUSE, formerly oc-
IJlllis? cupied by Capt. Edward W. Coliier,
Js*gS23s! would be happy to receive the pat
ronage oi his friends and the public generally.
The House is situated in the vicinity of many of
I the principal Warehouses in Augusta, making it
a convenient location for persons visiting the
1 city on business. Families can be accommoda
ted with retired and pleasant Rooms.
Persons favoring me with a cat), will find due
attention, comfortable lodgings, the best fare,
attentive hostlers and moderate charges.
JOHN T. WOOTTEN.
April 25, 1844. 35
, Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A IX persons indebted to the Estate of John
Wilkinson, late of Wilkes county, deeeas
j ed, are requested to pay the same immediately,
I and those having demands against the Estate
will present the same in terms of the law for
nivmcnt
WM. S. HEARD. .
SAMUEL W. WYNN, C
May 16,1844. 6t 3$
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA„) JUNE 13, 1844.
THE FIRST OFFENCE.
I In thecheerful dining-room of my bache,
! lor friend Stevenson, a select party was
’ assembled to celebrate his birthday. A
| very animated discussion had been carried
on for some time, as to whether the first de
viation from integrity should be treated
with severity or leniency. Various were
tiie opinions, and numerous the arguments
I brought forward to support them. The
majority appeared to lean to the side of
“crush ail offences in the bud,” when a
warmhearted old gentleman exclaimed,
“Depend upon it, more young people are
lost to society from a first offence being
treated with injudicious severity, than from
the contrary extreme. Not tha* I would
pass over even the slightest deviation from
integrity, either in word or deed; that 1
would certainly be mistaken kindness; but, |
on the other hand, neither would I punish i
with severity an offence committed, per
haps, under the influence of temptation—
temptation, too, that we ourselves, may have
thoughtlessly placed in the way, in such a
manner as to render it irresistible. For
j instance, a lady hires a servant; the girl
i has hitherto borne a good character, but it
! is her first place ; her honesty has never
j yet been put to the test. Her mistress,
without thinking.of the continual tempta
: tion to which she is exposing a fellow-crea
ture, is in the habit of leaving small sums
of money, generally copper, lying about in
her usual sitting-room. After a time, she
begins to think that these sums are not al
ways found exactly as she left th. m. Sus- ;
picioti falls upon the girl, whose duty it is;
to clean the room every morning. Her :
mistress, however, thinks she will be quite
convinced before she brings forward her
accusation. She counts the money care- j
fully at night, and the next morning some
is missing. No one has been in the room
but the girl ; her guilt is evident. Well,
what does her mistress do ? Why, she
turns the girl out of her house at an hour's
notice ; cannot, in conscience, give her a
character ; tells all her friends how dread
fully distressed she is ; declares there is
nothing but ingratitude to be met with u
mong servants ; laments over the depravitv
of human nature ; and never dreams of
blaming herself for her wicked—yes, it is
wicked—thoughtlessness in thus constantly
exposing to temptation a young ignorant
gild ; one most likeiv whose mind, if not en
veloped in total darkness, has only an im- ;
perfect twilight knowledge whereby to dis
tinguish right from wrong. At whose door,
I ask,” continued he, growing warmer,
“will the sin lie, if that girl sink into the
lowest depths of vice and misery ? Why, at
the door oflier who, after placing tempta
tion in her very path, turned her into the
pitiless world, deprived of that which con
stituted her only means of obtaining an
honest livelihood—her character ; and that
without one effort to reclaim her—without
affording a single opportunity of retrieving
the past, and regaining, by future good con
duct, the confidence oflier employer.”
! “There is, I fear, too much truth in what j
j you say,” remarked our benevolent host,
i who had hitherto taken no part in the con- !
; versation ; “and it reminds me of a circum
i stance that occurred in the earlier part of
; my life, which, as it may serve to illustrate j
the subject which yi/a have been discus
sing, I will relate.” There was a general
movement of attention ; for it was a well
known fact, that no manufacturer in the
town of was surrounded with so many
old and faithful servants as our friend Ste
venson.
“In the outset of my business career,”
said he, “I took into my employment a
young man to fill the situation of under
clerk ; and, according to a rule I had laid
down, whenever a stranger entered my ser
vice, his duties where of a nature to involve
as little responsibility as possible, until
sufficient time had been given to form a
correct estimate of bis character. This
young man, whom I shall call Smith, was
ofa respectable family. He had lost his
father, and had a mother and sisters in
some measure dependent upon him. After
he had been a short time in my employ
ment, it happened that my confidential
clerk, whose duty it was to receive the
money from the bank for the payment of
wages, being prevented by an unforeseen
circumstance from attending at the proper
time, sent the sum required by Smith. My
confidence was so great in my head clerk,
who had been long known to me, that I
was not in the habit of regularly counting
the money when brought to urn ; hut as, on
tt,is occasion, it had passed through other
hands, I thought it right to do so. There
fore calling Smith back as he was leaving
my counting-house, I desired him to wait a
few minutes, and proceeded to ascertain
whether it was quite correct. Great was
my surprise and concern on finding that
there was a considerable deficiency.
“From whom,” said I, “did you receive
this money V ’
He replied, “From Mr. , naming mv
confidential clerk.
“It is strange,” said I, looking steadily at
him. “But this money is incorrect, and it
is the first time I have found it so.” He
changed countenance, and his eye fell be
fore mine ; but he answered, with tolerable
composure, “that it was as he had received
it.”
“It is in vain,” I replied, to attempt to
impose upon me, or to endeavour to cast
suspicion on one whose character for the
strictest honesty and undeviating integrity
is so well established. Now, lam perfect
I !y convinced that you have taken this mon-
Ify, a fid that it is at this moment in your
possession ; and I think the evidence a
gainst yon would he thought sufficient to
justify me in immediately dismissing you
from my service. But you are a very
voting man ; your conduct has, I believe,
been hitherto perfectly correct, and 1 am
willing to afford you an opportunity of re
deeming the past. All knowledge of this
matter rests between ourselves. Candidly
confess, therefore, the error of w hich you
have been guilty ; restore what you have
i,so dishonestly taken ; endeavour, by your
future good conduct, to deserve mv confi
dence and respect, and this circumstance
shall never transpire to injure you.” The
poor follow wasdeeply affected. In a voice
almost inarticulate with emotion lie ac
knowledged his guilt, and said that, having
frequently seen me receive the money
I without counting it,on being intrusted with ;
j it himself, the idea had flashed across his |
1 mind that he might easily abstract some
I without incurring suspicion, or atall events
without there being sufficient evidence to
justify it ; that, being in distress, the temp
tation had proved stronger than his power
of resistance, and he had yielded. “I can
not now,” he continued, “prove how deep
ly your forbearance has touched me ; time
alone can show that it has not been mis- I
placed.” He left me to resume his duties, j
Days, weeks, and months passed away, j
during which 1 scrutinised his conduct with j
the greatest anxiety, whilst at the same •
time 1 carefully guarded against any ap
pearance of suspicious watchfulness ; and
| with delight I observed that so far my ex- j
; periment had succeeded. The greatest re- i
| gularity and attention—the utmost devo- ,
! tion to my interests—marked his business i
: iiabits; and this without any display ; for j
■ his quiet and humble deportment was from
that time remarkable. At length, finding
his conduct invariably marked by the ut-;
most openess and plain dealing, my confi- 1
denec in him was so far restored, that, on a i
vacancy occurring in a situation of greater
trust and increased emolument than the
! one he had hitherto filled, I placed him in
it: and never had 1 the slightest reason to
repent ofthe part I had acted toward hirn.
Not only had I the pleasure of reflecting
that I had, in al! probability, saved a fel
low.creature from a continued course of
vice, and consequent misery, and afforded
him the opportunity of becoming a respec
table and useful member of society, but I :
had gained for myself an indefatigable ser
vant —a faithful and constant friend. For
years he served me with the greatest fideli
ty and devotion. His character for rigid,
nay, even scrupulous honesty, was so well
I known, that ‘as honest as Smith,’ became a
j proverb among his acquaintances. One
morning I missed him from his accustomed
place, and upon inquiry, learned that ho
was detained at home by indisposition.—
Several days elapsed, and still he was ab
sent ; and upon calling at his house to in
quire after him, 1 found the family in great :
distresson his account. His complaint had |
j proved typus fever of a malignant kind.—
j From almost the commencement of his at- j
j tack, he had, as his wife (for he had been i
| sometime married) informed me, lain in a j
j state of total unconsciousness, from which j
j he had roused only to the ravings of deliii
j tim, and that the physician gave little hope .
of his recovery. For some days he con-;
tinued in the same state ; at length a mes- !
sage was brought me, saying that Mr.
Smith wished to see me ; the messenger ad
ding, that Mrs. Smith hoped l would come
as soon as possible, for she feared her hus
band was dying. I immediately obeyed the
summons.
On entering his chamber, I found the j
whole of his family assembled to take fare- j
well of him they so tenderly loved. As j
soon as he perceived tne, he motioned for j
me to approach near to him, and taking my |
hand in both of his, he turned towards me I
his countenance, full ofgratitude and affec- |
tion, and said, ‘My dear master, my best
earthly friend, I have sent for you that I
may give you the thanks and blessing of a i
dying man for all your goodness to me.—
To your generosity and mercy I owe it, that
I have lived useful and respected, that I
die lamented and happy. To you I owe it,
that I leave to my children a name unsul
lied by crime, that in after years the blush
of shame shall never tinge their cheeks at
the memory of their father. O God !’ ho
continued, ‘Thou who hast said, ‘blessed
are the merciful, 1 bless him. According to
the measure he has meted to others, do thou
mete unto him.’ Then turning to his fami
ly, he said, ‘My beloved wife and children,
1 intrust you, without fear, to the care of
that heavenly parent who has said, ‘Leave
thy fatherless children to me, and I will
preserve them alive, and let thy widows
trust in me.’ And you, my dear master,
will, I know, be to them as you have been
to me—guide, protector and friend.’ That,”
continued the kind old man, looking round
upon us with glistening eyes, “though mix.
ed with sorrow,was one of the happiest mo
ments of my life. As I stood by the bed
side of thedying man, and looked around
upon his children growing up virtuous, in
telligent, and upright, respecting and hon
oring, as much as they loved their father ;
when I saw his wife, although overcome
with grief for the loss of a tender and be
loved husband, yet sorrowing not as one
without hope, but even in that moment of
agony deriving comfort from the belief that
she should meet him again in that world
where
‘Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown
when I listened to his fervent expressions
. ofgratitude, and saw him calmly awaiting
• the inevitable stroke, trusting in the mercy
of God, and at peace with his fellow, men ;
i and when I thought what the reverse of all
this might have been—crime, misery, a dis
graceful nnd dishonored life, perhaps a
shameful and violent death—had 1 yielded
to the first impulse of indignation, I felt a
happiness which no words cun express.—
We arc told that there is more joy amongst
the angels of God over one sinner that re
penteth, thnn ninety and nine just persons
that need no repentance. With such a
joy as we may imagine theirs, did I rejoice
over poor Smith, as 1 closed his eyes, and
heard the attendant minister in fervent tones
exclaim, ‘Blessed are the dead that die in
the Lord ; vea, sailh the spirit, for they
rest from their labours, and their works do
follow them.’ My friends, I am an old
man. During a long and eventful carepr
i in business, I have had intercourse withal
j most every variety of temper and disposi
tion, and with many degrees of talent but
I have never found reason to swerve front
the principle with which I set out in life, to
‘temper justice with mercy.’”
Such was the story ofour friend. And
I believe not one in that company hut re
turned home more disposed to judge len
iently ofthe failings of his fellow-creatures,
; and, as far as lay in his power, to extend
I to all who might fall into temptation that
; mercy which, under similar circuinstan- |
! ces, he would wish shown to himself, feeling
; “that it is more blessed to save thnn to des
i troy.”
A RICH SCENE.
AlliiV FOLSOM IN’ COURT AS COUNSEL.
The following report of a scene in the
| Boston Municipal Court, we copy from the
Post. Elder Lamson, whose eccentricities
: we have before noticed, was placed on trial
: on the charge of disturbing the congrega
i tion of the Rev. Mr. Colv.er, ori Sunday,
i the 28th of April, which offences is punish
able in Massachusetts with fine or impris
onment :
The afternoon, Mrs. Abby Folsom in
troduced into the clerk’s office another very
sedate looking lady, by the name of Eliza
beth Slone, and stated that she had been
persecuted by her relatives, who had kept
her confined in a hospital sixteen months.
Abby further stated that she had called to
ascertain when brother Lamson’s trial
was to come on, and gave notice that she
had associated Miss Stone with herself as
counsel for that singular being. Abby was ;
conducted into court to confer with Mr.
Parker, county attorney, and it was then
and there agreed that Silas should be tried
in the afternoon. At the hour assigned he
was brought in anti placed at the bar, and
essayed a speecii concerning some papers
and caricatures which were taken from
him when he was arrested on Sunday. In
this he was stopped short bv the clerk, who
asked him if hr was ready to be tried.
Silas—How can 1 be ready for trial
j without having had an opportunity of seeing
counsel ?
Mr. Parker—Mrs, Folsom, who savs she
’ is your counsel, agreed to be ready this af
ternoon.
| Silas—How can she be ready until she
: has taken counsel with me about my de
fence ?
■ Mr. Parker—There she sits, (pointing)
| ready to go on if you wish.
Silas—But I don’t know that I can ever
agree to be tried before thes. judges, uniil
the robberies which have been committed
on me in the other courts have been ae
counted for. How do I know hut these are
the same kind of folks ? 1 want proof that
they are not like the other unjust judges
j and officers.
Court—Call the jury, Mr. Clerk.
Silas—l must object to every juryman
i who belongs to any ofthe different denomi
j nations which style themselves Christians
; at the present day.
The clerk now called the foreman,
; Charles Calhoun, Esq., to whom Silas
j made no objection, and he was sworn ; but
to all others he exclaimed—“l object to
hint and them, because I don't know but
that they may belong to some of theso ar
mies—to some of these denominations, who
claim falsely to be Christians.”
The objection was overruled. Silas was
allowed on account of his deafness, to sit
near the witness stand, and the indictment
was read to him. He then demanded a
copy, which was not acceded to, but the
clerk handed him the indictment, and told
him lie might copy it if he chose. Silas
then commenced writing, without taking
any notice of Mr. Parker’s opening re
marks. Having explained the law, and
stated the prisoner’s offence, in disturbing
Mr. Colver’s congregation, Mr. Parker
cited the statute which placed Silas in the
power of the court, in case the jury should
find him insane upon the evidence; and
now, for the first time, was heard the sharp
voice of Abby Folsom, who said—“l wish
it to be understood that I would not set up
the defence of insanity in the case of mur
der.”
Mr. Parker—l wish to know by what
right that woman appears for the defence.
The prisoner has not yet nominated her as
counsel in either of the ways specified in
the statute.
Silas—l wish Abigail Folsom to be my
counsel.
Mr. Parker—There is still another ques.
tion to be settled. Is the lady a feme sole
or feme covert?
Silas—A rrhatl brother? How mean
you ? I’m a little of hard-hearing.
Mr. Parker—4 single woman may act,
RE. J. KAPPIJ,, Printer,
I I suppose, under the statute ; hut it is
i doubtful whether a woman who has a bus
■ band can. Mr. I,unison, is Mrs. Folsom
i married ?
Silas—That is a question which she can
best answer for herself.
Mr. Parker—Have you ever heard her
say that she has a husband ?
Silas—l have understood that her hus
band left her, and thus broke her marriage
bonds, and now they are as nought, and she
is a single woman.
Mr. Parker—Hasshe been divorced from
him ? If not, she is still bis wife.
Silas—Well, then, this ease can be ad
; journed till she can get a divorce.
Abby, by this time, thought of a way to
! cut the knot into which the case had been
i twisted, and said—“ Elizabeth Stone is a
. single woman, and she’ll do.”
Elizabeth took no notice of Abby’a re
marks, nor did Silas, and the first witness,
I Mr. Hayes,sexton, took the stand—a move-
I ment which called Silas to his feet with a
| new objection, and he said—“l protest a
; gainst him. He has been fpled with wrath
! against me, and he helped to thrust me out
of brother Colver's assembly, Also he has
been sworn, which is contrary to the com
mand ofChrist. Whoever takes ar. oath
iies. Peter swore and straightway denied
Jesus his master.”
Mr. Parker—You are mistaken about
Mr. Hayes. He has not sworn, but only
affirmed.
Silas—But he is ona of the army that
misused me.
Court—That is no objection. Let the
witness proceed. Mr. Lamson, sit down
and keep silent for the present, or you must
he committed.
This order Silas did not heed, and the
officer brought him down upon ins chair
plump. This indignity was not to the taste
nfSilas, who rose and said—“ This man
has not much manners to put me down so.”
Court—Mr. Lamson, you must be silent,
or I shall order the Sheriff to take you into
c ‘slody, and commit you to prison for in
ti, opting the proceedings ofthe law.
Silas—l am not under your laws. I
have not employed any ofyou ; nor voted
any of you into office. I acknowledge only
the laws ofChrist.
Court—Mr. Lamson, come up here and
listen to vvliat I shall say to you, and do not
make any reply.
Silas—And not make any reply, do you
say ? What business have you to make a
law that a man shall be spoken to, and that
he shall not make a reply.
Silas was prepaiing to proceed to argue
this point at length, but was cut short by
orders to the officers to remove him from
the court. It was promptly executed, and
the judge gave directions that persons
whose conversation would be likely to in
flame his peculiar state of mind should not
be allowed to visit him in jail.
4s heretofore, Silas had to he carried
down to the carriage, into which he was
dumped withoutmuch ceremony. As soon
as it started lie began to bounce about, and
yell out—“ Fire ! Robbery ! Murder! The
wolves are upon me !” &c.
FIDELITY OF A SERVANT—A ROB
BER SHOT.
James Seguine, Esq., merchant, at Deep
Creek, having a call of business at Ports
mouth on Tuesday, which required his ab
sence till the next day, ordered his trusty’
man-servant Charles (an elderly negro) to
occupy the room adjoining his store during
the night. Before breakfast, next morning
Charles was discovered busily at work cur
rying his master’s horse in the stable of the
Crawford House, in Portsmouth ; and being
interrogated as to what brought him to
town, laconically made answer that he
“ bad shot a nigger and killed him, some
time in the night, and had come down for
massa to go home and sen ’bout it.” It ap
peared upon further enquiry that during the
night, two stout negro fellows broke into
Mr. Segttinc’s store to rob it, but Charles
being wide awake, seized his master’s dou
ble barrelled gun and shot one of the rob
bers, and pulled the remaining trigger on
the second robber, but it missed fire, and
| lie escaped. They were armed with bowie
i knives and bludgeons, and would undoubt
edly have murdered the faithful fellow if
he had hot have been provided with the
I means of defence. —Norfolk Herald, May
\ 23.
“No Time for Swapping Horses. —A
capital story, although it may be an old
one, was recently related at a political meet
ing in Philadelphia. It was told for the
purpose of making a point against the
claims of one of the many candidates for
the Presidency, but is a good story even
when robbed-of its political leaning. An
Indiana man was travelling down the Ohio
on a steamer, with a mare and a two year
old colt, when by a sudden careen of the
boat all three were tilted into the river.—
The Hoosier, as he arose puffing and blow
ing above water, caught hold of the tail of
the colt, not having a doubt that the natu
ral instincts of the animal would carry him
safe ashore. The old mare took a “ bee
line” for the shore, but the frightened colt
swam lustily down the current with his
owner still hanging fast. “ Let go. of the
the colt, and hang on to the old marc, ’
shouted some of his friends. •• Pbree, booh!”
exclaimed the Hoosier, spouting the water
from his mouth and shaking his heap like
a New-foundland dog ;'■ : t's all and- —r, fine
your telling mu to let go the c'ylt, but. to a
(man that can’t swim this ait:! exactly the
time for eicapring- korsei ! ‘
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