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may most effectually coutribute to
the*good ofthe whole.
Resolved, By the Senate and House
of Representatives, of the United
States of America, in Congress as
sembled, two-thirds of both houses
, oncurring, that the following be pro
posed as an amendment to the Con
stiution of the United States, which
when ratified by the Legislatures of
three-fourths of the several states,
shall be a part of said Constitution.
The Congress shall have power to
appropriate money for constructing
roads and canals, for improving river
and coast navigation, and for promo-
colonization, and the
libelfPand useful arts; the money to
be paid to such agents, and for such
of these objects, as the States respec
tively, and Congress, for tbe District
of Columbia, shall by law direct, and
in parts proportioned to their Con
stitutional Census
To make surveys cfcoasts, rivers,
and road and canal routes ; to con
struct roads ami canals tor urgent
purposes of military, commercial, or
mail communication: to establish a na
tional university, securing to each
state a just portion of its advantages;
and to offer and distribute prizes for
promoting agriculture, education,
science, and the liberal and useful
arts.
Domestic.
The Hon. Josiah Quincy has been
re-elected Mayor of Boston by near
ly a unanimous vote.
General Gaines left Ncvv-York, on
Thursday last, to take command of
the Western Department.
About 100,000 yards of cloths of
various descriptions, were shipped
at N. York, on board a vessel, which
has just sailed from that port, and
which are intended as donations to
Greek women and children.
The total of the cotton crop of the
T . States, for the year ending Oct. 1,
1325, is said to be 569,249 bales, be
ing an increase of 60,091 bales on
the crop of the preceding year.
Walter Lowrie, of Pensylvania,
was yesterday elected to be Secreta
ry of the Senate ofthe United States,
for the 19th Congress.— Nat. Int.
The Knoxville Register of the 2d
ult. informs us that the Engineers
which the General Government has
sent into the state of Tennessee, arc
delighted with the road from Knox
ville to Calhoun, which they describe
as presenting advantages equal, if
not superior, to any in the world, for
the construction of a road. Should
they be as well satisfied with the
other parts of the route, after they
quit the limits of Tennessee, it is
confidently expected that the great
road will passthrough that State.
Mr. Blair, one of the Representa
tives in Congress from that State,
offered a joint resolution on Tues
day, on the subject of directing those
Engineers to fix,on a situation for the
erection of a national armoury in the
Western Waters, and to report during
the present session.
Maj. Gen. Gaines has arrived at
Washington from the Indian Terri
tory. While he was at Richmond,
the Governor of Virginia presented
to him,'in the Council Chamber, a
sword voted to him by the General
Assembly, on the 12th of February,
1816, in acknowledgement of his
bravery and good conduct in the bat
tle of Erie, Aug. 15, 1814. Speech
es were made, of course, appropriate
to the occasion.
Washington City, Dkc. 21.
We understand that the Senate
yesterday confirmed, without divi
sion, the appointment of Mr. Rufus
King, as Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to Great
Britain, and of Mr. John A. King, as
Secretary of Legation.— Nat. Jour.
Mr. Counsellor Sampson, late of
New-York, and Mr. Talbot, late
S-nalor from Kentucky, were yes
terday admitted to the Bar in this
city, by the Circuit Court of the U.
States for this District, which is now
in session. lb.
The Knoxville Register, of the
Bth instant, informs us that Colonel
Williams has accepted the appoint
ment of Charge d’Affaircs to Guate
mala, or rather to Central America.
Col. Williams is on his way to the
scat of government, and may be
hourly expected. lb.
A Hill offered in the Legislature
of South-Carolina, giving the ejec
tion of Governor and Lieutenant Go
vernor to tde people, introduced by
Mr. 11. 1,. Pinckney, was rejected
l’> a vote of 83 to 18. Ik.
Cities. —The villages of Buffalo,
fc Rochester, Utica, and Brooklyn, will
petition the legislature this winter,
| ,O be incorporated as Cities. Our
''"'tern villages are getting quite
/ 'J m otious ; and modestly intimate
I ‘| a the unassuming title of village
i' s an id grace, and should ab
« 1 1 n ln HVor of the more dignified
121-e M° nos C,TV ' Wesh « n -Vet
I ic* . . ors Aldermen suffi
-l_ ICnt to honor a good dinner, in any
Sixteen vessels left Buffalo har
bor, on the 21st nit, with full car
goes, for the various ports on Lake
Erie ! Suppose that someone had
predicted this fifteen years ago ? We
should have said, to the hospital with
him ! —A'. F.. Paper.
The canal boat Seneca Chief,
which left Buffalo on the opening of
the Canal, Oct. 26th, for New York,
and took part in the grand canal cele
bration, arrived at Buffalo on her
return, Nov. 24th, bringing among
other treasures from the sea coast a
keg of the water of the Atlantic,
which was presented by the corpo
ration of the city of New _York.
The said salt water ; on the 25th
with the ceremony of aprocession of
ladies and gentlemen, music, an ora
tion and nine cheers, was poured in
to Lake Erie.
Application is to be made to the
Legislature of New-York, to incorpo
rate the Printers’ Bank in that city,
with a capital of $ 500,000.
[Ser. Georgian
Anew work is announced entitled
“ “The last of the Mohichans, a nar
rative of 1757,” by Mr, Cooper, au
thor of the Pioneers, &c. [Aug- Chron-
It is said that the excess of reve
nue ofthe United States, has indu
ced the members of the present Con
gress to speak of a reduction ofthe
duties on such articles as Tea, Col
fee, Wine, Cocoa and salt.— lbid.
The Raleigh Register says “coun
terfeit Twenty dollar notes on the
State Bank of North Carolina are in
circulation, and said to be well exe
cuted.”
The Editor of the Eastport (Me.)
Sentinel offers, for the best New-
Year’s Address, a copy of Selleck
Osborn’s Poems—for the second
best, the poems of Savage—and for
the third best, the/ierwsa/ of Scott’s
Family Bible, Bunyan’s Holy War,
and Pilgrim’s Progress.
There are now supported in the
town of Exeter, N. H. thirty-four in
dividuals, the united ages of twelve
of whom amount to 961 years, mak
ing an average of 80 years. The age
of the oldest of this number is 93,
and that of the youngest 70. If to
this number be added eleven more,
the aggregate of whose ages is 541,
it will produce an average of 65
years. Tbe aggregate amount of
the ages of the whole number sup
ported by the town, is 1609, the ave
rage of which is 47. Eight of the
34 are under the age of eight years.
The Corporation of William’s Col
lege, at their last commencement,
conferred the degree of D. I), on
Rev. Samuel H. Cox, of New-York.
That gentleman has refused to re
ceive the degree, and published a
letter in the New-York Observer, in
which lie condemns the practice of
conferring literary degrees a “ fabric
of theological foppery, and dotage,
and disparagement, that does real
harm, hut no imaginable good; un
less it be good to help pride, envy,
and worldly magnificence, into the
places of consecrated affinity and
hallowed relation.” Mr. Cox ap
pears to he strangely insensible to
the honors of the church ! He is not
willing to be
“ Stuck o’er with titles, and hung round with
strings.”
The length of the Union Canal, in
Pennsylvania, when finished, will be
78 miles. The eastern section from
Reading to near Lebanon, a distance
of 40 miles, is nearl completed, with
the exception of the works at the
eastern extremity to connect it with
the Schuylkill, which are expected
to be finished next spring The wa
ter for the principal part of this sec
tion is drawn from the Tulpehockan
river, a branch of the Schuylkill.—
The lockage onthis section is 278 1-2
feet, in 53 locks. The sum of $524,-
979, has been expended on this sec
tion, averaging about $13,000 to a
mile. The locks are of various lifts,
aud cost $650 per foot.
The taxes in North Carolina the
last year, produced the following
sums, viz. the Land Tax $26,111,
Poll Tax 26,655 ; Stud Horse tax,
I,663;—Gate tax 150; Store tax,
6,177; Pedlar tax 1,532; Natural
Curiosity tax, $272; Artificial Cu
riosity tax, 84; Billiard table tax
2.350 ; Tax on licenses for the retail
of spirituous liquors by the small
measure 3,272 ; Auction tax, 653 and
Bank tax 13,237.
A bill has passed in the Kentucky
House of Representatives, to repeal
the act of the last session, establish
ing anew Court of Appeals, and the
act giving the judges a salary of $2,
000, and to reduce the salary of the
judges, which was formerly $ 1,500,
to 1,200. This bili passed by a vote
of 58 to 37.
A semi-weekly Journal on an en
tirely new plan has been recently es
tablished in the city of Boston, under
the title of the American Traveller :
ami in connection with this paper, is
issued, once in two months, a Stage
Register, ie - mi
which is thus communicated by the
Traveller is of a character interest
ing to every individual, giving not
only the distances between towns,
&c. but the various modes of con
veyance, and the fares charged in
the different stages, in the states of
New-England and New-York. In
dependent, however, of this main
feature in the character of this Jour
nal, it is inferior to none in the mul
titude and judicious description of its
selections, and in the general aspect
of its - editorial department. The
price ofthe paper is five dollars per
annum, including the Stage Regis
ter, which is, of itself, a sufficient
consideration for the subscription
money.— Nat. Jour.
New-York, Dec. 16. —A large par
ty of Gentlemen w ere yesterday con
veyed on board the new frigate, or
64 gun ship, built by Mr. Eckford,
for the South American market.
They w'crc specially invited to view
an additional specimen of American
enterprise and workmanship, and
the steamboat Bolival was in readi
ness at Courtlandt-street wharf, to
carry the visiters to the ship, which
lay off in the North River. Among
them were Commodore Chauncey,
and the Navy officers on the sta
tion ; and she was pronounced to
he the finest vessel of her class
built in this port, and carrying a hea
vy battery. The party (lined on
board, and were entertained in a
hospitable manner, and took their
departure highly gratified. There
were, it is said, 200 present.
The government of South Ameri
ca, in creating a navy, have acted
wisely in thus purchasing first rate
ships, built in a substantial and work
manlike manner, and paying a pro
per price, in preference to throwing
away their money on old hulks,which
become useless in a short time, and
do no credit to them.
Cahawba, (Ala.) Dec. 17.
Our readers will perceive from
the perusal of the journals of our
legislature, that the seat of govern
ment has been removed to Tuscaloo
sa This was a subject which ex
cited considerable interest and dis
cussion—but which is now set at
rest, at least for a season. One very
strong ground urged by the advo
cates of the bill was, that its pas
sage was connected with tbe inter
est and advantage of the north—
that it was strictly a party question
of the north and south, and that as
the north had the power, they ought
to exercise it.— Press.
Circulation of Intelligence.—Step
ping into the City Post Office on
Tuesday evening, and observing how
large a number of free letters were
put up for one mail, w hich the clerks
were in the act of despatching, we
had the curiosity to enquire how
many such letters had been despatch
ed from that office during the last
week. The Chief Clerk took the
trouble to add up the numbers which
had been mailed at that office during
the week ending on Tuesday the
13th inst. and the aggregate really
surprised even us, who had some op
portunity of knowing the extent of
the correspondence between this city
and the various points of the interior,
especially during the Session. The
whole number thus despatched dur
ing the week, was thirty three thou
sand eight hundred and twelve. In
the packing aud wrapping up the
mails, about one hundred and twenty
quires of large cartridge paper have
been consumed. In addition to this
labor, immense mails from the North
the South and the West, are receiv
ed, assorted, and distributed, daily,
at this office ; besides several others
of less importance during the week.
Nat. Intelligencer.
IMPORTANCE OF THE MAILS.
We extract from the Nashville
Republican, of the 12th of Novem
ber, the following judicious observa
tions on the importance, to all clas
ses of the community, of a safe, spee
dy and regular transportation of the
mails :
There is nothing morp important
to a free and commercial people,
than the regular and unobstructed
transmission of intelligence from one
part of the country to another.
This is as necessary, perhaps, to
the health and prosperity of the body
politic, as the even and uniform cir
culation of the blood is to the sanity
of tbe human system. It is highly
important in a social and political
point of view ; we feel a very slight
regard for a people with whom we
have little or no communication :
human nature is so constituted, that
the chain which connects men to
gether, will have to be very often
brightened, by intercourse of some
sort, to preserve its strength and
tension. But it is not merely im
portant as a bond of Union to the
States; it imparts life and vigor to
commercial operations; it gives
prompt and early information of the
markets, and thereby prevents in a
great measure, the planter and the
merchant from being affected by
their fiuctuations. Hence is deduc
ed the policy of constructing roads
and cutting canals, which are effi
cient auxiliaries to the attainment of
these objects.
We, likewise, have to complain of
Georgia is as far removed from us us
the most remote part of the union.
With several editors of that State
we exchange papers; and instances
are not unfrequent, of the interven
tion of a month between the publica
tion of their numbers, and their re
ception here. We generally look to
the Virginia papers for information
in regard to the local politics of that
state.
0O”We look to the Post-Master
General, for a remedy of this evil.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
The following letter, from this il
lustrious man, shows how entirely he
retains to old age, the fire of pat
riotism and the faculties of the mind.
It ought to be made public, were it
only as an incentive to the preserva
tion ofthe memorials of the Revo
lution which are to be found in the
private correspondence of the lead
ing men of that age.— Nat. Int.
Monticei.eo, Nov. 29, 1825.
I thank you, Sir, for the copy you
have been so kind as to send ine,
of the Life of your Grandfather,
Richard Henry Lee. I shall read
it with great pleasure ; fora dictum
of Virgil taught us, long ago, the
truth “ juvat renovare dolores.”
Although the times were trying, we
look back to them with satisfaction.
Your grandfather was indeed a great
man, and acted a great part in those
awful scenes, and he is fortunate in
having a descendant capable of mak
ing known his merits to the genera
tions which shall feel their benefits.
You have set, too, an excellent ex
ample in depositing his valuable cor
respondences with the American
Philosophical Society.—lt is most
desirable that this example should
be generally followed ; for the true
history of tbe Revolution, its secret
springs, private*passions, their influ
ence ana effect on tbe public transac
tions, can never be truly known un
til those hoards of private correspon
dence be given to the public. With
my thanks be pleased to accept the
assurance of my greatest esteem and
respect.
THOS. JEFFERSON.
To Richard 11. Lee, Esq.
The following description of the
funeral of Commodore M’Donougli,
is contained in a letter from Middle
ton, dated Doc. 4.
“Although you have, undoubted
ly, witnessed much that was imposing
in the honors paid to the remains of
our much lamented friend, Capt. M’-
Donough, at New York, you can, I
think, but faintly realize the solem
nity which attended the performance
of his funeral obsequies here. In
consequence of some fractureof her
machinery, the Commerce did not
arrive here until Saturday morning ;
the corpse was immediately convey
ed to the deserted mansion house of
the deceased ; and there was indeed
a melancholy propriety in deposing
it in that hall,where, but a few months
since, we assembled to pay our last
respects to all that remained of “ her
he loved best.” The day was re
markably fine, and formed a sad con
trast to the gloom which pervaded
every countenance. A large con
course of people, among whom were
a great number of clergymen,collect
ed from this and the neighbouring
towns, to join in the solemnities of
the occasion, The funeral service
was read by the Right Rev. Bishop
Brownell, first at his house, and af
terwards at the Presbyterian Church,
to which the body was removed. A
procession was then formed, consist
ing of a detachment of Cadets, un
der the command of Captain Par
tridge, with their banner and staff’ of
office tied with crape; Clergymen
and Physicians—the corps borne
by eight carriers—the Pall Bearers,
wearing scarfs ; Mourners; Officers
of the Navy; Freemasons; Milita
ry Companies ; Citizens ; &c. to the
Episcopal Church, thence to the old
Burying Ground, where the body
was interred with remains of bis de
parted wife and children. A prayer
by the Bishop, and three rounds from
the Cadets, closed the ceremonies o
the day.
“ This morning (Sunday) an ap
propriate discourse, containing a just
and discriminate eulogy upon the
character of the Christian Hero, w r as
delivered in the Episcopal Church,
by Bishop Brow nell, from the follow
ing text : “ It is good to go to the
house of mouring, for the living will
lay it to heart.”
Savannah. Dec. 22.
JF.NCKES’ CANAL.
We are happy to be enabled to
state, that De Witt Clinton, jun.
Esq employed to survey the route
of Jenkes’ Canal, may be looked for
daily. We were shewn a letter re
ceived from him last night, dated
11th inst. in which he says he has
taken passage, with the necessary
instruments, in the ship Savannah,
which would leave New-York about
the end of last week.— Georgian.
The New-York American says—
“ If we arc correctly informed, the
French Government have recently
come to the conclusion absolutely to
reject the claims of our merchants
for indemnification: and this conclu-
From tbe National Journal.
\Ve have, in a former number, no
ticed the excellent Message of Go
vernor Pickens, of Alabama, charac
terized by its calm and dignified tem
per, and its correct views of the cir
cumstances of the times. It will he
remembered that in this Message, the
subject of an amendment of the con
stitution, as regards the election of
President and Vice-President, is re
commended to the attention of the
Legislature. The remarks with
which this subject is concluded dis
play so striking a contrast to the
i’ury and intemperate language of
some of the recent productions of
he press, on the subject of the late
presidential election, that we cannot
resist the impulse by which we arc
argued to quote them.
“In objecting (saysthe Governor)
to the exercise of the power of se
lection by the House of Representa
tives, I must be understood distinctly
as giving no countenance or credit to
any unworthy allusions to recent c
vents. The exercise of this power
however pure, is liabl to suspicions
and criminations which are reproach
ful to the nation and to its worthiest
public agents.,’
STATE BANK OF NORTII-CAROLINA.
The following Statement of Ex
pose ofthe State Bank of North-Ca
rolina, was transmitted to the Legis
lature, by the Public Treasurer, a
few days ago :
Specie, 343,560 07
Foreign Notes, Bills
of Exchange and
Foreign Bank cre
dits, 303,669 53
Bondaand Notes Discounted,in
cluding ten thousand and se
venty-live dollars Stock, 2,766,749 50
Due by the State for Stock un
paid, 83,906 11
Interna! Bills, 30,622 25
Real Estate, to wit: Banking
Houses and Lots, and Lands,
taken to secure debts, 152,588 16
$ 3,681,395 67
Capital Stork, 1,600,000 00
Notes in circulation, 1,598,673 00
Due to Foreign Banks, 23,382 02
Deposits, 294,407 49
Profits (subject to dividend) and
losses on Debts and Banking
Houses, 164,933 16
$ 3.631,395 67
State Bank of North-Carolina, )
Raleigh, 22d Nov. 1825. )
WM. H. HAYWOOD, Cashier.
RAIL-ROADS.
A late English paper furnishes the
following valuable information on the
subject of an improved Rail-road
Carriage, which will be perused with
interest and satisfaction by every
friend to the Internal Improvement of
this country :
Improved Rail-read Carriages. —
The great obstaclo to Rail-roads is
the enormous expense of levelling
the line along which the Railway is
to be 'carried, and also of carrying
the path of the Railway nearly in a
direct line; because the carriages
hitherto constructed for Rail-roads,
have not been able to drag a weight,
except upon a level, or nearly level
path, and have not been able to de
viate in any considerable degree from
the straight line. The Birmingham
papers inform us of a most impor
tant invention, by which, if it prove
successful, this great obstacle will be
removed. It is an invention of a steam
carriage, which dragging a w eight is
able to ascend upon a Rail-way an
elevation of 440 feet in a mile, with
perfect ease, and also to turn angles
deviating from the straight line 1 1-2
inch in tbe yard. The inventor is a
W. 11. James, of Birmingham. His
models have been exhibited. They
are on a considerable scale, the Rail
way being 100 feet in length. The
ascent from I lie level, and the devia
tion from the straight line arc ex
pressed above. On this scale the
models have performed with perfect
success. Mr. James estimates the
saving in the expense of laying down
the line between Birmingham and Li
verpool at fully two-thirds, and the
saving of time requisite, for laying
down the road he considers will be
much greater than that. We are
almost transcribing from the Birming
ham paper, and cannot, of course,
speak of our ow n knowledge of that
which we have not seen. If, how
ever, there be any truth in the prin
ciples of this invention, its impor
tance is very obvious. Even on the
present calculation of the expense of
constructing Railways between pla
ces, where the intercourse is very
great, as between Liverpool and
Manchester, it is confidently expect
ed that a saving, not of time only,
but even of charge will accrue to the
public from the mode of conveyance.
But if the great expense of the con
struction of Railways, namely, the
levelling the line in which they are
to pass, can, by the new invention,
be diminished two-thirds or one-half,
the saving to the public in the charge
of tho conveyance of goods would
be certain, and at the same time
there would disappear nearly all the
opposition which the country gentry
have thrown in the way of the Rail
ways ; for as a direct line would ao
longer be necessary, it would not be |
difficult, by slight deviations, to ac-|
commodate the humor, tastes. nrL
ROBERTS’ FIRE-PROTECTING SAFE*
TY-HOOD.
Tins ingenious contrivance is in
tended to efwible persons to enter
buildings on fire, tor the purpose of
rescuing lives and property, and also
for working in dangerous atmos
pheres, inseparable from some man
ufacturing processes. The hood is
constructed so as to enable the wear
er to inhale the lowest, and conse
quently the purest air, in an apart
ment tilled with smoke or sulphu
rous vapour. It is a soft leathern
case, well lined, covering the whole
head, and drawing close round the
neck, and from a projection to re
ceive the nose and mouth, an elastic
tube descends to (he ground, at the
end of which is a tin case, in the
shape of an inverted funnel or cone
in which a large piece of sponge, wet
with soap (or alkali) and water is
fixed, and over this, forming the lid
or bottom ol the cone, a piece of llan
ncl. There are glass goggles for the
eyes, projected from the face some
little distance by stuffing inside, as
they of course acquire very conside
rable heat. The air respired through
the sponge is drawn from the bottom
of the apartment, and is purified of
a noxious mixture of suffocating air
or gas. There is also a vent-hole,
secured with a cork over the nose,
through which the superfluous air
drawn in may be allowed occasional
ly to escape, to admit of a fresh
draught through the sponge below,
it is evident that with such an in
strument or proboscis, a man may
walk about and secure property, or
save lives, in rooms filled with the
blinding, suffocating smoke of tim
ber, &c. for some time ; and its utili
ty, were its use encouraged amongst
firemen and others, would be incal
culable. On Wednesday an experi
ment was made with it by the author
himself, at the engine house of the.
Norwich Union Fire Office, Seel
street, in which a large wood fire was
kindled for the occasion, and the
place tilled with dense smoke. Ro
berts went in with the hood on. p»t
threw pounds of sulphur upon the
fire, which increased the heat and the
suffocating quality ofthe smoke, and
he remained in, without inconveni
ence, for some minutes Shortly af
ter, he went in again, along with a
fireman, and remained fifteen mi
nutes, the heat rising rapidly during
their stay, from 140 to 182 degrees.
They came out uninjured, though, it
may be supposed, considerably heat
ed, the metal about them being so
warm that the naked hand could
scarcely bear the touch. Roberts’
the inventor of the hood, was em
ployed as a miner in the neigh
bourhood of Bolton. The irnpor
portance of this invention, has been
acknowledged by the Society of Arts,
who presented him with a silver
medal and 501. and his Majesty’s ap
probation has been munificently ex
pressed by a present of 100/.
CAUTION.
AI.I. persons are hereby forwarned from
cutting or removing any timber, or in
any manner occupying or building on
Lot No. 199, District Bth, now Pike county,
as the law will be rigidly enforefd against all
transgressors.
The above described I.ot is FOR SALE,
apply to the Subscriber, or to Joseph Brantly,
of Jones county.
BENJAMIN BRANTLY.
Jan. A. 3t
COUNCIL,
No. 3.
01' Royal and Select Masters, is duly on
ganized, and bolds its regular Assem
bly, at the Masonic Hall, in Clinton,
on the third Saturday of each and every
month, at carlv candle light. By order of
JAMES KIVLIN, T. I. G. M.
TIIOS. C. M’DOWELL,
Jan. 3, 5826, Recorder.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD
Runaway from the
sJKr Subscriber, living five miles
jklLc? from Clinton, on the road
leading to Lewis’ ferry, on
*he Oakmulgee river, on
the night of the 6th Nov»m
--y ber, a Negro Woman mm
, ed MARIA, about 22years
.'afar, of age, and of dark com
plexion. It is believed that she has made her
way to Jasper county. Any person securing
her in any jail so that I can get ber again, or
by delivering her to me, shall receive the
above reward.
JAMES FINNEY.
Dec. 27, 3tNo2
AT THIS.«£^
THE Subscribers will take Dari
en Money at par, for Goods,
of which they have on hand an ele
gant assortment, suitable for the sea
son.
B. HEPBURN & Cos.
Dec. 20,
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