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The Greorsria. 'Weekly r rele <>:ra i^h ah cl
Telegraph and Messenger.
HUGOS, MARCH 18 tsro.
KEff HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.
Tlie Democracy!
Small by degrees, and beautifully lees, is the
I New Hampshire Radical majority. In 1805,
; 0,071; I8CC, 4,656; 1867, 3,146 | 1868, 2,523;
I860, 1,507; 1870, according to latest dispatches,
A Cotton Bureau.
The New Orleans papers are complaining of
the virtnal control which New York city has as
sumed over the cotton markets of this country,
and of the influence which she is enabled to ex
ert even over foreign markets, owing to the fact,
that she has become the centre of telegraphio
Tee Legislative Niogees in the Field.—The
telegrnms ssy the Legislative niggers of Geor- about500. Never was the descending scale more
gia have protested against the UiDgham amend- handsomely illustrated. The labor reform and I information from all points in the cotton grow-
ment. \Y r e don’t wonder. It is not often that temperance candidates made bnt ft small divor- ing region. They maintain, with good reason,
Legislative niggers,.or any olhor sort of niggers, sion—tho former getting about 4,000 votes and that the interests of the North as a consumer,
oan get nine dollars a d iy, and the Bingham the latter less than a thousand—a result which and that of tho South as a producer, must ne-
amondment, which cuts them off of two or must egtegiously disappoint them—surprise the | cessariiy bo adverse. Tho one desires to buy
three rears of employment in legislating at that I public, and particularly cstonish the Demo- as cheaply, and tho other to sell as dearly, as
rale of wages, is worse than musty hoe-cakes, cratic Executive Committee of that Stato. possible. Willi a view, therefore, of counter-
Wo don't blame them for spitting in tho face of I This Committee actually undertook to take I teracting, as far as may bo the existing North,
the Bingham amendment and protesting by I down the Democratic ticket and recommend tbo em control over the price of our great staple,
telegraph. I Democrats of New Hampshire to go for the La- I they urge the establishment in duo of the lead-
But, then, those niggers know, just as well as I bor Union ticket Not improbably, but for I ing Southern seaports of a cotton bureau, the
we do, that their services as legislators are not I this silly movement on the heel3 of the election, I proposed organization of which is thus sketched
woTth half a dime per thousand years. Tarnor I which must have confused and unsettled tho I in the Picayune :
is tho only one of them who has spelled.beyond 1 Democrats, Bedell the Democratic candidate, A superintendent and a sufficient number of
b-a-ba—except Alpeora, who got ns high, a® I would have been elected. I clerks are to be employed, who are to keep np a
x-a-8-c-a-l—rascal—a mean fellow—a rogue—a Some of the politicians seem to be bewildered j le gularcorrespcmdenca with the most reliable
tnckish, dishonest fellow—particularly appuet. la their judgment of tho people by the stale Tho connt ^. ^ifl be divided into dis- and Sea Island cotton, owned by L. J. Guilm'ar-
to men and boys guilty of the baser crimes, and and continuous cry of tho Radicals that tho I tricts, and from the first planting of the seed, j tin & Co,
luggers whd rob henrobsts and “suck aigs.” ' T ' v *- -*—-» T « • 1 .i__ 1 ti.——1.——— -.i™.. i n rnn..i;.n»iii I Tha
The Georgia Press.
The Cartersvillo Express says:
Dnring the past month wo have been called
upon to chronicle the death of several of tha
most proiuinent and esteemed citizens of this
county, among whom were Jesse B iker, Dr. : ■ J.
W. Curry, and P. A. Hnson. YVe are again re
quired to add to that list Madison McMurry
and Nathan-Howard, who havo died- within tho
last week. The former was, for many years
before tho war, a citizen and merchant of Cas
ville, in thi3. county. The latter was one of.
if not the very first, citizen who settled in Car-
tersville.
From the Savannah News we quote fellows.
Tbo Republican puts the number of bales
cotton burned at live hundred:
Cotton Finn.—Just before wo were going
press tho exchange bell struck the alarm < f lire
for tho Third Firo District. Hastening 10 tho
point indicated, wo found tlio fl ones pro; . Ifng
from the warehouse, formerly Gnilmsrtin’a, now
owned by Wilcox, Gibbes & Co., situated bn the
north side of Bay street, between Bulb find
Whitaker, ■
r _ __ _ In the building was stored between one hun-
and well informed parties throughout tho entire j dred and fifty and two hundred bales of upland
Democratic party is .dead. If that bo not tli8 I throughout the season, minute information will I The fire originated on the second floor; front
on n „ _ n _. be obtained from each as to the acreage, the I ing river street, and when first discovered by
‘ ’ ® PP ‘" stand, the weather, tho appearance of the worm ! the policeman, the flames were seen issuing out
rently coquetting with new political organize- j or any other enemy, the yield, the character of j of the window on the second floor. The delay
tions or looking for deliverance from oppres- the labor, and, in short, every item calculated occasioned by a confusion in tho alarm given,
Bion to somo new combinations independent of, to affect the crop. Weekly bulletins of tho in- gave headway to the conflagration, which soon
or more or less antagonistic to, Democratic tea- formation thus obtained,generalized yet sup- consumed tha bnildiDg and the cotton storea
. , . . , ’ ported by proofs, arc to be pubhshed and sent therein. We understand that tae cotton was
ditions, polioy and principles. I abroad. In addition to the above, correspon-1 insured and tho fact that a box of matches were
It is the common fashion of tho wiseacres— dence isto be kept up with all the great con- found on the steps near the point of origin leads
Affairs in Cuba.
It seoms impossible to get reliable acconnts
from Cuba. A private letter in the New York
Sun, dated Havana, 2GLh February, says:
Even the Spaniards and officials here have
come to admit that in the late battle tho Span
iards lost thirteen hnndred of their twenty-three ... pi tf — I I __ _
hundred; and to save their honor, while they the men who can seo through a millstone with-1 sutning centres, as well as with India, Egypt, to the conclusion that the fire was the work of
admit their defeat, they insist that tho insur- L nt „ np .f, e i ea {o talk about tho Democratic I Brazil, etc., with a view to obtaining early and I an incendiary. As we go to press the fire is
gents were six thousand strong. One thing is I _ p 1 „ ’ . ~ trustworthy information as to the crops of other I still burning, though under control of the Fire
certain: tho insurgents in arms are from twenty J ‘Bourbons, and to say they can never sco or I ccmn q e3 and the prospect for consumption; and | Department. - _
to thirty thousand, and if they had muskets and reason—can never learn nor unlearn. I an elaborate yearly statement of the crop and
ammunition they would number 100,000. I Now it is precisely such men as these who I consumption of the United States is to be pnb-
Sow .Me «.!..»» « lb. foregoing „„ IM,h. most won*.,ml .nd jot met P°»»> «“ *«“ total total
come from Cuba. Mr. Sumner in his recent patent fact in American politics, and cannot The suggestion is an eminently proper one, They had two book keepers, Mr. N. L. Hub-
arownl of friendliness for Cuba, claimed m learn the alphabet of the present or the fnture. I S5r_.* . _ bard and W. Caper Adams, both excellent young
substance that the war ihere did not amount to The great fact of American imlitios-that &*<****«?* News, and we candidly oon- twenty-two years of age each, devoted
. . ii .. b . * „ "7 , *7“ . enr in the opinion; but we cannot help thinking f r j e nds. laboring tosether during the day and
an ernento. Wo get, however, nimor., by tele- which overshadows all others in ita grandeur ^ ^ ^ &li ’ ses> if her people occupying the Sd atffi Last week
gram that somo extraordinary development is and prophetic potency, is that the Democratic wm j-j ^ . th0 Qf of reKU ] at j n g the prico Hnbbard was taken ill with acute inflamation
likely to be made in a fow days which will put party, midst all our horrid civil convulsions— , „ . , ’ . ,, * ., . „ of the bowels, and Saturday breathed his last.
a new complexion on Cuban affairs. beref of nearly all patronage and power-weak- f 010 « ta Pj.^nghont ^Uie worid, by a process Whilenl> bis ^rfend Adams fvas taken down with
1 i Dereic oi neany an patronage auupowot I far more direct, simple and certain than tho I erysipelas, resulting in fover, which terminated
A Itai-Iieejier CTanlrs tlic Negro en . ed - th0 most extraordinary aetecuons as- mac ki ne ry of such a bureau as that proposed, fatally yesterday morning. Both were young
Rights Bill. j sailedandpersecutedwithavimlonceresembling.| ljetonri)]antera but reso i T0 to act a p 0a the | P°n of excellent character, and highly esteemed
A Columbia correspondent of tho Charleston to somo extent, the achievements of religions princip j a lhat tho cpt ton is to be henceforth
Courier, tells a good story of a very sharp bar- | bigotry in darker ages-holding out no promise | m of thft Southern States I to^hfa cit/a^nt ^two
rier, tells a good story of a very sharp bar- bigotry in darker ages-holding out no promise merdy the money crop of the Southern States Bmusirick and
keeper of that city. Tho negroes, much elated of pelf or gam to Us supporters—and resting _ Je( . them ^ caro> in th0 g^,. Iac0> to pro . years ag0 ’
by the passage of tho Civil Eights bill, were solely upon the sober political convictions of I dnco on their own soil enough grain and provis- I Mr. Adams was the son of R. D. Adams, of Ex
going around drinking at various saloons, to tho American masses, stands, at this day, really . ,,... . , ... . . - . tonton. His father arrived just in time to see
| and traly a mnjority ol Ihe Ataencan people. | b “'«-“•>»»•
mains, which were escorted to the depot by a
number cf friends, back to his homo in Patnam
The Era says small loads of soggy oak wood
sell for $1 50 each in Atlanta. As it takes two
loads of lightwood at $1 25 each to bnm one
load of such wood, we fail to see the economy
of the business.
After the 13th inst through trains for Louis
ville will leave Atlanta at 7:30 p. sr., and make
the trip in twenty-six and a half hours.
The Era lets the cat out of the bag about*
those neckties. It says that “young men labor-
One hotel keeper was asked for a drink by a And all the frauds of the opposition in the growth of cotton be strictly limited to the sur-
party of negroes, and it was refused. They way of counting, disqualification, vote manufac- plnfl land and Jabor thatmfty be avaUab i 0 after
asked for a reason. He said, “I don’t like yon. taring, and so on, and all the wealth of the five thQ flrst Ieralt ia pTOTi ded for, there need be
I sell liquor to whom I please. I don’t like or seven hundred millions of annual publio no fear that ^ 8faple wiU at ^ timo hereaf-
your clothes; I don’t like your action; I don’t plunder, and all the influence of the trained le- ter fail t0 pay M a handsome profit.
like your talk; you don*t behave like gen- I gioa of office-holders and the untold millions of I .-«»» . —
tlemcn; but mind you, I don’t objooHo you on I moneyed capital wielded in snppoxt of Hadical- I The Negro C’adet.
account of your race, color, or previous condi- I ism—and the systematic proscription of Demo- I The Mobile Register pities that negro boy the
ticn.” crats by the Federal and State governments— Beast has nominated to West Point, and thinks
] tho tremendous preponderance in the issues of I he will have an awful rough time of it as a
Tho income tax will certainly be reduced as thQ n6wspaper ana periodical press-nnd all the “Pleb.” We hope so, sincerely
Commercial Ad- I religious denominational and clerical influence But let this black dose be vigorously admin-
Eaidtobe enormous. Buffalo Commercial Ad- ^ ^ ^ brQnght (o bfiar against baT0 Stored, nevertheless. May be the white stem- “g «>e tangle-aling influence of niteo-
Those who know, say and have sworn to it, proved utterly unavailing to impair the stamina ach will heave at it after a while. Then poor fllyoermons extracts have adopted the luminous
that measures pass or fail in Congress, accord- of that organization in the hearts and judgments Cuffee will be cast out as tho political Jonah of neckties now in vogue, because they serve as
ing to the quality of pressure used. E. G.: of the sober, reflecting people of the country. the century, upon very dry land—so very dry balance-poles, and enable them to keep their
If the pressure takes the shape of a greenback As the Democrats did in New Hampshire this that he will just dry up, unless his old master, teet, upon the same principle that a rope-walker
bill of §500 denomination, or a check therefor, week, so do they everywhere, all over the con- the Southern “rebel,” helps him. The man to hi f per ~
it is generally found to bo irresistible. We say ftinent—go to tho polls and show tho same erect who lives ten years will, in our judgment, enjoy A bumptious XV th Amendment down at Sa-
$500, as that seems about the figure for an I and undaunted front—generally a little stronger I the immensely pleasing spectacle, of seeing va ° nah tn ® d t0 murder f not ^ er Amendment
average Radical Congressman. We think it de- than tbe last time, and in the grand total of tho Cuff and his wife and children, going for his and ra P e the Amendment s wife, on Wednes-
cadedly too high, but that’s the lookout cf the popular vote a mere trifle less than the majority present carpet-bag owners with a most delight- da ^ u
buyer. J of the whole number, even under the most un-I ful vim. It will take just about that many years The Columbus Enquirer says:
I favorable circumstances for comparison and I to get the idea into his head that tha C. B’shave I , ^bere was a bard freeze yesterday (Wednes
THEBsare now twenty-two negro clerks in} computation. - j been squeezing him like an orange for their own | nnusuanycofd for Hatch^The fruit crop and
This we call the grandest and most significant peculiar use and benefit. Bat when he does,
I political fact now in existence. After nearly a mind your eye, C. B.
j century of lifo—tho most of it spent in govern- BontwelI> ~ a KeducUon or Hie j
iug the country—at the close of a decade of I Taxes,
civil ruin, tho party stands to-day the most j The Washington Republican, of Wednesday,
early vegetables, we fear, are destined to stand
a poor showing this spring. We heerd a col
ored weather-prophet assert that the season will
bo cold, late, and backward, because tho course
of the moon is so far north.
The Rome Southerner says that the Oosta-
Govemment employ at Washington.
The Washington Republican, of Wednesday,
says the Committee on Banking and Currency,
in obedience to the resolution of the Honse of
Representatives, has considered the proposition
to increase the currency to fifty millions of dol- I sturdy and harmonious party in existence on I says that a leading member of the House of I naula River is booming from the late rains,
tars, and will report a bill making the increase tha continent, and bound, in tho judgment of Representatives, from Ohio, with several of his an a that farmers along its banks fear for the
in greenbacks. Tho only question "with the most candid men, to reassume its sway over the I constituents, called on Secretary Boutwell on I safety of their wheat crops.
committee was whether the new issue should be American empire so soon as the foul offspring Monday, and, in conversation with him, said The Columbus Sun says 300,000 pounds of
in National Bank currency or greenbacks. w * t and fratricidal strife shall have lost J they hoped he would shortly recommend a re* hides are sold annually in that city. At 7 cents
— y; . . - a litUe of their poisonous vitality. duction of taxation; that they desired particn- a po 'nnd they represent a business of $21,000.
The Sun says Great Britain is strengthening And wh y is this? We answer, because the Iarly that the odious income tax should be re- There is a freight blockade on the Montgom
Ner naval armaments and it is not denied in democratic theories of the character and teadi- pealed. The Secretary replied that he dis- ery and Weat Point Eai i road . Ita officerB te i 0 _
the Foreign Office that the threats of Gen. Grant tions of the Republic are, after all, the popular agreed with them in regard to that tax; he was grap b to Louisville, not to give through bills of
axe at the bottom of these precautionary meas- and accepted views of the people. These views j not only opposed to its repeal, bnt even to its lading beyond West Point.
"MS. have beeD, to some extent, obscured and sup- reduction, believing it to be the most just and The Summerville (Emanuel county) Academy
The object of parading the English iron-clad planted temporarily by tho passions and preju- equitable of all the systems of taxation; that was bnrnod a fow days since M wo leam from
at Annapohs was to favoraMy dispose Congress dices of sectional war, but are bound to reas- out of 40,000,000 of people tbero wore only thp Chroaio ] e and Sentinel. The books and
toward tho construction of similar vessels for sert themselves, because they are sustained by about 250,000 who were affpeted by this tax. fondtnre even were not saved.
^” Ty i 1> . na . it 18 *f 8aed I bistory, reason, practicability, and consistency He had no objection to repealing the tax on We get ’ tllQ following items from tho Chron-
n ll tbo instincts of tho American heart. So I transportation, which amounted to about §8,- i c ] 0 and Sentinel of the same date
surely, in a short time, the wandering sheep 000,000, and on licenses, making about $8,000,- Election in Bumoi Oountt.—Some weeks
will be rcgalhered in the old fold, and again di- 000 more, but was opposed to interfering with since tbe Clerk of the Superior Court of Burke
rect the onward progress of tho country in tho income tax. A reduction of that tax to threo county died, and tho Ordinary of the county or-
career of public and private liberty, toleration per cent, would amount to about $S,000,000, dered a n0w , election to be held. The election
, .... ,, , ... - al .,.- ... .. took place during the latter part of last week,
and constitutional law—local independence and | and he hoped it would not be done. | and though there were several candidates in the
the increase of the British maritime power
makes an analogous increase obligatory upon
the American Government.
Good.
On Monday tho Honso of Representatives, by
* very decided vote, refused to authorize fur
ther inquiry by tbe Postal Committee into the
subject of telegraphing. This is just as it should
fee. We trust that this ridiculous movement has
bad all the little life there was in it effectually
knocked out. Let it never be resurrected.
Since the story has been told of how Judgo
Breckinridge married a girl whom he saw
jump over n rail fence with a pail on her head,
all the girls in Orange county, N. Y., are said
to spend their time in watching tho road, and
whenever they see a carriage approaching with
a man in it they seize their pails and go for a
fence.
Georgia Patents.
Tbe following patents wore granted to Geor
gia inventors up to March 5th: Abner White,
Macon; Hook for Harness. John D. Dunn,
Griffin; Combined Cotton Chopper and Culti
vator. E. P. Cook, Cartersvillo; Head Rest.
J. T. Mulkey, Walton’s Ford; Ointment for
Bruises and Burns.
Sxvebai* prominent druggists of New York
•tty were served with processes Wednesday,
from the United States Court, under an indict
ment for violation of the Internal Revenue
taws, by failing to affix stamps to bottles of im
ported perfumery. A fine of fifty dollars is at
tached to each offense.
Gen. C. A. Battle and Major D. S. Chilton,
agents of an insurance company—the Life As
sociation of the South—after a canvass of six
weeks in five counties of West Alabama, reach-
ad Montgomery a day or two since with policies
cf insurance amounting to $800,000. This is
tbe champion canvass, so far as we have heard.
A sigh man died in Maine recently, and his
lost words to his heirs were: “Plant me as
Boon os I am cold, and don't cart me around for
aside show. Remember Peabody.” He was
buried according to his request, and he is now
enjoying himself.
Da. John W. Lxitwich, ex-Hayor of Mem-
and for one term Binee the war a Congress
man from Tennessee, died in Lynchburg on
Sunday.
The Nashville Banner says males are begin
ning to oome baclfln that direction from the
South. A carload arrived there Monday, and
tire more Wednesday.
A Washington telegram to the Baltimore Sun
•ays the general bill for removing all political
(Usabilities ia under consideration In committee,
and there is scarcely a doubt of ita passage.
Aooobdxnq to the eminent French physician,
Dr. Levy, the average duration of life among
the Jews is 36 yean, while among Gentiles it is
only 26 years.
Xu Nashville Union says the peach crop of
Tannemce hoe gone twining a la Jim Fisk’s
woodbine.
self government—Federal acconntability—the
independence of the co-ordinate departments—
equality of rights and equality of burdens—in
dividual freedom and official responsibility to
the people.
Now when the politicians can bend this gigan-
field, the contest seems to have been principally
between two of the aspirants—Messrs. Scales and
Williams. Tho polls were not opened at several
of the precincts in the county, and a very light
vote was cost, Mr. Williams being elected by a
small majority.
The Police Foncr.—On yesterday we wore
informed that the police force of Augusta is to
be, or has already been, reduced to thirty.men,
exclusive of officers, and that those who have
been retained have had their measures taken for
uniforms.
The Reminiscences of an Old Geoegia
Buried in Roses.—Our confrere of the Au
gusta Constitutionalist promises to reward a
paragraph in this paper upon the Augusta Fair,
as follows
If our gallant brother shonld visit us In No-
.. . ... ... .. ... ,. . vember next, we promise that the incompara-
tic and venerable institution to the uses of their I b j e ] ad j es 0 f this region will present him with a
little plots and bargains for now parlies, we I boquet as big as the “mammoth ox,” and a
shall expect to sec our adolescent fop3 using the I thousand tunes more precious,
big Georgia live oaks for supple-jacks. But the I We expect to be there, and if unable to Bus
men who are blind to the wonderful fact of the I tain such a weight of beauty and fragrance
stubborn immortality of tho Democratic party, “as a boquet as bigas the mammoth ox,” ™ th^’entifi.T'S^can!
consider everybody Bourbons and old fogies could certainly never go down under more f rom th0 p6n 0 f “Elzey Hay”—who is suppos-
who doubt that they can nse the Democratic I gratifying circumstances. To sink into insensi- ed to be a daughter of Judge Garnett Andrews,
party of the United States in some new politi- bility and oblivion in such a sea of womanly of this State—the Chronicle and Sentinel sugges-
eal compound just as a cook would use Balt in a andfloral beauty would be axare exit. In fact !f f d I , t ^ 0 o ^ pri ! t L^ WI<ti l ° l 8 ^
dish of porridge. _ | we read nothing Bke it Mythology tells i etter froa3 j ndg0 Andrews, stating that be has
us of & youth who died of 7ii$ own loveliness. I in pres°, “Tbo Bezninisences of an Old Geor-
but we should evanish a martyr to the beauty I gift Lawyer.” It will be pamphlet volume of
of the Augusta belles. We read, too, of the about one hundred pages, made up of profes-
- , ., .. ... . :. sional reminiscences and anecdotes: and, the
swan who breathes away his life in his own i flnthor aayB) ^ intended more to ^Uect from
melody, but that is not a case in point The hiB profession material for a book than pretend-
unfortunate Clarence, who expired in & ing to be one itself.”
butt of Malmely comes nearer to a precedent, The Langley Manufacturing Company.
“ »>» rtVSiSSi
ers to vulgar wine! Not we. | stock of this company had been taken, leaving
only sixty thousand more to be subscribed.
“Woman is Coming.”—Miss Anna Dicken-1 The Constitution says Thos. Ford, a clerk at
The Rome Conner contains the names of
sixty-two persons in Polk oonnty, Ga., who
have availed themselves of the homestead ex-j
emption. ~
The Columbus Enquirer says :
Heavy Frost.—Quo of the largest of the win
ter occurred yesterday morning. Ice was also
plentiful.- Another frost may be expected this
inbrniDg. The winter begins at the leaving off
place this year.
Tho Sun says Columbus cotton speculators
h ivo lost $300,000 this season.
The Sun caIIs attention to the cheap freight
tariff on tho Chattahoochee river, brought about
by competition. It says :
It takes about $8 50 to carry a bale of cot
ton weighing 500 pounds to, New York. One
line of boats advertise to carry a bale to Nsw himsob,
Governor Bullock.
Governor Bullock, of Georgia, last evening
received a letter signed “Bmtas," in which the
writer stated that he was in possession of cer
tain papers containing statements injurious to
Bullock's reputation, and that tha same would
be made public unless Bullock st once deponed
for Georgia. Bullock will- publish a card in one
of the morning papers, to the effect that be
does not heed this silly threat; that ho is not
afraid of any charges that can be brought
against him, and that ho is determined to stay
hero and attend to the interests of his State as
long as his services are requisite.
The above is thought of sufficient impor
tance by Forney to telegraph ns a sptcial to his
Philadelphia org :n, the Press, of the 9th.
“Brutus” no doubt i3 none other than Bullock
carry a bale to JMew I ulul »' ) “j or some of hi9 sattelites, and his letter
Orleans for 50 cents. The steamers also take doubtless a part of the scheme to inflame Con-
freight at ten and five cents por barrel, and I greas up to tho point of passing Butler's bill
carry passetgere to Eufaula, ninety mflea, and J Bingham’s amendment. We have no
give two meals for 50cts and $1, and Apaiachi- , , ° „ , ; . . „
cola, some four hundred miles, furnishing all I sor “ 9* doubt ourself that this is the correct so
monis, for $3 50 and $1 To. The rates are due lution of the matter.
to competition, and inay be made still lower. I What statements more damaging to Bollock’s
The Constitutionalist says that Professor . character than have already been made could-be
King made a successful balloon ascension in pi-oiluced now, wo are ata loss togucss. If every
that city, Thursday. The balloon went up a I honest man in Congress has not already been
mile (?) . abundantly convinced on this head, by Bryant,
The Newnan Herald publishes the following I Caldwell and Angier’s expose, we are sure any
letter: additional facts would be superfluous. It would
Bear
Robert Pesnel, of Calhoun county was Bhot dead Bullock s declaration of his intention to stay
off of his horse while riding along the road in in Washington in the interests of “his State,”
company with his wife.' Mrs. Pesnel was also [ is tho most insolent piece of cool hypocrisy we
shot through the body, but is not yet dead have ever known, even from him. It will
thought she will recover. No clue as to who did . l
the horrible deed. I have also learned that a bar ^ lm P° se even on thoss f ’- re aldlD 6 Ms
gentleman was murdered somewhere near Ed- I unholy plot against the peace and safety of
wardsville, in the same county—did not get his I the people of Georgia. They know, very well,
name. It is supposed that he was killed for that to give him what he asks will produces
his money, as he was seen that day with a small . „ . ,
purse of specie, and when found the money was condition of affairs here that will surely result
missing. No clue to the perpetrator of this deed most disastrously to our every material interest,
either. Respectfully, N. S. and stir up strife and bad blood to tho boiling
Tho Savannah Republican gives these addi- poinL They know that ba md big ^
tional particulars of the fire there Thursday p i andeP and revenge against the white people,
nl 6bt s . an ff nothing else. But then it will be made to
The building destroyed was of brick, four ttrTe the pnrposos L of RadioaWelsewhere,
stores and au attic, and contained two hundred
bales of upland and three hundred bags of sea I and *bafc is sufficient.
island cotton belonging to Messrs. L. J. Guil- We repeat our belief that ‘^Brutus” is one of
martin & Co., all of which was insured lot the busy B.s, but if we are mistaken, and some
sixty thousand dollars in various companies. bo t_ beaded blunderer has thus put his foot in it,
The building was owned by Messrs. Wilcox, I . . __ . . , , _ ?
Gibbs & Co., and was insured. The building we ho P Q he wl11 come home right away. Snch
adjoining on the west caught fire, but was threats are the food upon which Georgia Radi-
saved through tho exertions of the firemen, calism thrives. They havo done us immense
who worked with a zeal that never flagged, gjsseryjce already, and at this particular juno-
many of whom bad narrow escapes from injury. . . ~ .
The fire is supposed to bo the work of au in- I t Qre are especially hurtful. We hope to hear
cendiary. no more of them under any circumstances.
The Newnan Herald says Judge Bigby, of Bet our fight against this wicked conspiracy
the Coweta Circuit, “does not recognize the re- I and its concoctors be made openly and above
lief (Brock’s) resolution, recently adopted, as board. Let us show them that what we think
of any effect, and will proceed with the bnsi- I end say ofjtheir deviltry, is superior to conceal-
ness of the Court, as if it had not been adopt- J merit We have nothing to be ashamed of.
ed- It is understood that Gen. Terry has posi-1 We have fought Bullock and his stipendiaries in
tively refused the order to enforce it” Bigby I the broad light of day, and in an open field,
had better not let Bullock catch him at any such I Bet us not go to guerrillaring and bushwhack-
independent administration of the law. He ing, now. We expect to crash out, at the bal-
wasn’t put on the bench for that purpose. lot box, the whole ooncern this year, if the
Tie Chronicle and Sentinel says a negro worn- I Bingham amendment passes—two years hence,
an named Jerry Ford was burned to death in if it does not. Lot our triumph not be marred
Hamburg Thursday morning. by tho recollection that it has been won by
Whitley.—It is now said that “Senator” practices that have pilloried in eternal shame
Whitely made his debut at the Augusta and not the leaders of the Radical party of Georgia,
at tbe Athens factory.
The Georgia Bill as it PasW"
Bouse. 1
The bill recites in the preamhlo that a
pie of Georgia have framed and adonva M
stituiion of State government which ia ■ '’**
liean ; that the Legislature of Georgia >
under said constitution has ratified tV ,
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments toff *
stitutioaof the United States, and that r
formance of these several acta in coca f- H
a condition precedent to tho renrcWnt
the State in Congress. Ial1 *
State J
The bill, therefore, declares that tho
Georgia is entitled to representation huj,
gress of the United States, provided that k
any member of the Legislature 0 f fia ; A
shall take or resume his seat, or anv effl
said State shall enter upon the duties 0 f v*'
fice, he shall take and subscribe, ard fill:
office of the Secretary of State of Geoim’ a
permanent preservation, an oathorTfflJ^*"
in the following form: ““““a
77" > do solemnly swear (or .*
that I have never taken an oath as a m e .35
Congress, or as an officer of the United ■
or as a member of any State Legislature 1 " 4 '**
an executive or judicial officer of any StM
support the Constitution of the United St
and afterward engaged in insurrection or r I
lion against the same, or given aid or comfm?
the enemies thereof; so help me God "orr i
the pains and penalties of perjury, ( M jv™
may be ;) or such person shall in like m„.
0J nadJ
- - t person shall in like a..'?**
take, subscribe, and file the following 7^
affirmation: I, , do soiemniy ’
(or affirm) that I have, by act of Conpr!!.^
Whereas the editor of tho Watchman says :—
This is no disgrace to him. Tha disgrace con
sists in the fact that an immediate secessionist
shonld turn Radical. We are aware that many
have done so, but it is none the less disgrace
ful.
Tbe trath is he behaved whitely during the war,
but blackly after it. — Constitutionalist.
According to the “Weekly Young America,” I
new venture of Talbotton, that place has eight
Ministers of the Gospel; eight lawyers, eight
Doctors; eight Public Officers; eight Dry Goods
Stores; eight Groceries; eighty Private Resi
dences; three Hotels; three Nowspapers; four
Churches; two Colleges; one Steam Mill; one
Manufacturing Establishment; twenty Mer-1
Tbe Capstone of “Check.”
Wo have read, in our day, a good many out
givings of pure, unadulterated “cheek,” but
never anything at all approaching, in sublimity,
the following from Forney’s Press. We shall
attempt no comment apan it, for, os in tho case
of tho man who lost the ashes, justice can’t be
done the subject. Por the benefit of Radical
neophytes in the business here iu Georgia, we
publish it as a model. The italics are ours.
Now that the great national questions which
we have inherited from the time of slavery, and
which were protracted for years after the war
by the criminal misconduct of the Johnson Ad
ministration, have been substantially settled, it
is time that the mutual independence of all
factions of our common conntry should bo
cheerfully acknowledged. It is time that the
Southern States, tchieh were the chief sufferers
in the admitted anomalies and incongruities of
a “reconstruction” tchieh they alone had rend
ered necessary, should hear their part in the
restoration of good feeling between North and
South. The South admits its urgent need of
Northern capital and industry, and calls loudly
for both. The North is more than willing to
do its part, and it will bo conceded by candid
Southerners that the great mass of those "Yan
kees" who hare taken up their abode in the un
reconstructed States are animated by the most
cordial good wilt toward tlieir Jormer foes, but
present neighbours and friends.
According to the latest statistics, Englishmen
are about two inches taller and more than seven
pounds lighter than Americans of the same age
and similar pursuits.
Cheap Horses.—A Los Angeles, California,
paper says that one thousand horses were lately
sold in that place at five dollars a head.
In Montreal, the policemen go round OEd com
pel householders to remove the enormous icicles
pendant from the eaves.
Miss Emma Jones has been elected a professor
in the new University of the Paeifio at Son
Francisoe.
In the three days that Jefferson Davis was at
Huntsville, Ala., he took over 500 life insurance
policies.
A majority of the shares of the Tbomoston
National Bank, in Maine, are owned by women.
son’s time is up. Good bye Nancy to Cady government headquarters at Atlanta, died very
Stanton, Mrs. Rose, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. suddenly, of heart disease, Thursday morning.
Anthony, and all the other lights in the celes- The supply of fruit at Atlanta is exhausted,
tial firmament of woman’s rights and female I During the past season, one merchant shipped
eloquence. All these are lost in dark eclipse by J over one hundred thousand pounds to Chicago,
the apotheosis of Miss Lillian S. Edgarton, of j The Albany News says:
the Hub, who is now lecturing on “woman is The B. & A. B. B.—We are pleased to report
coming,” with a point, power and beauty which satisfactory progress with this great enterprise,
floats the souls of the Bostonians on an atmos- , Hulbert is now laying a mile a day, and will
ph.re«f tortfatog»d.tali,*gta*. Mm tS.'Tthl
Lillian is only twenty-two, a commanding beau- There is an efficient corps of engineers on tho
ty, with the voice and manner of a Siddons or section between Waresboro and the Alapaha,
a Kemble. Boston has gone mad, and is ready I another between tho Alapaha and this city, and
to swear woman instead of "coming" has only ° Q 010 ^ b0tW00a thifl plaC ° “ nd
just oome, and this is no compliment to wives Tho corps on tha section between this city
and sweethearts who got there some time ago. and the Alapaha have bad a hard time of it
among tho hills of Worth, and after running
Decline or the Bar. about one hundred and thirty miles, have suo-
The New Orleans Picayune, noting the scarei- ThctaTMl from tho£
ty of really eminent lawyers, attributes tho de- they wore up to their arm-pits in Little River,
dice to tbe slovenly manner of tuning ont They were all well and fattening on it.
young fledgelings for the Bor. We should Bay The Cnthbert Appeal learns that one day last
that these strictures are applicable to all other week a deliberate attempt was made to throw
professions. The Constitutionalist points a j from the track the train on the Fort Gaines
moral in this case -with a little anecdote. A branch of the Sonthwestem Railroad,
student is up for examination. Quoth the Pro- A number of cross-ties a£d pieces of timber
fessor to the candidate: “ Quid est ereare T" I were placed upon the rails, but fortunately dis-
To him the stndent answers: "Create est fa- covered in time to prevent the catastrophe.
cere aliquid ex nihilo." “Ergo,” retorts the One negro who hoe been arrested confesses
Professor, “ereamus te doctorem /” | the deed and implicates others.
That’s not Oiocronean, perhaps, bnt there is |
a strong leaven of truth in it
The Era says in all the three ooal yards of
Atlanta, there was no ooal on Thursday.
T. J. Murphy, a printer, attempted to oam-
Thn death of James Robinson, the champion m it suicide in Atlanta, Thursday night, by stab-
cirous rider of America, is announced in oar bieg himself in the left breast and
Western exchanges. He is reported to bave-| Drunk.
died at Cincinnati, very suddenly, of' hem or- |
rhage of the lungs. This is about the tenth 1
time James has been killed by the types.
Several members of the Agency, In addition
to the tw enty or more who reside there, were
in Atlanta Friday.
Passage or the Georgia Bill in the
House.
Tho New York Herald’s special report of the
Georgia Bill throoghthe House last Tuesday
reads as follows:—
Washington, March 8,1870.
Another Triumph of Conservatism—Butleb
and Bullock—Iniquitous Georgia Recon
struction Bill Defeated.
General Butler and Governor Bullock,
of Georgia, met with a crushing defeat
in the House to-day fcy the adoption of
Bingham’s amendment to the Georgia bill. All
chants; twenty Salesmen; tenMechVnicsYa Hook I of Bullock’s lobbying for the last three months
and Ladder Co.; a Brass Band; and an eminent her0 > together with his dining and wining of
divine once said “More morality, and less reli-1 Congressmen with a view to get such a bill
gion, than any other town in Georgia. passed as would give him a perpetual lease upon
The Atlanta Era, of yesterday says : ^®ii£ abernatorial offioe in Ge0r 8 ia > S°es **
At a late hour last night reports reached here Should the Senate endorse the action of the
that a serious difficulty had occurred on tho lino I House, Bullock will be compelled to retire from
the Brunswick and Albany Railroad. It is I office when his term expires, like any other gov-
generally known that, by terms of the law grant- emor. The gre-ff object of the Georgia bill, as
:ug State aid to railroads, this road is compelled reported from ._o Reconstruction Committee by
to complete fifty miles of its track by the 18th Butler, was to keep Bullock in office and to
day of the present month. Some 80 or 100 of I secure the electiin of his confederates to the
the employees of the road, knowing this, and House and Senate of the United States, as well
led on and instigated by designing men, think- ag their retention in the State offices. But
ing that they might, by unreasonable and ruin- Bingham has npset these calculations, and the
ons terms, extort from the company large ad- whole combination has come to grief. Bing-
vances, banded together by force to prevent the I ham’s amendment provides that none of the
completion of the work. They have left the offices now filled ia the State of Georgia, wheth-
road themselves and now threaten to prevent, by J er by appointment or election, shall be vacated
force and intimidation, any laborers from doing by the act, nor «ball it be construed to extend
the work necessary to complete the road within I the official term of any offioer of the State be-
tho time required by law. yond the termlimited by the constitution of the
The officers have telegraphed to General State.
Terry to send troop3 sufficient to quell any dis- This is a fatal shot to the Bullock faction. It
tnrbances which might arise. It is stated that puts Mr. Bullock ont of offioe two years henoe
General Terry has ordered troops in Charleston instead of four, as he had contemplated. That
proceed to the scene of the disturbance at part of the amendment which provides that the
once. They will probably reach there to day, people of Georgia shall not be deprived of their
and then the disturbances will be quelled and right under their constitution to elect Senators
the work bo allowed to proceed umnterrnpt- and Representatives in the year 1870, but that
edly- _ such election shall be held in the year 1870,
The United States District Court commences either on the day named in the constitution of
session, at Atlanta, to-morrow (Monday) at j Georgia or such other day as the present Legis-
o’clock a. m. la tore may designate bylaw, disposes of Blodg-
... - , ett and the remainder of the Bollock party, and
Dr. Nathan Tuoker, an old and prominent givea th 0 people a chance for a new deal.
>;.o« T.nmna „„ o-i-j.- I Bingham’s speech in the House yesterday had
a marked effect upon the fortunes of Bollock,
as well as upon the fate of Butler’s bilL Butler
tried to offset it to-day by one of his best ef
forts, but it did not take. In vain did he pa
rade the usual array of murders and other out-
citizen of Laurens oonnty, died on Saturday,
the 5th inst.
Both Covington and Atlanta have the mea
sles among their infantry.
> The Covington Enterprise says "William
O vena, a citizen of Newton county, who never
went in debt in his life, diod last week, aged 92
years.
A cloar case of cause and effect.
Tbe Thomaston Herald says there have been
only nine'deaths in Upson county from menin
gitis during the last month.
A Silicon “Rebel” Mixed up with the
Georgia Bill.
From the following extract from the publish
ed report of the debate in the. Honse on the
Georgia bill, we see that a Maconian was decor
ated with the censure of tho Beast. We sap-
pose he referred to our olever young friend of
the legal profession, A. O. Bacon, Esq. We
beg to offer onr congratulations :
Mr. Woodward (Dem., Pa.,) concurred in the
views expressed in opposition to the bill. He
did not rise, however, to discuss it, bat to have
read at the Clerk's desk a letter which he had
received from a highly respectable gentleman
in Macon, Ga , correcting statements by the
gentlemen from Massachusetts (Butler). The
letter having been read,
Mr. Butler, (Mass.) rose to close the debate,
and proceeded to defend and advocate the bilL
He remarked that the person whose letter Mr.
Woodward had read by the clerk was a pretty
person to undertake to advise or lecture the
House. He was a rebel named Bacon, a mem
ber of the Agricultural State Fair Committee,
held recently in Macon, which, had refused to
permit the United States flag to be raised over
the Fair building, although the building itself
belonged to the United States.
Mr. Woodward asked Mr. Butler to whom he
referred ?
Mr. Butler—To the writer of that letter, Mr.
Bacon, is he not the same man ?
Mr. Woodward—I do not know that he is the
same man at all, and I desire to say—
Mr. Butler (interruptingly) I did not yield for
the gentleman to stato
WHAT HE DOSS NOT ENOW,
that would take too long. [Laughter.]
Mr. Woodward—I wont to make a correction
os to that flag matter.
On Thursday last, about noon, three men in
a buggy drove np to the Farmers’ and Mechan
ic*’ Bank in "RiTmin e t.«wi ) p*. Two of tha
men entered the bonk, one of whom knocked
down the Cashier, who wm the only employe of
the bankpreaent, while the other went
the oonnter and seised all the money on the
desk, amounting to soma $20,000, placed tbe
money in a basket and ran off. A crowd col
lected and punned, catching two of the men
and securing the money.
rages'said to have been committed in Georgia.
While Butler was speaking, Bullock and his
satellites were busy among the members lobby
ing for votes.
The question was taken first ox Biogham’s
amendment. Butler, seeing defeat inevitable,
thought he would delay xt a little by calling the
yeas and nays. In the meantime Bullock plyed
his vocation, but when the vote was announced
it stood—yeas, 114;- nays, 71. The bill, os
amended, was finally passod by a vote of 125 to
55. Bingham, of course, was jubilant. Butler
got bis coat and went home, and Bollock retired,
reflecting upon the uncertainty of human
events. Butler threatens to get Bingham’s
amendment defeated in the Senate.
the United States, been relieved from the •
bilities imposed upon me by the Fon t f B <USi '
Amendnfent of the Constitution o' the F-
States; so help me God, or under tho
penalties of perjury, (as the case mTvB
which oaths or affirmations shall be taken b»r“
and certified by any officer lawfully au‘hon\2
to administer oaths. And any person who a*!
knowingly swear or affirm falsely i n i.V.
either of such oaths or affirmations sh^u 8
deemed guilty of perjury, and shall be’punisVj
therefor by imprisonment not less thati
year, and not more than ten years and .Y5
be fined not less than $1000, and not mor«
$10,000. And in all trials for any violatmT^
this act the certificate of ihe taking of either 2
said oaths or affirmations, with proof of tn
signature of the party accused, shall bo tai»
and held as conclusive evidence that Each oat?
or affirmation was regularly and lawfully.?
ministered by competent authority, jw
such person who shall neglect for the pfriod^
thirty days next after the passage of this act b
take, subscribe and file such oath or affirm-^
as aforesaid, is to be deemed and taken tola
intents and purposes, to have vacated his
It is furthur declared that the State of Gcaj!
gia is admitted to representation in CWe*
as one of the States of the Union upon the M
lowing fundamental conditions: first, that tk
Constitution of Georgia shall never b8 a
amended or changed as to deprive any citiza
or class of citizens of the United! States of fi»
right to voto who are entitled to vote by tk
constitution herein recognized, except as apm-
ishment for such crimes as are now felonies at
common law, whereof they shall have beenddj
convicted under laws equally applicable tofl
the inhabitants of said States; provided, tlk
any alteration of said constitution, prospectin
in its effects, may be made in regard to tk
time and place of residence of voters. Set
ond, that it shall never be lawful for the Suit
to deprive any citizen of the United Stales oa
account of his race, color, or previous coni,
tion of servitude, of the right to hold office nj.
der the Constitution and laws of said State, a
"upon any such ground to require of him any
other qualifications for office than such as art
required of all other citizens. Third, that tk
Constitution of Georgia shall never be so
amended or changed as to deprive any citizen
or class of citizens of the United States of tk
school rights and privileges secured by the Con
stitution of said State.
“Provided, That no section in this act con
tained shall be construed to vacate any cSm
now filled in the State of Georgia, either ty
election of the people or by appointment of tk
Governor, thereby and with advice and consul
of the Senate of the State; neither shall thisk
construed to extend the official tenure of iq
officer of said Stato beyond the term limited^
the Constitution thereof, dating from the elec
tion or appointment of such officer, nor to de
prive the people of Georgia of the right under
their Constitution to elect Senators and Repre
sentatives of the State of Georgia, in the yen,
1870, or in the day named in the Constitution
of 8rich State, or such other day as the present
Legislature may designate by law.
Tlie Law of Homicide.
As defined m the Code of Georgia ; and as ap
plied by the Supreme Court. Prepared for
the younger members of the Bar, and for stu
dent at law. Composed by Wm. M. Reese
of Washington, Georgia. '
This is the title of a pamphlet of sixty pages
just issued from the press of J W. Burke & Co.
from tho pen of the late Judge of the Northers
Circuit of Georgia, who has won a distinguished
reputation both as a lawyer and a judge. The
Law of Homicide is practically more unsettled
than any other branch of commercial jurispru
dence; and very naturally so,because theanimns,
and tha circumstances attending the homicide
wholly constitute the legal character of tho act:
and these are most commonly investigated and
determined under more or less bias of tho judg
ment. It is not to be denied that there iss
growing latitnde everywhere in tho ini rrpretatioa
and administration of the law on this point, and
that the area of so-called “justifiable homicide,"
whatever it may be in theory, is, in fact, con
stantly enlarging—much to the hazard of thfl
sacred inviolability oi human life which it is the
most important office of civil government to
protect and maintain. We believe Judge Reese
has done the State a service in preparing this
elaborate and enlightened exposition of the lav
upon this important subject. It is a brief work,
bnt remarkably well arranged and clear, and the
result of much studious and patient iuTCstige-
taon.
Bad News.
The Cheapest One Yet.—A Boston lobby-
man—Stanton, son of the President of the Al
abama and Chattanooga railroad—swears the
Alabama Legislature is the cheapest one he
ever dealt with. Stanton has not struck the
Agency yet.—Macon Telegraph.
Look ont 1 Stanton will be along in Georgia
next. Almost twenty-five miles of this road
runs across the corner of the Agency. It is
true Alabama has indorsed for these* twenty-
five miles equally with the other miles lying in
the State, and has also shingled it with a second
mortgage to cover the pro rata part of the two
millions extra; but that will not prevent Stan
ton from coming in under the Georgia-aid law
also, and taking on another mortgage at the
rate of $12,000 per mile. The Telegraph may
rest assured that the Agency will be struck yet.
[Montgomery Mail
This is bad news. We were in hopes that all
the swindling and plandering of Georgia tax'
payers would be oonfined to the “inside ring” at
Atlanta. But here is a prospect of a heavy
raid by outsiders. Mayhape Bollock A Co. may
object to letting Stanton in. In any event,
though, we stick to our original proposition,
that Stanton eon buy the purchasable part of
the Agenoy dog cheap.
TezuDtepi In 1800.
The Galveston News says the crop of wheat
for the post year, in that State, avenged 11.1
bushels per acre; avenge price per bushel on
the 1st January, 1870, $1 70. Rye yielded 17.3
bushel per acre; prioe, $1 10. Barley yielded
26.6 bushels; prioe, $1 04. Oats, 28.4 bushels;
prioe, 70c. Corn, 32.5 bushels; prioe, 73a. No
returns of buckwheat Potatoes, Irish, 132
bushels per sen; price, $1 80 per bushel.
Sweet potatoes, iso bushels; prioe, 69c. To-
beooo, so returns. Hay, 1.69 tons per eon;
prioe, $14 13 per ton. Sorghum motaaeee, 98
goUone per acre; price, 80c, per gaDoc.
*stt
The Bingham Amendment to the
Butler Bill.
In the adoption by the House of the Bing*
ham amendment to tho Butler bill, for the ad
mission of Georgia into the Union, we see man
ifested, for the firet time since the close of tha
war, a disposition on the part of that branch of
Congress to heed the calls of our people for
even-handed justice, and to save the State from
that extended Republican rule, which, in tha
absence of that timely, and wo may add, sating
amendment, would certainly be fastened upon
her—not two more years only of that party’*
domination in the State, but with that, who can
tell how much longer its power might be ex
tended, or what other political disasters might
not follow these two more years of power?
From this, the Bingham amendment, for we be
lieve it will pass tbe Senate, has saved the State.
Upon this we congratulate the Demccbaot of
Georgia. From out of darkness there now come*
light. They will now soon have the opportu
nity given them, whioh otherwise they would
not have, of electing a new Legislature—one of
different political complexion tee that which
now exists a blight upon our once grand old
Commonwealth.—Atlanta Intelligencer, 11 th.
Lost the printing, as sure as you’re born 1!
Woman Suffrage.
Punch hits the cacklers for woman suffrage tail
hard lick:
Tbe rights of woman who demand.
Those women are but few;
The greater part had rather stand
Exactly as they do.
Beauty has claims, for which she fights
At ease with winning arms;
The women who want woman’s rights
"Want, mostly, woman’s charms.
; Nettie Chase, a daughter of Chief Jo*
tioe Chase, is about to publish a book on th*
nursery songs of several lauds, each one with
an original illustration of her own. The ]*&}
is said to be an unusually fine artist
Left with a Blessino.—The Ocala East Flor
ida Banner, a Radical paper, left that party l** 4
Saturday with its hi easing in the following
words:
After calm and sober thoughts and thorough
investigation we have arrived at this oonclosoc;
That ’The Great Republican Party of Flo 0 *
do,” as it is panegyricolly tamed by stomp £
oters and well-known “little judges,” to
moat corrupt, diagnoaful and degrading gettj
ever known ha tha political history of any Stoj*
or nation—a disgrace to any p* 0 ? 1 * “r.ffli
age; it* pretended eorffinol doctrine of
rights to aR,” a “sounding brass and tinW“»
oymbnL”
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