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MACON, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1869.
Northern Visitors and Immigrants,
In the three arrival lists published in the
Telegraph yesterday about seventy of the arri
vals are from beyond the State line—mainly from
Northern States and a few from Europe. This
is an unusual number for Macon,at this season of
the year; but other Georgia towns on the greater
thoroughfares show still more striking indica
tions of the general interest felt in the South
ern country and particularly in Georgia. In Sa
vannah the hotels have been crowded to excess
all winter, and it is to be feared that the scanti
ness of accommodation have put visitors in
some instances to inconvenience.
This movement in the 8outh is one of the most
gratifying signs of the times; and we trust it is
the certain precursor of large immigration and
heavy investments in Georgia landed estate. We
want to see the Northern people flock here by
thousands, and find a pleasant, profitable and
permanent home on Georgia soil. Twenty-five
per cent, of those people in - the New England,
Middle and Western States would not only im
prove their fortunes by immigrating into
Georgia, but vastly improve their health and in
crease their longevity.
Every man who finds himself or his family
scrofulous, weakly and predisposed to pulmonic
affections, should seize this occasion, while
there is so much cheap and vacant land, to lo
cate himself in Georgia to suit his own taste.
The range of climate and soil is so vast, that
every man can please himself, if he will take
the trouble to examine the country and mako a
selection; and he can buy anywhere for half
what the same lands will be worth a year or two
hence.
He will find, too, that success and comfort are
the certain results of industry and common
prudence and sagacity. Nowhere in the North
or West can a man be sure of a comfortable
subsistence and steady gains as the certain re
ward of even judicious labor. Agricultural en
terprises in those sections, even when prose
cuted with ardor and discretion, sometimes fail
of adequate rewards. But here, we can farm
leisurely and in a somewhat slovenly fashion,
and still show better pecuniary results at the
end of the year, than hard work and the best
management can evolve at the North.
We were astonished in reading, the other day,
an elaborate account of some of the great milk
farms near New York, to see that with all the
extraordinary care and large outlay expended
upon those forms, a yearly nett profit of fifteen
to twenty-five hundred dollars was the average
exhibit of results from a dairy farm of forty-
five or fifty cows. Half the investment of cap
ital and care and labor in the South would pro
duce from five to ten thousand dollars profits.
We want to see some of the best farmers oi
the North and West come down here and show
us what they can do. There is not an intelli
gent farmer in Georgia who would not be glad
to give them all the information and neighborly
counsel they would desire in a new climate and
new soil, and to receive, in return, such infor
mation as they could impart about the better
processes and agricultural implements of the
North and West
We presume every man who has made the
tour of Georgia will be thoroughly emancipated
of all lies and delusions about the lawlessness
and savagery of our people. They will have met
everywhere a civil, polite and kind reception.
They will have appreciated the universal anxiety
to inspire a pleasant and agreeable impression,
both of the country and the people, and they
will have seen for themselves that any well dis
posed emigrant from any section of the United
States or any part of the world is as sure of as
hospitable and neighborly reception in this State
as he could be in any part of the Western
country. Indeed, we are certain he will find
oar Georgians much more open-hearted and
friendly.
Let them come, then, without apprehension
on any score. Let them incorporate themselves
among our population and help us to build up a
great and prosperous State—strong in all the at
tributes of virtue, intelligence and wealth.
Monroe County.
The Advertiser says preparations for a May
Day Festival at Forsyth are going on earnestly,
and asks whether Macon will join with Forsyth
again this year.
Subsgbiftxoh books for the stock of a factory
have been openedin Forsyth, andaconsiderable
amount of stock is taken.
The Advertiser regrets to hear that some of
the Monroe farmers are preparing to give liens
on their forthcoming crops.
Patteeson, a negro vagrant, shot Bose Tupp,
another negro, in Forsyth last Wednesday.
The young ladies of Indian Spring are rais
ing funds to repair the church in that village.
The Homestead Law.—We observe, says the
Monroe Advertiser, a statement in several of
our contemporaries, to the effect that in the
case of Williams vs. Williams, heard at the late
term of the Superior Court of Butts' county,
Judge Green decided the homestead law Con
stitutional. Such was his decision in a number
of cases directly involving the principle, and
we noticed that in every instance the distin-
guiahed members of the bar acquiesced in, or
rather endorsed Judge G’s decisions. No argu
ment in opposition to the law was made in any
case litigated.
Connecticut seems to be seriously aroused
on the fifteenth amendment question. The
election for Congressmen, Governor and Legis
lature takes place next Monday. The Radicals
are fighting shy—evading and dodging the ne
gro suffrage issue, and relying upon such tac
tics and the force of gerrymandering to carry
their ticket through. It i3 impossible to say
what will bo the result.
Rid Knife, on Kit Cabson’s Last Trail.—
We see this story is.extensively copied into the
papers from Maine to Louisiana. It appears to
be an universal favorite. The morning after it
appeared in the Telegraph, Havens & Brown
said they bad fifty applicants for the end of the
story in the New York Ledger, before break
fast
Gen. Stoxeman has done a good thing in
turning out that insufferable scamp Wells from
the so-called Gubernatorial Chair of Virginia
Business in New York is quite lively, but al
most altogether with Southern dealers. The
general revival in trade has created a tempora
ry scarcity in currency.
Death of a Remarkable Man.—Jacob Surget,
ninety-seven years old, died in New York last
week, and left a property valued at §10,000,000.
He was a creole Frenchman, bnt was bom in
the United States. He lived by rule, and was
very abstentions, drinking nothing but water.
He used to say that he had a secret of longevity
which he bought of a gypsy woman when he was
a sailor, and he thought he should live to^ be a
hundred. For many years he spent his winters
in Mississippi, but when the war broke out be
came to New York, where he remained until he
died.
A Yormo lady of Springfield, HL, who attend
ed the woman suffrage meeting, remarked with
a quiet, satiric sense, “Mr. foster said there
wasn’t a woman in the hall who hadn’t as much
right to be called a man as he had; and I think
so, too 1” _
The Health op Mr. Johnson.—A dispatch
from Washington, dated the 27th, says:
Burgeon B. Norris telegraphed to-night from
Greeneville, that ex-President Johnson suffered
intensely from neuralgia and wito calculus. He
is relieved, however, and on hiafeet eg-in.
Draining the Swamp.
Editors Telegraph: The Court-house and
swamp question seems to be the all absorbing
topic of the day, and gives a fertile theme for
discussion to all classes, from the drayman to
the banker.
As yet, there are but three tickets “pitted
for the fight” Each is committed to the drain
age of the swamp, but may differ as to the time
and manner The first ticket out is working to
have the Court-house located on Mulberry
street as that land is donated to the county.
The second “where we may have a park.” The
last ticket out wishes to take the Court-house
to the City Hall, and advocate the thorough and
immediate drainage of the swamp.
It cries health and economy, and starts dia
metrically opposite tol all rules calculated to in
sure this desirable end, and seems to forget
that these balmy spring days are fast heralding
the hot sun, dry winds and malarial atmosphere
of summer.
The draining of the swamp is no child’s play;
it will take time, labor and capital to do it. The
bill for the drainage of the swamp provides
first, that a complete surrey of the swamp shall
be made, and then authorizes the Ordinary to
issue $30,000 worth of bonds. It will take time
do this, and before the survey can be made and
bonds issued summer will be upon us,and surely
no man can be so lost to the teachings of com
mon sense as to advocate the drainage • of the
swamp in summer.
The great desire of some gentlemen seems to
be to break ground, commit the county to this
scheme at once, and why they manifest so much
uneasiness on this subject is a mystery to all
thinking men, unless they fear the action of an
other Legislature in amending this bill, or
pledging all the taxable property of the coun
ty to individuals to drain their low lands, and
by the multiplication of Legislative favors de
feat all these catch penny ditch bills.
And this ticket (last out) pledges itself to car
ry out the original intention of the present
Council and Inferior Court by locating the
Court-house at the City Hall, at a saving of
$50,000 to the county.
This looks well enough in print, but figures
give no such result. The Inferior Court em
ployed a man to draft a plan for a Court-house
in connection with the City Hall, and the lowest
estimate made was $00,000. The City Council
would indeed be poor financiers, if they did not
desire the Court-house located at the City Hall,
as Bibb county could save the city of Macon the
expense of repairing this municipal rookery.
Some people in the city may advocate this
measure, but the people from the county can
not be cajoled by any such sophistry.
j Quid am.
How is itl
Editors Telegraph:—Much has been said
about draining the swamp and locating the
Court-house, but the ten gentlemen who say, in
this morning’s paper, that they can drain the
swamp and locate the Court-house at the City
Hall at a saving of forty or fifty thousand dol
lars to the county, cap the climax.
Do these gentlemen mean to say they can
save for the county forty or fifty thousand dol
lars out of the thirty thousand dollars to be
raised for-that purpose? Can forty or fifty
thousand dollars be saved to the county by pay
ing eight or ten thousand dollars for the priv
ilege of building the Court-house at the City
Hall; when they can get the lot on Mulberry
street for nothing?
Is that your temomy, gentlemen ? There is
no lot in the city more eligible, and so cheap
for the county, ns the one given to the county
on Mulberry street. Who ever beard of a mar
ket-house and court-house in a juxtaposition ?
No donbt His Honor and the Bar, and juries,
and all would be highly entertained with the
squalls of the chickens, the grunts and squeals
of the hogs and pigs, as well as the lowing and
bellowing of cattle, and the general confusion
and noise that is to be found in and about a
market-house.
But, to be serious, show us, gentlemen, how
you can save this forty or fifty thousand dollars
to the county by erecting the Court-house at
the City Hall? Don’t be timid! Don’t hesi
tate—give the proof! the proof! the proof,
gentlemen ! For, you know, it is very easy to
say so and so is so; but you know, also, it is a
very different thing to prove so and so is so.
Therefore, yon are called upon to step up to
the blackboard, and place your figures so that
the people of the county can see that you can
save forty or fifty thousand dollars for them
by paying eight or ten thousand for the privilige
of putting the Court-house at the City Hall when
you can get a more suitable location for nothing.
A Looker On.
The New Spanish Government.—The draft of
the Constitution proposes that the future form
of government shall be monarchical, and shall
consist of a Senate and Congress. The Senato
rial term shall be thirteen years; the Senators
are to be elected by provisional councils com
posed of four for each province. The sessions
of Congress are to be triennial, and universal
suffrage is to be the rule in regard to voting.
The reign of the king shall be limited to eighteen
years. The majority of the committee reported
in favor of a separation of Church from State,
while a minority report advocated the Roman
Catholic as the State creed, with toleration to
wards all other religions professions. The lib
erty of the press and the right of public meeting
will be guaranteed.
An Editor Cornered.—Ex-Senator Dixon, and
the Hartford Conront have got into a controver-
say about State Rights. Courant comes out in a
very stormy way upon Dixon, for speaking of
Connecticut as an ‘independent State.” Dixon
defends himself by showing that her Constitution
expressly declares her to be “an independent
State.” Letter mislaid six weeks by Courant!
Found accidentally by Courant after being
stirred up to that important work.
The Mrs. Van Lew, who has been appointed
Postmistress at Richmond, was regularly tried
and convicted as a spy during the war. She
was sentenced to the Libby Prison, but, owing
to her sex, it was commuted to her residence
being put under surveliance. The people of
Richmond heartily detest her, and say the ap
pointment is an insult to them.
In a Horn.—The Davenport (Iowa) Gazette
says a horn has been unearthed three miles
west of that city eight feet long. It is supposed
to be one of the horns of Methusaleh’s cow.
The Civil Tenure Repeal halts. The old
impeachers in the Senate balk, bnt Grant is in'
exorable. He lets them all know that the guil
lotine will not be set in motion until that bill is
repealed.
The Westebn Rivers are very high. The
tremendous snows of last winter will make sad
work with the shattered levees of the Missis
sippi. __
Cheap Fares.—It is said that immigrants can
get to Atlanta from New York, under the re
duction of fares to 1st July next, for $15.40.
A New Velocipede.—The latest pattern of the
velocipede has but one wheel
“Mack,” of the Cincinnati Enquirer, sus
tains Mr. Christy in the view that no Demo
crats are to be admitted to Congress. He says:
“It is my firm belief that every contested
case in ths Forty-first Congress will be decided
in favor of the Republicans, without the slight
est regard to its merits. Let the reader stick a
pin there, and watch the results.”
White Chester Hogs and Devon Cattle.
Cloverdile, Dade Co., March 27, i869.
Editors Telegraph: 'When I settled my sons
here in 1858,1 wrote to that accomplished gen
tleman and agriculturist, John Merryman, of
Baltimore, to buy for them Chester hogs and
Devon cattle. The animals he purchased filled
the eye with admiration. The hogs looked like
those you see in English agricultural books;
and the symmetry of limb, soft, velvetty skin,
and the deep mazarine blue eyes, of the Devons
delighted ns greatly.
Time sufficient to test them intervened before
these nTtimnls were sacrificed by the ravages of
war, and the result was not satisfactory.
The Chesters answer admirably, if treated as
hogs are in Ireland or Scotland, like household
pets. But they are too delicate, to turn loose
upon a farm, to hunt its offal, or take care of
themselves. They are liable to quinzy, and
will certainly become mangy, if allowed to run
at large. Such at least is our experience—so we
have substituted a cross of the Berkshire and
Graziers obtained in Middle Tennessee. These
Berkshire Graziers, are black spotted, and twelve
months old, by good treatment, will weigh 250
pounds. They can be had in Sumner county,
and at Murfreesboro Tennessee, for a less price
than the Chesters. They are hardy, thrifty,
and will suit our Georgia fanners. Devons are
too small for beef, and not good milkers; their
only excellence aside from their inimitable
beauty, is their quick movements as oxen.
Durhams are the best cattle by far! May the
day soon come, gentlemen, when long snonted
hogs and scrub cattle will disappear in Georgia.
They are a disgrace to a religious and civilized
people. Yours, etc.,
James A. Nisbet.
JBY TELEGRAPH,
Typbns and Typhoid Fever—Their
Causes.
A physician in the last number of Hearth and
Home gives some interesting information in re
gard to the cause of these fevers. He was in
vited by a minister to visit a family of bis parish
ioners. all of whom had been sick, and several
of whom had died of fevers, caused, it seemed,
by drinking impure brook water. The Dr. dis
coursed on fevers and their causes thus:
‘Fever,” I remarked, “is an effect, or, as
medical men would define it, a symptom. Now,
every effect has a cause, and, therefore, fever
has its cause. Not many years ago typhus and
typhoid fevers were considered identical, and
depending upon the same cause. Now we know
they are different, and depend upon entirely dif
ferent causes. It was long known that these
fevers, in some way, resulted from the aggrega
tion of people. They frequently broke out in
jails, and hence were called jail-fever; and on
emigrant-ships, and hence the term ship-fever;
and in camps, and hence the name of camp-
fever. Sometimes the form of fever would be
typhus, and again typhoid, the two rarely occur
ring together. They have frequently been de
signated spotted fever, from the dark-colored
eruption over the chest and bowels.
The names indicate the close alliance of these
fevers in the opinions of the older observers;
they first gave the name of tophus to the fever,
and afterward they distinguished a slight dif
ference, and added another form—namely: ty
phoid, or like typhus. In typhus (stupor) the
head symptoms (delirium) were most marked,
while in typhoid the bowel symptoms (diarrhea)
predominated. In time these fevers were made
the subjects of very careful study in regard to
the circumstances under which they occur. It
was found that they are most frequent where
people are crowded together, as in jails, camps,
emigrant ships, etc., still the typhoid form may
appear in the country, and in localities or fam
ilies hitherto considered healthy. It was also
noticed that typhus more often prevailed in the
winter and typhoid in the fall months. At
length, more accurate observation established
the fact that typhus occurs when people are
crowded together with very deficient ventilation,
and typhoid when excrementitions matter is re
ceived into the system, whether by inhalation
or inflation.
In both cases, the poison is animal character;
in the former it is thrown off by the skin and
lungs, and in the latter by the bowels and kid
neys. For example, if a man were confined, as
in a prison-cell, in a small, unventilated room,
and the room was kept clean withont ventilation,
that man would sooner or later have typhus; but
if the frecal discharges of this person were al
lowed to accumulate in his room, though the
ventilation were sufficient to remove the air he
had once respired, he would have typhoid. But
in the latter case, it is not essential that he
breathe the emanations from the excrementitions
matter, for the same effect wonld happen if these
discharges were so placed that they impregnate
his drinking water. We can therefore produce
typhus and typhoid fever at will. If I wished
to have typhus I should simply have my bed
room unventilated, and on sleeping in it night
after night, and breathing over and over again
tiie poisonous emanations of my own body, I
should finally come down with typhus. Or, if I
preferred typhoid, I would locate the privy in
the basement of my house, or allow its drainage
to flow into my well, and in due time typhoid
would appeor in the household.”
“Is the fact, then, so well established,” in
quired Pastor M—, “that if the fever is typhus,
you know that the sick have been inhaling the
emanations from the skin and lungs of human
beings, and if it is typhoid that they have in
haled or imbibed the poison of their excreta?”
To which I replied: “Certainly, and I will
give you the following illustrations: Prince
Albert was seized with typhoid fever at Wind
sor Castle, where he hadbeenresidingfora con
siderable period. The fever proved fatal, and
a nation was shrouded in mourning. Students
of sanitary science declared that the cause of
the fever existed within the royal residence,
and in the room where the Prince had spent the
most of his time for a few weeks past. The
building was carefully examined without re
sults ; the room, a library, was also thoroughly
searched, but nothing explaining the fever was
found; the drainage and sewerage were ex
plored, and found to be very perfect. Curiosi
ty was now so much excited that a more extend
ed survey of the locality was made, when it was
discovered that before the erection of the cas
tle a sewer was constructed through these
grounds for the purpose of draining a section
of the town, lying beyond, into the Thames.
This old sewer was examined, and a defect in
its wall was found directly nnderthe library-
room where the Prince was accustomed to
spend much time. The escape of foul sewer
gasses into that room was clearly established,
and hence the cause of this fatal typhoid.”
“But,” said the pastor, “how is it that such
offensive material can drain into drinking water
and not be pt once detected ?”
“On the fcontrary,” I replied, “such waters
are generally most agreeable to the taste. The
salts contained in the organic matters which
enter the well or spring give the water great ap
parent purity, and they sparkle like the mineral
waters of the shops. The following incident
occurred in my own experience:
A small colony of Germans lived upon the
slopes of a small basin, in the centre of which
was a large spring, from which they took their
supply of drinking water. .These slopes formed
a water shed, and the spring was the natural re
ceptacle of mnch of the surface water. Ty
phoid fever broke out in this colony, and the
spring was decided to contain the germs de
rived from the surface filth. The whole colony
protested against such a conclusion, and the
water was pronounced the best ever drank.
And such it appeared, but a bottle full was ex
amined by a chemist, who declared, without
knowing its source, that a privy or a sewer
drained into it”
“According to your reasoning,” said the pas
tor, “in the case of this family we most look for
some contamination by the excreta of human be
ings.”
“Yes,” I replied, “that will probably be found
to be the cause, though I do not wish to bo un
derstood as saving that the reception into the
system of other forms of pntrescent animal mat
ter may not be the cause of typhoid fever."
. Bankruptcy Gases in England. — It is an
nounced that during 18G8 there were 9,175 cases
in bankruptcy in England and Wales. Of these
3,193 were in the London Court, 1,841 in the
provincial district courts, and 4,161 in the coun
ty courts. Of the total number, 817 adjudica
tions were on the petition of the creditor, 6,679
on the petition of the debtor, 1,152 by registrars
at the prisons, 532 on petition in forma pauper
is, and 15 on judgment debtor summonses. The
gross product realized from bankrupt estates
was $4,260,200, of which creditors’ assignees
realized $2,711,548, and the official assignees
$1,548,652.
The sum of $1,000,000 was lately offered for
the New York Times newspaper establishment,
including its valuable real estate. The offer
was declined.
Congressional.
Washington, March 30—Senate.—A motion to re
fer the claims of loyal Southerners to a select com
mittee was lost.
An ineffectual attempt was made to pass the
House bill granting a right of way to the Memphis
and El Paso Railroad.
The currency bill was discussed and a supplement
to it.
Senate adjonmed.
House—On motion of Butler the Hiseiaissippi bill
was laid aside to consider coinage.
The bill authorizing one, three and five cent
nickel pieces passed.
The tenure-of-office bill came from the Senate,
with the request for a conference.
A motion to concur with the Senate amendment
was lost—CO to 106. Finally a conference was
agreed to, consisting, on the part of the House, of
Butler, Washbume, of Wis., and Bingham.
A resolution to adjourn on the 6th of April was
adopted.
The Election Committee reported Reed, of the
third South Carolina district, incapable of taking
the test-oath.
Tho minority reported a bill removing Reed’s dis
abilities, which was referred to tho Reconstruction
Committee.
A bridge over the Ohio river, at Paducah, of four
hundred feet span, was authorized.
The bill extending the time for the withdrawal of
whisky from bond to the twentieth of April, was
!ost.
House adjourned.
Washington, March 81.—House.—A large num
ber of bills were introduced.
The Mississippi hill was resumed.
The Election and Reconstruction Committees did
nothing.
Whittemore introduced a j oint resolution postpon
ing the Texas election. It was referred to tho Re
construction Committee.
Tno Ways and Means Committee was instructed
to inquire into the expediency of reviving and en
forcing direct tax in the lately rebellious States.
The Conference Committee’s report on tho Ten-
ure-of-Office bill, as adopted, goes to tho President.
The Committee on Elections reported a resolution
seating Sheldon, from the second district of Louisi
ana.
Burr presented t minority report.
Butler presented a bill removing political disabili
ties from loyal people. In answering questions,
Butler said: “Yes; it applies to everybody—to
every loyal man.” It was ordered to be printed and
referred to tho Reams traction Committee.
The bill requires a petition to the U. S. Courts of
the applicant, admitting that he believes the Con
federate, General and State Governments rebel
lious and treasonable, and truly repents of tho acts
done in maintainance thereof.
The Mississippi Ml was discussed at great length.
Farnsworth, Schenck and Dawes urging a postpone
ment. Adjourned.
Senate.—The Senate was engaged in debating the
House resolution to adjourn. The debate shows
that Georgia, naturalization, and appropriations are
in the way of an parly adjournment.
The Conference Committee on the Tenure-of-Office
hill have agreed, but the character of the compro
mise is unknown.
The Senate is discussing the adjournment reso
lution.
Sumner said it was wrong to discuss it until the
Georgia question, in all its branches, was settled.
He reiterated tl»t Congress had had plenty of
time. In addition to Congressional action and
time, good sense was required.
Mr. Anthony hid come to the conclusion to let
Georgia take cart of herself. He didn’t think it
necessary to do anything for Virginia, Texas or
Mississippi this session. Those States do not seem
willing to comp in, and I don’t think wo can
help it.
Sumner supposed then that Anthony proposed
abandoning those States.
Anthony replfed, only so far as I propose aban
doning Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and other
States. He wts now willing to go homo till the
status of tho excluded States was settled.
Robinson wanted to do something for loyal South
erners before going home.
Tho conference report on the tenure-of-ofiice hill
was adopted.
After executive session, Senate adjourned.
From Washington.
Washington, March 30.—Grant has recovered.
There was a full and lo Cabinet meeting to
day.
The only nomination to-day wa3 C. S. Hamilton,
Marshal for Wisconsin.
The debt statement will show but a slight de
crease, owing to the heavy pension disbursements.
The Reconstruction Committee voted seven to
four to report Butler’s Georgia bill.
Washington, March 31.—Foster Blodgett has
been appointed Postmaster at Augusta, Ga., vice
Summers, removed.
A private dispatch from Macon announces that
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens is on his death-bed.
A number of nominations were made to-day;
among them John J. Speed, Postmaster at Louis
ville; W. Keating, Shreveport, La. No Southern
confirmations.
The tenure-of-office bill, as passed, uses the word
“ suspension ’’ in tho sense of removal, and requires
the President to nominato for vacancies, within
thirty days after the meeting of Congress.
The Attorney General decides that Geo. A Halsey,
being a manufacturer or trader, is ineligible to the
registrarship under the law creating the Treasury
Department.
Gov. Wells Discharged.
Ricmond, March 30.—In tho case of Gov. Wells,
Judge Bond and others, charged with purloining a
letter from the mail, the United States Com
missioner to-day discharged all tho parties accused.
General News.
St. Louis,March 30.—A fire among tho steamboats
at tho wharf involves a loss of a quarter of a mil
lion of dollars. •
New York, March SO.—The Court has ordered the
Sheriff to break tho safe of tho Union Pacific rail
road in order to get the books and papers of the
Company.
' Poughkeepsie, March 31.—The railroad tracks are
flooded. An engine and ten cars ran into the river.
Nobody hurt. All trains are behind time.
New York, March 31.—Tho Democrats carry Sing
Sing by 250 majority—a gain of 130.
From Cuba.
Havana, March 30 Baez, St. Domingo, is form
ing an organization to aid tho Cuban rebellion.
Official accounts report a marked government suc
cess.
An exchange of shots betweon tho patriots and
Cubans in Cardenas resulted in two Cubans killed,
several wounded and six captured.
Havana, March 81.—The American consular agent
who was brought hero from Liberia in irons has
been released.
Foreign News.
Paris, March SO.—Officers and privates absent on
leave are ordered to rejoin their regiments by the
first of April.
Madrid, March 31.—The following is tho correct
ed Constitution: The King reigns for life, and tho
crown descends to his son, whose maturity is fixed
at eighteen years.
Monticello, the former residence of Thomas
Jefferson, in Albemarle county, Virginia, is to
be sold at auction on the 13th day of May next.
The sale is by virtue of a decree of the Circuit
Court of Richmond. The Charlottesville Chron
icle very appropriately says that it onght to be
long to the State of Virginia; but as that, un
der the present circumstances, is impossible, we
hope that some one will buy it who will live
there at least a part of the year, and keep the
house and grounds in creditable order.
Mk Hamilton Fish lives in Robinson’s house
opposite West Point, where Arnold heard of An
dre’s capture, and, leaving Washington at the
dinner table, kissed Mrs. Arnold and his child,
and ran down to the river to embark on board
the British gunboat Vulture. He is a man of
riches and a magnificent host, and will make
Seward’s era of good feeding like the remem
brance of a barbarian’s cuisine.— Washington
Letter.
The Conflict of Raees-Wliat a Radi
cal Editor Says About it.
From the Smeouryport (Aft/**.) Heruld.\
Races of men are always in conflict whenever
they come together. There can be no'mixture.
That is not in the order of nature. If, as some
believe, all the races are of a common origin,
that origin must have been so many millions of
years back that to us it is a3 though they never
had been one. Two of the laces show no
marks of progress, and these two are perhaps
the oldest—-the African and the Australian. No
explorations of Africa or Australia have discov
ered any evidences of a social or civil condition
among those people above what thay are now.
This is not so with any other race. No other
seems to have been created and destined to live
to the end barbarians, as except where a higher
race not only lifts them up, bnt every moment
sustains them above that leveL With the In
dians we find the remains of a better condition
enjoyed by them long before the white man
came to their country. They reached the acme
and had subsided before we knew them. The
Mongolians, too, of Eastern Asia, though they
have made no progress in thousands of years,
yet have a civilization of their own, which, in
some respects, will bear a favorable comparison
with onr own.
In a conflict of races—as, we say, it always
comes when two are in competition—the super
ior race overcomes and roots out the inferior,
unless the former are so weak in numbers as to
have no chance of success. Such is the case in
the West Indies, where the whites are so few
that they may eventually be driven out, as they
have from St* Domingo, unless arbitrary power
restrains the inferior. But where they have any
chance the superiors—superior in mind, though
they may not be physically—will win the day, if
equal advantages may be given. With the in
ferior, their language, their blood, their feat
ures, and their cant of mind will disappear.—
In Africa, the negro type, within the memory
of man, has not extended north of the Great
desert, where the Arabs and the Moors pre
vail. They have been brought there as
slaves, and been brought there as cap
tives in war, but they have never mixed
with the people to adulterate the blood or gain
the ascendency by numbers. So it has been in
the south of Europe. The Moors at one time
were veiy numerous in Spain and highly civ
ilized, but in the conflict with the Caucasians,
they were destroyed or exiled. In Italy, the
Africans that were brought to Rome during the
long years of Roman triumphs, all disappeared.
How numerous they were we have no means of
ascertaining, but it is estimated that no less than
a million negroes were brought there and mixed
with the people; but to-day the Italian shows not
the slightest taint of African blood. The African
has been absorbed in the main stock, and, as
in taking food into the stomach, what would
not assimulate has been rejected and cast out.
It is tho same in Egypt. There from the earliest
ages the African has been a slave; and though
a few mnlattoes are found there, the greater
part of the people show no traces of Af
rican blood. It wall be the same in this coun-
ry. There may be swamp lands in Louisiana,
Florida, or other States, which will be deserted
by whites, in which the negro may thrive; but
in those sections where the races will be in
competition, though the African may have the
majority now, they will gradually disappear.
When they were slaves they were kept separate,
and the care of the white man was to have them
increase; but the more thay mix with the
whites the fewer thay will become, and the
less tho white is bound to do for them the
quicker they will sink. So we see that in all
the Northern States they have rapidly disap
peared, and the bleaching progress gradually
works South. Fifty years ago Massachusettss
had as many blacks as New York now has ; and
one hundred years hence Virginia wall have no
more than New York has to-day. It is the or
der of Providence—the law of God, that the
higher shall overcome the lower, the superior
occupy where the inferior have been; other
wise there would be no progress.
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Dn. Bozeman.—Speaking of the New York
Medical Journal for February—the Herald says:
Of superior interest to ail the papers, as well
as by far the longest, is the concluding one, by
Dr. Nathan Bozeman, of this city. This paper
treats of vestico-vaginal fistula and operations
in connection with this disease, which, while
vastly more prevalent than is generally supposed,
has, until his late successful operations through
the medium of a supporting and confining ap
paratus of peculiarly marked, ingenious con
struction, in conjunction with his self-retaining
speculum, baffled the skill of our most celebrated
and accomplished surgeons. He cites the case
of a lady, of fourteen years’ standing, upon
whom five operations had been performed by
the most distinguished surgeons of our city with
no beneficial results, when she was admitted to
his institution, and after a single operation upon
his new mode of treatment he discharged her in
a few days effectually cured. As an example of
progressive skill in surgery the compiled records
of our medical journals present no case of sur
passing interest alike to the general, as well as
scientific and professional reader. It shows a
step in advance in the treatment of this pecu
liarly painful disease that reveals an epoch in
surgical operations, and in achieving the success
we have noted Dr. Bozeman has added greatly
to his deservedly high reputation both in this
country and in Europer.
An Angry Husband Parts with his
Wife at tho Altar.
From the Sew Orleane Picayune.]
Some time since a well-known young gentle
man appeared at one of our metropolitan
churches wtith a very beautiful young lady, and,
invoking the services of the minister, was im
mediately united to her in marriage. The lady
appeared deeply agitated, and there was a stem
determination visible on the countenance of the
youth—a pale, angry face—evincing anything
bnt joy in the nuptials. As soon as the ceremony
was concluded, the man turned to the lady with
this remark:
“ I have kept my promise now—you are mar
ried to me; but I’ll never look on your face
again.”
There was a frantic appeal in the girl’s actions
and tears; she begged, implored mm to recall
his words—promised some wild things better
left imprinted—and then sank fainting to the
floor. Theaman turned on his heel and quitted
the apartment.
"What did it mean?
The simple relation of facts looks like the col
oring of romance, yet are they true in every
particular. 'When it is further‘stated that the
parties are of high social position, have numer
ous relations, and that they were utterly unat
tended, the mystery will appear more strange.
Their friends have tried vainly to reconcile
the matter. An obstinate silence greets every
appeal in behalf of the lady; and she, if indeed
sho can, refuses any explanation.
Extraordinary Revelation in Russia.
A very remarkable affair has recently been
broughttolightinRussia through the revelations
of a merchant in the town of Morshtchansk, a
flourishing village southeast of Moscow. This
merchant accused one Plotitzin with having un
lawfully amassed and secreted an immense
amount of money, which he said was stowed away
in collars Trader the owner’s residence. He further
declaredthatPlotitzin held strange doctrines and
performed hideous ceremoniies in secret The
representations of the merchant were such as to
arouse the attention of the authorities, and
they proceeded to investigate. Plotizin’s house
was searched by the police, and in the cellar a
scene presented itself which might recall the
old tales of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
Stores of gold revealed themselves in every di
rection; pots, pans, leathern bags, canvass
sacks, all filled with tho precious metal and even
a number of largo casks, Which stood at the
further end of the vault, were found to be
crammed with bars and ingots of gold to the
very top. The gold coin were mostly of ancient
date.. The whole scene formed suen a tableau
as tho oldest man present in all proba
bility, had never before gazed upon; and the
earliest estimate,(probably an exaggerated one,)
rates the treasure as high as ten million rou
bles—considerably over £1,000,000 sterling.
The alleged accumulation of wealth having
been fully established, the authorities extended
their examination to the other matter charged
against Plotitzin, which, according to the official
record, was that Plotitzin was one of the prin
cipal leaders and supporters of a secret, but
very extensive sect, comprising many rich mer
chants and money changers, whose doctrine is
apparently the abjuration of all ordinary pleas
ures, and the devoting of themselves heart and
soul to the amassing of money. They form a
secret commercial league, distinguished by the
practice of rigid celibacy.
A Horticultural Curiosity.—Dr. Smith has
laid upon our table the first pea bloom of the.
season. A singular fact in connection with it
is, that by the severe cold of the latter part of
February, the vine was killed at the ground,
and is at that part perfectly dead and dry, and
yet the vine at the top has bloomed. The va
riety is Buist’s Extra Early.-—Sand-ertville
Georgian. 1 ^ ■ '
List of Acts Passed by the Last Legis
lature,
WHICH HAVE BECOME LAWS, AND OP RESOLUTIONS
WHICH HAVE RECEIVED EXECUTIVE APPROVAL.
No. 1.' An act to provide for the holding of
Floyd and Polk Superior Courts, to legalize the
juries drawn by the clerks, sheriffs and ordi
naries of said counties, and to legalize the con
templated adjournmentof Floyd Superior Court,
and for other purposes.
No. 2. An act to repeal an act, entitled an act
to repeal the 6th section of the charter of the
Atlanta Medieal College, assented to on the 14th
day of December, 1858, and to define more fully
the powers of the Board of Trustees of said
college, and to enlarge said board.
• No. 3. Act to alter and amend an act to incor
porate the North Georgia Mining Company, ap
proved March 1,1856.
No. 4. .Act to authorize the holding of the Su
perior Courts in Clarke and Baldwin comities at
the February Term, 1869, and to provide juries
therefor.
No. 5. Act to change the time of holding the
Superier Court of the county of Clay.
No. G. Act to consolidate and amend the sev
eral acts incorporating the town of Lumpkin,
in the county of Stewart, and to grant certain
privileges to the same.
No. 7. Act to exempt certain persons from
jury and militia duty in the city of Americus.
No. 8. Act to amend the charter of the Macon
and Western Railroad Company,' which was as
sented to on the 29th of December, 1847; to al
low an increase of the capital stood of said com
pany, to fix the rate of tax to be paid by the
same, and for other purposes.
No. 9. Act to amend an act entitled an act to
incorporate an insurance company in the city
of Macon, to be called the Cotton States Life
Insurance Company.
No. 10. Act to regnlate the issuing and serv
ing of supcenas in cases in Chatham Superior
Court and the City Court of Savannah.
No. 11. Act to extend the time in which tax
collectors shall make final settlements with the
Comptroller General of the State of the taxes
collectable for the year 18G8.
No. 12. Act to extend the charter of the Sa
vannah Gas Light Company and the Augusta
Gas Light Company.
No. 13. Act to alter and amend so much of
section — of an act to levy and collect tax on
circuses.
No. 14. Act to exempt from jury duty certain
members of the Germania Fire Company, the
Metropolitan Fire Company and the MhrsTmH
Hose Company, of the City of Savannah, and
the Rainbow steam Fire Company, of Rome,
Ga.
No. 15. Act to incorporate the Atlanta Agri
cultural Implement Manufacturing Company.
No. 1C. Act to carry into effect the 2d clause
of the 13th section of the 5th article of the Con
stitution.
No. 1G. Act to change the time of holding tho
Superior Courts in the counties of Columbia,
Washington, Johnson and Emannel, of the Mid
dle Circuit.
No. 18. Act to amend an act entitled an act
to corporate the Fort Valley Loan and Trnst
Company, assented to October 10, 1868.
No. 19. An act to change the time of holding
tho Superior Courts in the counties of Ap
pling, Coffee, Ware. Clinch, Echols, Glynn,
Wayne, Camden, Charlton, Pierce, and Mus
cogee.
No. 20. An act to incorporate tho town of
Trion, in the county of Chattooga.
No. 21. Act to authorize the consolidation of
the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad, and
the Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company,
and amending the charter thereof.
No. 22. Act to incorporate “The Atlanta
Cotton Factory Company?’
An act to create a new judicial circuit to be
called the Rome Circuit; to change the bound
aries of the Tallapoosa and Coweta Circuits; to
change the name of the Coweta Circuit; to fix
the time of holding courts in said circuits, and
for other purposes. [This act was received
February 15, and became a law by expiration of
time.]
No. 23. An act ro amend an act incorporating
the Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company,
assented to December 22, 1835-6.
No. 24. An act to chango the line between the
counties of Stewart and Quitman.
No. 25. Act to change and fix the time of hold
ing the Summer term of the Superior Court of
Cherokee county.
No. 26. Act to define the liability of sheriffs
and other ministerial officers of this State, and
to grant relief to the same.
No. 27. Act to incorporate the American Man-
unfacturing Company, and to confer certain
powers and privileges therein.
No. 28. Act to incorporate the Trion Railroad
Company.
No. 20. Act to authorize the Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company to aid the Macon and
Augusta Railroad Company by loan or endorse
ments, and to enable said Macon and Augusta
Railroad Company to secure the same.
No. 30. Act to amend the Garnishment Laws
of the State.
No. 31. Act to authorize the clerks of the Su
perior Courts of this State to issue executions
on judgments obtained in the Inferior and
county Courts of this State, in cases where the
clerks of said Inferior and county Courts have
failed to do so.
No. 32. Act to authorize certain persons there
in named to remove obstructions in the “Gum
Swamp creek,” “Little Ocmnlgee river” and
their tributaries, and to confer certain powers
and privileges upon the same, and for other
purposes.
No. 33. Act to incorporate tho Columbus and
West Point Railroad Company.
No. 34. Act to incorporate the Independent
Telegraph Company, and for other purposes.
No. 35. Act to incorporate the Central Geor
gia Banking Combany and the Muscogee Bank
ing Company.
No. 36. Act changing the time of holding the
Superior Courts of the counties of Putnam, in
the Ocmnlgee Circuit, and the county of Towns,
in. the Blue Ridge Circuit.
No. 37. Act to repeal an act entitled an act to
authorize the Board of Commissioners of the
Public Roads for the county of Glynn to appro
priate hands to work on Honeygall creek, and
to establish a public landing at the bluff, and
appoint commissioners for the same.
No. 38. Act to change the times of holding
the Superior Courts of the Southern Circuit, and
to draw and summon separate pannels of jurors
for each week of, said courts in the. counties of
Thomas, Brooks and other counties.
No. 39. Act to incorporate the Savannah
Banking and Trust Company of Savannah.
No. 40. Act to incorporate the Commercial
Banking Company, in the city of Griffin.
No. 41. Act to incorporate the Darien Bank
ing Company, and for other purposes.
No. 42. Act to alter and amend section 3329
of Irwin’s Code, the Bame being in relation to
suits against Railroad Companies.
No. 43. Act to more fully carry into effect the
first division of the fiist section of an act enti-
titled an act to define certain acts of trespass^
and make the same penal, assented to February
23d, 1866.
No. 44. Act to amend section 11 of the amend
ed charter of the city of Albany, Ga., so as to
give the Mayor and the Council of said city full
power and authority to remove from office offi
cers elected by said Mayor and Council
No. 45. Act to incorporate the Georgia Male
and Female Life Insurance Company.
No. 46. Act to dissolve garnishments under
attachments, eto.
No. 47. Act to authorize agents and attorneys
at law of defendants to make oath to pleas in
certain cases.
No. 48. Act to incorporate the Augusta and
Louisville Railroad Company, and to confer cer
tain privileges and powers npon the same.
No. 49. Act to amend an act entitled an act
to incorporate the Union and Lumpkin Turn
pike Company, and to grant certain privileges
to the same assented, to 28th December, 1843,
to extend the time for the operation of said
charter, to change the name of the same, and
for other proposes.
No. sO. Act to incorporate the Georgia Im
porting Guano Company.
No. 61. Act to amend an act to incorporate
the town of Hartwell, in the county of Hart, ap
proved'February 26th, 1856.
No. 52. Act to alter and amend section 4010
of Irwin's Code, in relation to the issuing of
distress warrants, etc.
No. 53. Act to authorize the Ordinary of
Fulton county to issue bonds to raise money to
meet outstanding bonds issued by the Inferior
Court of said county in 1865 and 1866.
No. 54. Act to incorporate the DeSoto Man
ufacturing Company of the county of Floyd.
No. 55. Act to amend an act entitled an act
to incorporate the city of Americas, and to alter
and amend an act to incorporate the town of
Americas, Sumter county, Ga.
No. 56. Act to incorporate the Rome Iron
Manufacturing Company, in the county of
Floyd, and to define the rights, priviliges and
liabilities of the same.
No. 57. Act to incorporate the Savannah
Manufacturing Company, and to grant it cer
tain rights and privileges.
No. 58. Act to change the times of holding
the Superior Coujt of Bryan oounty.
No. 69. Act to authorize either party in a pos-
sessory warrant to give notice of on intention
to certoirari, and the 'same shall operate aa a v
supersedeas for ten days. .
No. 60. Aot to make valid the acts of oertaia
notaries public of this State.
No. 61. Act to amend the several acts incor
porate, the town of Lafayette, etc.
No. 62. Act to amend an act entitled an act to
enable parties having claims against the Nash-
ville and Chattanooga Railroad Company in the
State of Georgia, to perfect service upon said
company, and for other purpose's, assented to
20th December, 18G0.
No. 63. Act to incorporate the Planters's Ac
commodation Line Steamboat Company.
No. 64. Act to incorporate the Georgia Mutual
Aid Company in the city of LaGrange with cer
tain rights and privileges.
No. 05. Act to transfen the county of Scriven
from the Middle to the Eastern Judicial Circuit
No. 66. Act to alter and amend an act en
titled an act to organize a criminal court for the
county of Bonks and others in this State.
No. 67. Act to require the Mayor and Aider-
men of the city of Bainbridge to assess the value
of the taxable property of said city, and for
other purposes herein named.
No. 68. Act to facilitate settlements of co
partnerships dissolved by death of one or more
partners.
No. 69. Act to amend the several acts incor
porating the town of Forsyth, in the county of
Monroe, and to extend the power of the com
missioners of said town.
No. 70. Act to amend the charter of the
Columbus and Hamilton Railroad, assented to
February 20, 1854.
No. 71. Act to ahthorize the Court of Ordi-
nary of Glynn county to levy a tax on the State
for county purposes.
Act to alter and amend the several acts incor
porating the city of Griffin, and amendatory of
the same, to increase the powers of the Mayor
and Council of said city, and for other purposes
therein named.
[This act becomes a law by expiration of
time.]
Act to change the line between the counties
of Irvin and Wilcox.
[By expiration of time.']
Act to prohibit and make penal the sale and
purchase of agricultural products in the coun
ties of Lowndes and Macon after night by and
from tenants by the year, or hired laborers
withont written permission from the owner of
the land on which the same was raised, or his
authorized agent.
[By expiration of time.]
Act to define the boundary line between the
counties of Clay and Quitman.
[By expiration of time.]
Act to legalize the election of James Buchanan
of Randolph county.
[By expiration of time.]
Act to amend an act entitled an act to protect
the planters of the State in the sale of fertilizers.
[By expiration of time.]
Act to provide for the election of justices of
thepeace and constables throughout the State.
[By expiration of time.]
No. 82. Act to provide for an authorize an
election of Mayor and Aldermen and clerk of
city Council and Marshal of the city of Milledge-
ville.
Act to alter and amend an act entitled an act
to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate
the town of Marthas ville, in the county of De-
Kalb, passed 24d day of December, 1843; and
also to enlarge the boundary line of said town,
and to incorporate the same under the name of
the city of Atlanta, and to change the name of
the town of Rome to that of the city of Rome;
to provide for the election of Mayor and City
Councilmen, and other officers of said city, and
to confer upon them specified power, and for
other purposes herein mentioned. [By expira
tion of time.]
No. 73. Act to loan the credit of the State to
the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad Com
pany.
[Approved subject to the joint resolution of
the General Assembly, adopted March 12, 1869,
explanatory of the true intent and meaning of
this bilL]
Act to incorporate the Atlanta Add and Fer
tilizing Company, and the Macon AidFertilizing
Company. [By expiration of time.]
To amend an act entitled an act to define the
qualifications of voters at the election to beheld
in the city of Columbus for Mayor and Aider-
man, etc. [By expiration of time.]
No. 74. Act for the relief of the Union Branch
Railroad Company.
No. 75. Act in relation to the statute of limi
tations, and for other puiposes.
No. 76. Act to incorporate the Atlanta Canal
and Water Company.
No. 77. Act for the more efficient preservation
of peace and good order on election days in
this State.
No. 78. Act to authorize testators in wills to
give to executors named therein such sums of
money or property as they may wish as com
pensation for their services in the execution of •
the trust conferred, and for other purposes.
No. 79. Act to amend an act entitled an act to
incorporate the city of Covington, to define the
corporate limits thereof, and for other purposes
mentioned therein.
No. 80. Act to authorize W. R. Elder, of the
county of Campbell, to peddle without license.
No. 81. Act to authorize Judges of the Supe
rior Courts at Chambers to hear and determine
demurrers, and hear and determine motions to
revoke or change orders appointing a receiver
in equity cases.
No. 82. Act to incorporate the Working Men's
Mutual Relief Association of Georgia.
No. 83. Act to authorize the ordinary of
Thomas county to levy and collect an extra tax
for county purposes.
No. 84. Act to incorporate the town of Spald
ing in tiie county of Macon, and to confer upon
the citizens of said town power and privileges
therein mentioned.
No. 86. Act to enable Robert L. Grant, of
the county of Fulton, to peddle in this State
without license.
No. 87. Act to amend section 2406 of Irwin’s
Code, de sou tont, in relation to executors, and
for other purposes.
No. 83. Act to amend an act entitled an act
for the relief of debtors, and to authorize the
adjustment of debts upon principles of equity,
passed in 1868.
No. 89. Act to amend an act to secure the
produce, rents, or profits arising from home
steads, and for other purposes.
No. 90. Act to relieve Mrs. Nancy Ingram, of
the county of Union, from all liability upon a
certain recognizance therein named.
No. 91. Act to authorize and require the ordi
naries of the counties of Stewart and Webster
to levy taxes for the payment of insolvent costs
in criminal cases, upon recommendation of the
grand jury.
No. 92. Act to authorize the ordinary of
Lowndes county to issue scrip for the purpose
of raising fnpds to pay for the.building of a
court-house.
besolutions.
No. 2. Resolution authorizing the State
Treasurer to advance to members and officers of
the General Assembly the sum of one hundred
dollars each.
No. 3. Resolution appointing a committee of
two from the Senate and three from the House
to investigate the claim of G. H. Penfield,
agent Sharpe’s Rifle Company.
No. 5. Resolution that a committee be ap
pointed to visit sections where disorder is re
ported and to report to the General Assembly
what proceedings should be instituted.
No. 6. Resolution appointing a committee of
two on tho part of the Senate to join a commit
tee of three on the part of the House to make
certain investigations in relation to the expend
iture of the public funds since the adjournment
of the Legislature.
No. 8. Resolution ordering the balance of the
convention tax collected at once.
No. 9. Resolution that the sum of $2,500 be
advanced to J. W, Burke. State Printer for
1868.
No. 11. Resolution authorizing the Comp
troller General to receive a certain per centmn
on the'amount of Convention tax of 1868 col
lected by him.
No. 12. Resolntion appointing a joint com
mittee to investigate ana report npon the claims
of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad against
the State of Georgia.
.No. 13. Resolution asking the Governor to re
turn the bill entitled “an act to incoroorate the
Commercial Banking Company of the city of
Griffin, passed the Senate on the 13th February
and the House on the 19th.”
[to be concluded.]
The Philadelphia Press says: Much indigna
tion exists in the State of Georgia against the
Republicans who voted against, or rather refused
to vote for the constitutional amendment While
it was natural for the rabid Democrats to oppose
it, there seems to be little excuse far the action
of those who were expected to support it True,
their decision virtually remands toe State back
into the hands of Congress, where its destiny is
safer than in those of its own citizens, as parties
are now divided there r but it would have ap
peared nobler in those favoring the artietehsd
they stood firmly until defeated ■ if-
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