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THM WEEK!
VOLUME) XVI.
TUESDAY MORNING-, JANUARY 29, 1684;—TEN PAGES
PRICE 5 CENT.:
r DURING THE WEEK.
'WHAT THE PEOPLE OF CITY AND
COUNTRY ARE DOINO.
Tie Banka Canary Kukiux Casa Bafara tha Ualt«4
States Sjpravnc Court—TkeTrial aud Acquittal
cf Jfuu-npith of »n Ex-Govarncr—A
Tuesday, Jasaarr 99.
It la stated on cnod authority that General Long,
street will be removed from the marah&lshlp
Georgia very aoon. Colonel ritzrimoas has written
Mr. Springer and deoiaudcd a hearing before the
committee on expenditures of the department
justice. Tho new Christian church la Washington,
generally known as the Garfield Memorial church
waidedMcated wlm imposing ceremoaio?. Tho
Nationalist and Orange meetings announced to
held at Parks, punty Tyronne, Irelaul, have be*
forblddee. The ►•ill latrodnced by Mr, Cox f * tlie
repealed the test oath passed thi -lower house
coa .r..sa with nlvsn dlwouting votes. The so.iate
jii'L ‘.ury c-ramHtec has Koauimoudy decided
report favorably tha nann of Emory 8pecr for tho
district attorneyship in Georgia. A bold attempt
was mad* la Wheellog. West Virginia, to steal the
remtlns of the late Bishop Whelan for tho purpose
of securing a reward. £.8hnelder& Co.’s candle
factory In Chicago, valued at f 165 < 00. was destroy
etlby fire. Two meetings were held In Paris
furtherance of tho proposition to revise tho consti-
tn'ion.
nr THE CITY.
fils hundred and forty-six soldiers hate applied
for the bouefits of the maimed confederate soldiers'
law. William Elliott, coloiod, while walking
Cain street, fell in to a gully and broke two of his
ribs. JohuJohusou was arrested on a watrant
ch&rglug hun with 1 ireony. Emma Pinion,a negro
woman, was found <Liad in a chair in her room
Cbaroh street. Commissioner of Agriculture Hen
derson says tho oat crop of Georgia is almost a total
loss.
Wdaudtf, Jussry 98.
The Banks county, Georgia, kukiux caso was
calledln the supremo conrtat Washington. Young
Nutt, who lulled Dukes In Pennsylvania, was sc
quitted. Aq immense concourse of peasantry as*
sembled at Derrybog, ooanty Donegal, the birth
place of Patrick O'Donnell, tho slayer of James
Carey, and assisted lo tho celebration of mass for
the repr.se of tho sonl of O'Donnell. Tho master
shipbuilders of Aberdeou, Scotland, notified their
employes that their wag* are to be reduced ten
percent. TheSL Charles hotel in Paducah, Ky.
was burned to tho ground. Tho building was
brick, three stories high and cost $23,000. Insured
for 16,000. Dr. M. W. Lewis, a prominent physician
of Alexandria, Va., and at one time division aur*
geonintho confederate army, died, aged 59. On
the Nickel Plato road, near Bipley, Chantsqua
county, N. Y„ the enow plow and two engines
were thrown from the track. One of the train hinds
was killed and another was fearfully mangled,
Prcftid-nt Arthur has decided that District Attorney
Ccrkhlll, of Washington, must go, and has offered
the offico to M«Jor William E. Earls, of South Caro
lina, who has been for iereral years practicing his
profession In Washington. Mike Onddlhlo aud
wife were lynched near Ouray,Colorado, for killing
si little girl they hod adopted. Boaster Ingalls was
re-elected to another term of six years in the Uni
ted 8Utes senate from Kansas.
Governor McDaniel Signed a paper transferring
to the United 8b»tes jurisdiction over two half aero
lots at Fort Jackson, near Savannah, upon which
light houses aro to erected. Mr. H. G. Moffett,
Pike county farmer, was In tho city searching for
mule that had beon stolen from him.
Thursday, Jmuumry 34.
Harry Moss, the well known humorist, died In
Jackson, Miss., of pneumonia. Tho last spike has
been driven and the railroad from Sanford to Tam.
pa Is practically opened. A fire broke out In Lawan
Brothers store iu Arkansas City, Ark., and con
turned nearly the whole block of basinets houses.
The lomes aggregate 145,000.' Iniuraneo about 160,-
000. In the senate Mr. Sewell, from the committee
on military affairs, reported favorably a bill for the
relief of Flit John Porter; Mr. Harrison, in Mr.
Logan’s ab*ence, said there would bo a minority.
In tne Virginia senate the resolution introduced
before the holiday recess requesting Senator Ma
hone to resign his seat In the United SUtes senate
came np as the special order. Bute Senator Now-
berry, the author of the resolution, spoke In favor
of Its adoption and strongly argued on General
lfabone’s course since his election as senator. Tho
Kentucky and Iowa lesiglatures have balloted sev
eral times for United States senator without result.
The First National bank of Denver, Col., failed; it
Is thought the deposits aggregate over 1300,000,
The national executive committee ol the prohibi
tion party have decided to hold a national conven
tion In Pittsburg early in May to nominate a presl
denttal candidate.
IN THE CITY.
The United 8tales senate confirmed the appoint
ments of Emory Speer as district attorney and W.
T. B. Wilson ss postmaster at Atlanta. The Metro
politan street car company will begin building
their Hunter street 11 mo in a few days.
frUay, laaaary tt.
Judge Tompkins continued aud concluded his
speech before the supreme court In Washington, on
the Banks couuty kukiux case. In the senate Mr.
Hale reported back favorably from the committee
on naval affaits tho house joint resolution for the
relief of the Greyly c*p« Jill on and asked tnat It be
put Immediately upon iu passage. Tho strike of
he bat d* employed in the tobacco factoiles, lu Pe
tersburg, Va., comiuuor, with no indication o
their returning to woik until the reduc ion made
in their wages Is replaced. An explosion recurred lu
the Crested Bnuecoal mine «t Crested Butte. Gun
nison county, Colorado, aud from twenty-five to
fifty miners are believed to have been killed. The
English government Is holding ten thousand troopa
In readiness to embark for Egypt iu case cf an em
ergency. Eighty non-union men arrived In Bir
mingham, Ala.-, to begin work for the Birmingham
rolllug mill company. Since the beginning of the
present session of congress eighteen postmasters ol
the presidential grade have realgued tbeir offices.
The aunnal industrial exposMonof South Carolina
begins In Charleston on the 29th.
IN TH* CITY.
West End an Atlanta suburb, is now Illuminated
bystreet lamps. The Griffin bank was appointed
fcy Governor McDaniel a state depository. Epbrlam
Bell, and old negro a«n, died suddenly of hear;
disease- Mary Farley, a little girl, fell from apoich
And fsoctared her left hip.
ktirdiy, Jasuary 38.
There were 287 bussjos failures in the Catted
States daring the past week. Edwin Booth, these
tor, will soon begin a two weeks' engagement In
Baltimore; he has never played in Washington
since Lincoln’s asuuslnation. Senator Vorntet Is
. reported to have received $1,000 for defending
young Nutt. Mr. Blount, of Georgia, Introduced
a m mortal la the boose prepared by the execu
tive committee of the colored convention at Louis-
Title, praying cocgre-s to reimburse the color*d
people the amounts deposed by them in the Freed
man’s Saving a id Trust company. Buahrod W.
Hahone, a wealth; broker, of ML Carmel, 111., was
murdered iu front of his own gate,
IN TBI CITY.
Dr. W. C. Smith has beau commissioned secretary
for the state of Georgia for the national cotton
planters’ association. AUauta has never bees so
rate:
vigorously btscfged by tramps as within the past
ten days or two weeks.
Hand*), Juanstf 27.
Ex Governor John Letcher, of Virginia, died in
Lexington, Va. The postoffico at Von Z melt's store
In Fannin county. Georgia, Has been re-established
and David Garland Is postmaster. Furious gales
prevailed throughout Greet Britain. Ex President
Davit's health is rapidly failing. Tho
Minnesota slate priron was destroyed by
fire. All tho sower pipe manufacturing companies
In the United States, twenty-four in number, hare
organized a pool.
IN TUI city.
Up to date six hundred and seventy-seven appli
cations have beon filed for the benefits of the
maimed soldier’s fond. Mr. William Tamer, ol
tho penitentiary department, passed through the
city with nine convicts from southwest Georgia for
Dade county coal mines. The weather for the past
week has been—! !!s:;?TT
COMETS AND METEORS,
A Talk by l'rcfj-Mr Y«»z Kuirdtas 8am# of the
Wamterara la Ipica
New York. January 20—ProfeworC. A. Young,
ol Princeton college, had a small piece of stone in
hie hand when he began speaking in Bteluwsy
hall. “If this stone could tell Its history,” he
said, "I should not need to say a word. If it could
have been anuounccd that the story of
this stone would have bcmtold hero to-night by
itfflfthe ball would have been crowded, even
though tho weather bad beon by! as It U” It was
a piece of meteor which fell lo South India.
In the oouroeof his lecture PioMHOt Youox raid
that meteors enter tbo oarih’s nrmospheru with ve-
lueitifs ol Irom twenty to fifty times that ol a
caunou ball, aad the wonder is that, cjuridoring
thelutcuEo heat which is produced, they are not
wholly consumed before striking the earth. Tho
one which fell bringing ico with it, lu ludia lu
1M0. he said, brought with It something of the
temperature of outer space, which may be 200 or
800 degrees below ccro. He sp.'kc of the theory
thut meteors aro fragments which were cast op by
volcanocw of the- caith and moon when
those planets w«re yoang, and which remain be
yond the limit of those bodies’ attraction for ages
before b.itg *«> i i drawn back to the earth. Pro-
feasor Young dU not believe that this theory was
the tree one. Some of the meteors, he said, might
havo come from thesnn or planets. / The reason for
this supposition was that they had so much hydro
gen gas lu them. It has been estimated that many
m-llluns of meteors como into the earth’s atmos
phere every day. The probability is that there is
a meteor ever; 200 or 800 miles iu space.
Professor Young raid that there was a sort of re-
Isiloush.'p between meteors and comets. In five,
iusUhce* flocks of metems have been found taaglug
along behlud comets. Just what the connection 1«
has not been determined. It was Mr. Proctor who
stjlea comets “the scandal of tho astronomers.”
Yet in some respectt, the lecturer said, comets were
the utroiiomer's triumph. Astronomers had done
some of their best work In determining the periods
of comets.
Tho comet now visible, Professor Young said,
was ono of the captive comets, it having been
brought Into its present orbit by tho lufluence of
tho planet Neplnna. It 1< the comet of 1812.
$1,000 MI - SING.
Atao Ono of New OitwV flee* Kaova aa4 Xtil
Popster Young Mrs.
Nrw IIaykn, January 20.—1 homes K. Acksell, Jr.,
one of the beat known and most popular yonng
men In Now Haven, manager of a large skating rink
hero, and captain of a bicycle dob, has disappeared,
taking with him about ono thousand
dollars, belonging to the proprietor of the
rink. Henry Bigelow, ot Worcester. AckrlU was a
very proiuLlng young man and well connected. Ho
was long a member ot tho First Baptist church.
Several year* ago he formed thy acquaintance of
(ho pretty daughter of David It. Ban ten, she being
then a uiembe. of thahlrh r-b io tlx-
»crw mWiicdr^IDC marriage wss not made
■public,’however, for some months afterward. Ack-
rill and his wffe lived happily
together to all appearances. While she
was visiting her parents a few days
ago ho gathered together his penonsl effects and
' /or parts unknown. The rink that Ack
igtd was the resort of the best people of
>ew Haven, aud as Its manager he mado a large
acquaintance among those moving In the highest
THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
THE WORK MAPPED OUT FOR THE
COMING YEAR.
A Flere Partisan Debate to Take Place Orer the
Sherman Bwolutton-The Lsmar-Ndmunds
Incident of the Executive Bcaalon-Ad
ministrative Reforms Demanded.
A Sled Miner.
New York, January 28 —Mr. Charles A. Dana has
begun to throw up fortlflcatlous about the dun
office. Mr. C. 8. Bonham, tho mining-stock opera
tor who was reported to have fled to 8an Francisco
several weeks ago, aud for whose account stock
was bought in on tho Mining exchange, returned
to tho city to day Ho was very Indignant at the
report, and said that every liability would be met,
and that the buylug of the stock was
occasioned by bit forgeiriag all about the contract,
as be was leavlug tho city on Important business
mattera. Mr. Betiham was especially Indignant at
a statement in a Now York paper that ho had fled
from the city, leavlug unpaid liabilities amounting
L> overF20U.000. Mr, Benhsm said that he tele
grapnel to Mr. Charles A. Dana fromSau Francisco
sail- faeilon." Mr. Bauham Is a strong man, six
f et high, aud looks able to back up any assertion
Ho may make.
A 8evM.Yeae.ui4 Ulri Abdacted.
Syracuse. January 26.—A strange c«e of abduc
flora occurred at Blodgett Mills, fonr miles from
Courtlaud, ou Thursday lost Alice King, aged 7
ywa»s. living at Venice, Cayuga couuty, went to
Blocgi-tt Mills about two weeks ago to visit her
grandfather and other relatives. On
ulghi of tho ldh last, sho stayed with
unde earned Kuebcn Reynold!. The uext morning
she went to school with Nellie Brown. the teacher,
who wom staying there. Atab*ut 0 o’clock a man
and a womau urovu up to tho school house and
asked fur the girl. When rho weut to the door tho
rn iu called h.r by name and asked her if she Would
like to lake a ride. She consented, aud getting In
to the sleigh ilu-y drove off toward Cortland. That
Is tne last that has been seen of her.
Oh the following day tho father of the girl. James
Henry Ktug. went to Blodgett mill a to see his
dangnter. aud learned of her .dlsanpoarauco. lie
nodded the authorities. Miss Nellie Brown, the
•Metier. said the man was middle aged*and ratner
slim. >Hhe could not describe the woman. The
horse was of a dark c dor and drew a Portland
cutter. TbeablucUl child Is about the average
“A Good Mae Wreafft”
St. Louis, January 28 — Hiram II. Post, superin
tendent and cx-trcasuier of the Fourth Baptist
church Sunday school, and coufiden-
clerk and bookkeeper
W. Pratt, agent of the McCormack Harvesting
KfrCsplns Machine company, of Chicago, made au
nuiuccnbful attempt to cnncnic suicide this even
ing at hi* realdenco. He had taken a dose of land
anum aud had cut hta throat (n a bungingmanu^r,
when he waa discovered by a young man rooming In
the house. The wounds are caugerous, but not ne-
isarliy fatal. The cause cf the act, by Poet’s own
• fca-lnn, was that he had been discovered to be
emtwreler from his employers to the amount of
. 370. Post’s wife it In New York. He has two
children here, aged threw and nine years.
a able •eUiiiM.
London, January 26 —The ships City of|Lucknow
aud Simla, engaged in the Australian trade, came
collision Friday night In the English channel.
The Simla was snnk. The steamer Guernsey saved
seventeen lives. Some of the crew of the Sim a
got on board the City of Lucknow. Tne two boats
ihat pur off from the Utter were swamped by a
heavy sea, but the Meaner Guernsey «tved their
occupants. When the Alula was abandoned she
bad nine feet of water in her hold. 7ke City of
Lu<*kuov was nezMftceu laying to ar.d buruing red
lights. No Htcs were lost so far as U known.
D/aaaitU fa Kas>aa4<
London, January 28.—A package containing ex
plosive* waa found to-lay outside Farrington sta
tion London, on the underground railway. The
Globe states that the officials of the Irish national
league denounce the invtitntlon of Patrick Ford’s
'’ecacrzeuey fund.” Notwiuutaudlu* ureir pro
tests, however, it 1* **i 1 that» Larg i portion of the
league’s fends nave boon virtually placed at Ford’s
disposal
Ip you want to try our paper fbree men tbs
get three neighbors, and each put in £> cents
Bend $l.W and all four trill get the paper.
Special to The Constitution.
Washington, January 25.—Recent leakings
of the executive session, in which Mr. Speer's
confirmation wa3 considered, prove it to have
been marked by such^bltierness os has not
been known iu that body in a long time. Jlr.
Edmunds left the chair, and made a speech
for the confirmation. He attacked the south
ern people most bitterly, and said it was im
possible for an official to do his duty among
them without being the victim of obloquy
and insult, Mr. 8peer had served well, and
such was his record. He regarded the attack
of Youmans on Speer, In Columbia, as brutal,
and not believing it posriblo
that a federal judgo would al
low the government attorney to bo so
Insulted, he wrote to tbo judgo and asked If
the occurrence had been correctly reported.
The judge replied that it bad. Mr. Edmunds
then continued such a tirade against tbo
south os characterized the first years in con
gress after tha war.
Mr. Butler replied to him, declaring that
ne such feelings as he spoke of existed in tho
south. He opposed Mr. Speer because he
honestly thought him unfit in character or
legal attainments to be district attorney.
Mr. Beck sold the office was the price paid
to Speer for his political desertion.
SENATOR LAMAR’S ATTACK ON EDMONDS.
The sensation of the session was occasioned
by Mr. Lamar's scathing reply to Mr. Ed
munds. He said Mr Edmunds had stated
what be knew to be false, «nd had willingly
slandered the people of tho south. He could
not have bad any other intention than to In
sult every southern man on the floor.
4> Ob. no!" exclaimed Mr Edmunds.
Mr. Lamar continued: **Well,in spite of the
disclaimer of the collator, I mod adhere to
my declaration that his extraordinary speech
at the beginning of this debate could havo no
other purpose than a desire to affront tho
southern members of thesenateand hold them
up to the view of the senators ss unblushing
defenders of a political policy than which no
worse esa be conceived of in this or any
other country. I positively believe that his
iut€nlion was to insult, individually aod col
lectively, every southern senator on the floor,
ancbjflrWWL ain personal [YarfOncorned, 1
mu.at say to ?tbc. senate;,'►Jfce had sue-
CCBdfd. ' '\QAftll|6 ttittA
fn c-mclusion he sold , d vote for
S* Jeer keaflds* » worse mnn n „ j 0n k nomine-
t« Id if be were rejected. The t °fn -42 to 10.
Bltns drs Lamar and EdmumltPJg/Tf liuent as
Hi all that happened In iheextV -ivc aee.-.ion,
bnl tbo foregoing is bolleved fx> bit 'the sub
stance of what happened between thApi.
Wasiukoton, January 22A-The F< Banka
couiety kukiux case whs called in ttav^r-
day,'nnd'pit f. bff'tnitTi* tomorrow nt|
12 o'clock,in order that the returns of Genera)
Longstreet and the superintendent of the
Albany penitentiaiy could bo printed. These
returns to the rule ni si to show cause why
the prisoners wero held in custody had just
come In to-day. The solicitor-general of the
United St ate*, Hon. Samuel F. Phillips, has
been very accommodating in the matter, and
has afforded Judge Tompkins every opportun
ity to have the case brought to a speedy bear
ing. At the opening of court to-day, tho case
was called and the chiei justice, expressing a
desire to have the whole record In print, if
was set for to-morrow. The brief of tne solid
tor-general hits been filed, aud It concedes all
the grounds in favor of the petitioner! that
were taken against them by the Uuited
States attorney in the court below, and puts
the right of the government to indict and
punish the petitioners upon a section
of the federal constitution not relied upon
before Judge McCpy. Judge Tompkins has
prepared an amendment to Uls brief cover
log the new grounds taken by the counsel fur
the government hero, aod will have it before
the court to-morrow. This is a practical
abandonment on the part of the government
of the grounds so confidently relied upon by
District Attorney Emory Speer In Atlanta,
authori ng the couviction. The gr*uud*
taken by the solicitor-general of the United
States may bo briefly stated in language figm
bis brief: “The question seems to bj whether,
as regards the persona qualified to vote for
members of congres is.the Uuited Sta.es can
protect freedom of thought and action in
voting from violation, au£ consequently from
destruction by force.” He aays further on
in the investigation of how the federal gov
ernment ia to compass this eud: "I shall
oiuit any reference to the race and color of
the voter whose injury constitutes tho
alleged crime. I submit that
these circumstances, and therefore
the allegitioua as to them may be regarded
■s superfluous.” These new developments
Judge Tompkin Is preparing to meet when
the cose comes up to-morrow. He aays that
he is perfectly confident what the decisiou
ought to be, but cannot tell what it will be.
lie feels greatly Interested in the result cf the
ie, involving questions of vast importance,
touly-to lira people of Georgia, but lo
those of eveiy state in the union. Tne while
matter baa been worked up, and tel forth by
him alone, without aid or counsel from any
one, and if successful to him alone will be
long the credit of having so important a
question decided. As neither Georgia sena
tor is a practicing lawyer, though both wero
ouc<* so, Judge Tompkins obtained theaervi
ces of his old friend, fienator Pugh, of Ala
bama, to present the case to the court and get
the order looking to the alignment for the
bea: ing. This was done at the meeting of the
court in January,and other than this no lawyer
has taken part in the preparation of the
habeas corpus case.
OMOCY SPE1B CON* IBM CD.
While in executive session tne senate con
firmed the nomination of Emory Hpeer to be
United Hrates district attorney for the north
ern district of Georgia. The debate upon the
subject was a lovg one, the question having
been raised based upon the fact that the
vacancy was created while Mr. tipeer was a
member of congress. Some partisanship was
displayed in the discussion, but tho senators
upon both sides voted tor confirmation.
Washington, Jan. 28.—There is a prospect f a
fierce partisan debate in ihesenate. A day or two
sg? John Sherman lntodnoedayeeduUon ostensibly
designed to pave tho way for information about the
recent pollUoal difficulties in DaivMe, Virginia,
and in Minirippi, which reaulted lo bloodahed.
The real ofaj«ct of the retolntlon, however, was to
get the subject before the renate, ao that the key
note of the campaign next fall could be cet, Bbcr-
i, Edmnnds. Hoar, and aome others on the re
publican tide will speax to the resolution, and
there are several democratic senators who
propose to say semetting. It has been
evident for aome time that the republicans
expec ed to wave the bloody shirt, and to make the
moat of the Danville and Mieaisaippi affairs. At the
recent meeting of the republican ocogiMtional
committee, Senator Hoar rung the changes on that
sibemr, aud Utlmated that somethicig would oc
cur in tho senate toon that would give the cue to
the )uirty throughout the country. Mr. Hoar re 1
fer.t d to this Sherman resolution. Home of the
southern feeuatois aro very glad of thuopportunity I
of meetltigiho I sue. They propose to arraign tho
Koveruxntutfnr administrative corruption and rec-
uo misim, aud for nursing a state ot thing* lu Vir-
atria aud Misrilalppi that mad* colll-ion beiwctm
tho wblt»s and black* Inevitable. Senator Lamar
(Urirc6,lt be is wellenough, tovurakon this mat
ter, aud 11 be doe* he will amplify the views set
fordi in thj following letter to the Commonwealth
dot of Philadelphia:
“f he majority oftbOpoopleofthounion,a*I fully
believe, would gladly return to tbo wise aud con
servative methods of tho fathers, but they havo
notauoccedcd in dislodging from tho poMe-»lotiof
the uatloual government tho party which regards a
Intro ou.iy of our ciiiseus oa proper objects of au«-
picfeu.denuuclaiiou.rcpres'lou audadUfraiichlse-
m- 't iiouo the leas sweeping because it is not em-
to lled lu statutes. Measures are now pending in
congress lnroiving federal usurpation more alarm-
ltKAOdasMaPsupou the autonomy ot the states
MoBfatal thnu any m decided by the supreme
< util to be violative of the count! utlon. The par-
amount !s«uo before the country is suit the reform
of kc national government from its sectional umr-
pmUm aud corruption The great want of the
con airy is peace aud administrative reform, d
in Accomplish this g res Pend of admlni.otra'lvo
rufayh. alliruo democrat*aud mII patriot*, whether
of democratic or republican a ntecedents, who are
wlittog to cooperate, should, whatever maybe
th -if differences on other quevtlout, unite lo elect
a democratic president. Tue union of the democ
racy tor the good of the uulou is the first step to
- *ng victory that will inaugurate au admin-
■■I _ ..under which local self-government, a free
end harmonious play of economic forocs, the Justi
right* of sutei aud Individuals of labor aud of cad l
lr«i, will be secured, and, at the same dnto, the
American republic snail have opened to it a career
of grandeur aud b**naflceace trsuscondiug even tho
glosKaof the past,”
It will bj observed from this letter th«t Mr. La
mar thinks the question of administrative reform,
aod hot tho tariff, is the paramount issue before I
the country to day.
AN OLD INCIDENT RECALLED.
Sail au cx wnator to a correspondent thU even-
ing: ”1 see that Lamar and Edmunds have raau-
aged to get up a row over the confirmation of Emory
Speer, cf Georgia. Lamar is a curious individual
and full ol grit, but bo is too apt to construe tbo
Utigusgc of a political adversary into a personal
affiant; just lUo Bayard in that respect If aur
out; otuugu the democratic party with wrong or
double-di-itlli.g, Bayard gets up aud lajs his
hann ou bis hetrt, and produces
hi* Individual stock of honor, under tho Im
prtMtou tlmt Romooue had assailed or denied it
so far sr 1 cad tccall, this is the first time any sen
ator h*s foresworn personal relations with Mr. Kd
munis because of the acrimonlesof debate. Before
ConkjiuglefuhoBenatohehad several hot enooun
tern, one -I them being with Lamar and the other
with Gordon; but hi* manner was unbearably of-
femlve when ho tried hlmtelf. Ou auother occasion
he and Bayard engaged in controversy, whoa per-
Roaalt lea wero exchsngod. All theso named wero
number! of the judiciary commluco. except Gore
don, and for mouths tho mcetiuRS were conducted
without any personal recognition of Cimkliug by
Bayaul and Ltmsr. .'They nsv*r spoke as they
pAMKxl,by.” Jtwailn <he word fight between Couk-
llugrud UurJf.ii that tho most serious result! were
loured. Gordon has no fear of powder and bullets,
and Conk Hug was not charged with any lack of per*
M>ual courage. The merits of the controversy were
fliml'f referred for a peaceful settlement to Mr.
Uam>iu,t>s Cotikllng's friend, General
lianfe.m, as Gordon's friend, and Bona
tor McDonald selected by the o*her
two. Neither Uamliu nor McDonald could tell a
toy p;*tol fiom a stomach pump, while Ransom was
one of the net accomplished oodlsts of the coun
try. ,'Ie de ired an amicable settlement of coutw,
mimI Hier detailing the laws ol the code to his
brotht r referees the conclusion was retched that
the Lt'. urive words must h* retracted lu the order
ultereld. and matu-ra were finally adjusted on this
Tone ( tone principle, . _ *
Iu >li - pres ut cose Lamar has simply served no-
tlce fits! personal relations must cease, and Mr.
Edranuds has no opportunity to retort in kind. Iu
themicr instance* whero troublo was f-jured, the
lie h*|i passed direct.
*7 minmton, January 23.—Mr. Holman
that ho believed only one tariff bill
J would be reported by the, ways and meaus com-
[ mittee. He says opinions in the committee differ]
widely asto tho proper policy, but tbinxs there'
I a genuine desire to act conservatively. Mr. More]
rlsonsays he hopes to present such a bill ss caul
offend no one, aud nted create no alarm to the
most timid of business Interests. Mr. Carlisle has
been cautioning certain of his friends who were
in favor of extreme action when congriM met. Hel
stands cn tho sentiments of his Inaugural addressfl
and deprecates any violent agitation, in spltooA
these Msurauces many democrats are apprehensive
i hut rash action may bo had. Blroug sfntlmont 1*
developing in favor of Johu Barbar, of VliRtula,
inn chairman of tho national domor:raiiocomml-ito.
His uansgemeut of the recent Virginia campaign
I demountrattdhls flue powers of orgauixatiou. Bu
Louis has the prettiest chances of getting the con
vention.
TUX WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
jTho democratic members of the ways and messs]
committee aro doing more in the preparation of ol
liariff bill than the republican members of the com|
mttteeknow. Congressman Frank Uutd, of Ohlol
I for insUnce, is not suspected of any disloyalty to]
Ithe cause of tariff reform. He says: “Don't be
dpcoursged. Wo aro working each one on hU
specialty, and In Jila ovm direction. Wo are d« jng |
NEWS OF flFORfrlA I Smlthton, on tbo line of this and Fulton county.
^ Ho immediately,proceeded to the place, and sum-
WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING
AND DOINO.
AUth* Leading Crime*. Casualties and Other Events
-Hew th* Crop* Taroagaont * the Country
■trad-Talk Abaut Politic* ■ndBuslneaa
-Matter* of General Intareat, Eta.
more than anybody knows anjtblug about. The
an bcomml tu.t-N ore examining the variuue querulous
I believe miaelf that tbo country la read) for free
trade to-morrow. We shall never be In any better
coudlllou for it, but there are a good many of ibe
brethren who do not think as i do. They nro wil
ling, however,to walk to the rlgbtdbreoUonao long
as ibey do that I am wllllng;to go a hide more slowly
aud kApaloug with thsin. We shall havo a *111,
aud it will be in the right direction It will not be
very long bt-fore we begin to consider it lu fpll
commiitee. It will be a progress!vo bill, which
will meet tho approval of tho frieuds ot tariff re
form.” It Is clear from this atau-meut that tbo
reioimera ol the-commlttco aro workiug in ways
that many members do uot uitdersisud. Tln-ir
►lurp commetiU upon the supposed Inaction may
be wholly misplaced. It MMcm! oerulu (bat Mr.
Morrison's committee will be able lo agree upon
some bill, and that It is now lu oourae of prepara
tion. Mr. Morrisoi " ' '
oommlttM to oeoey.. —
auction, but (t now s.*cats probabtu that it wLl lw
ntcemory to make some exc*prious to rm
general iCAle and to IcgHaio speclfl
nail- os to certain articles. Mr,
lit wilt, for insistice, wan's what
he calls some of the crudities of (ho existing tariff
corrected, and is supposed to diMro to have sum-
action a* to raw materials. If tho house Is disposed
to go lute general di»cus*iou no one will bo more
ready to doso than M^ Morrison. >he macniuery
of leg 14a<tou is very alow lo starting. At the pre-ent
rate ot pregrer* JVindall'* notion of a short session
will need to be soon- abandoned, unless it Is to be
admi-Ud that after February 1st Randal) Is to have
entire control of the time of the house for his ap
propriatloQ bills. The »ugcestloi<B of Mr. Hurd do
uot make any sxcb condu»fou moouabl*.
Thepoatoffice was re-establUhed at Van Zant’s
storo. Fannin couuty, and David Garland was ap
pointed postmaiter.;
A Hriwa Firs.
MiNNEiroLtt, Jauuary 2G.-A fire broke oat In
tho state prison at Brill water at li;l5o'clook last
night, and in ipfteof every effort all the ballings
were destroyed. The prifoowajaelading the Young
er brothers, were taken out and placed under strong
guard in the yard. The loss is probably |50u,000
The fire was first 41 (covered bye pedestrian, who,
falling to attract Attention of the prison guards,
ran down town an1 turned in he alarm It caught
under the maiu office of the car company, and
when the fire department arrive! it was
impoAibte to do auy active woik on
account of tho denao smoke. At 1 o’clock it be
canto evident that tho prison was doomed, and
r lApaiiy K, *<ate wilUU. was called upon roasdsi
la rt-movlKg tho coaxlots. About 330 iu all were
absr s M v g .-liter by means of loog fire chains and
rmoved ro different potnu in the prison ar<mnds.
The fire «,»re*d wlta remarkable rapidity, aod
atartinfffW theefiateud ot the prison soon reached
tho w«rdi.-n’H oirt aud it then spread to the
ofileceof the Nor-inwesp-rn car company. The en
tire front part of the balding was a mass of f jtnes.
From the office of the car company the fire spread
to the kitchen and eattug room of the prison ad
joining lu which ih-s coapel (s situated.
All of the property destroy td by the fire stBf ill-
water prison, belonged to the state and was partially
Insured. Tne lots to the prison custractora J.t
trifling. _
J«r Dart/| Maa’tb.
Nxw Yoxx, January 26 —“Issw the old con fed-
eraio chieftain not loog ago,” sold a MUriuip-
plan to a reporter at the Btarteraat boast to-day.
"He I*alm»t a* faehle as a tick man can be—bent
with cares and years. HD voice Is wtsk andhts
body beat I might almost say that he 1* decrepit.
You kr*ow toat he lost au ey-r years ago, aod the
sight of the remaining one U failing. He takes too
UuD exercDr. hU frifdd* say. I goal he D cot
oag for this world.
Spocla' to Tho Cotntltutlon.
Macon, January 26—A singular caso of phyil
cnl eudurauco was told to-night by ^r. J. R. Hlx:
”1 and Mrs. Down*, of IlllooD, were vlritlng Mr.
Elam Evans, Ilo vard district. There the became
very 111. On Wednesday hereon. Charlie, weut
hunting to kill xrmo birds. During the walk he
fouud a rabbit, which ran luto a hollow stump
about 10 feet high. He could uot reach thegomo,
as It had run up tbo stump. He climbed to tho
top As ho did bo Ills left arm bccamo fastened
in a sp it near the top. Ho was held fait. Attempt
lug to exiricato himself he slipped, and was held
suspended by the wiUt. He could not po**lbly
loosen himself Ho called for h ip. Being some
dlNtaace from tho houso he was not heard. He
suffered agonies. Seeing no hope of relief ho made
up bla mind to cut hD throat. He got a knife
from his pocket, opened it with bis teeth, was in
tho net of puitlngltlntohls neck when his forti
tude gave away. He preferied tho suffering. BUli
mi*pended he could stand ft no longer.
Hiring his arm he fnit for iho
elbow Joint, made a deep incision In Iho fl^h
for the purpose of severing hi* arm, thereby effec
ting roles so. Ho missed me J-»lnt, mado several
gikheM lu tho arm lu trying to find it. Under the
mental aud physical ntiu, hu fainted. Ills mus-
civs became relaxed, lie dropped «o the ground.
Recovering he walked ro the house and tald the
terrlbio story, as Tub Constitution gives It to ID
reader*.
A BABY’* DEATH.
A Rad misfortune happened Ur. aud Mr*. John
Meline, Hazel street, lA-t night. Retiring Mrs.
Meline took her threo week old child with her. At
night she awakened, pressed the child to her and
d^covered it being cold. Oil examination tbO hor
rible truth dawned on her that the little one was
dead.
on » wag-m in from of
the dry ball The music frightened the animal*.
They plunged forward, prcclplta lug him to tho
ground. A! he fell ho was caught on the side,
brining him considerably. Tho wagon turned
over aud was badly broken up.
Danieiaville, January 23.—A numbor of fires
have been occurring for several days lu tho homo
of Pell Moody, a colored dtlzcn living on Mr. J V.
Collier's p’aco near the lino of Oglethorpe and Mad
Ison. Fortunately help his been at hand at etch
outbreak, and his homo hu beeq saved, but each
fire left Pell with a more limited supply of home-
hold goods, UU now overy bed, clothing, furniture,
eto., are gono, except what appatol tbo family had
on, and nothing D left in tho houso but a few rags
and a piece of an old bed wheroon tho baby Ilex
Children were alwhji In tho house when fired,
wblchVu sometimes In five or alx places aud in
daitlmo, but Incendiary could not ho discovered.
A fow day* liter an nut home and fodder, pens and
hay for Pell's two mules, were eurirvly consumed.
It is thought by outsiders that Pell'l eldrst daugh
ter about 12 yeats of ago, ba» tnen doing the mis
chief.
George Long, colored, wu bitten twice a few days
stnon by a rabid dog. Four raid dogs have boon
killed in this comity wlthlu the pan few days.
Borne fine hound* havo been bitten by tbem.
Washington January 23 —Wo uudersDud that
Mr. Bbelverton, of this place, where nonwaslu-
Jarvd by tbo railroad accident near Camilla A few
week* ago,will outer suitncalmt tho raid for $10,000
damages, Hi* son was Son bis way to Valdosta
tojattend school at tho time vibe accident ocourred,
but as soon as ho was ablo to bo removed bis father
brought him back homo. Ho is considerably cut
about tbo face and no doubt will eventuate in dis
figuring him for life.
Eastman, Janbsry 23—Burglar* entered tho store
of Mr. Bol Hcrrman by boring through the floor and
stole eight dollars from tbo money drawer, a silver
watch, and over a hundred dollars worth of fine
clothing. A large auger, mall valUe aud a pair ol
over-shoes were left under iho houso by the thief.
The ownership of there articles has not been sacer-
talaed. John Clark and Frank McLon, two young
colored bucks, hsvebeeu arrested ou Muplclon,
and are now lu Jail awaiting a prellmcnary trial.
Thoma!>ton, January 22.—Tho storo of J O. Mc
Crary was entered last night by somo ono by boring
a bole lu one of tbn sldo doors, aud after removing
ibeoroa* bar the door was opened. Near (be safe
was found a four foot iron crow bar. Tho knob on
moned a Jury and held an inquest. Wo learn from
him that there was no evidence taken down in tte
cuts, but that tho circumiDuces oonnacted with
the killing were about a* follows: On Tuesday
night, Qua Freeman, colored, went to the resi
dence of Fred G. Calb, a dairy
man, living near Smlthtou, to get him
to write a letter for him, which Mr. Calb willingly
did, and after reading it to Freeman he expressed
hlmcelf as being well pleaecd with U Mr. Calb got
up and waa standing in front of the fireplace Mik
ing to Freeman, and turned around and started to
undergoing trial now, being Indicted for mo
seoond degree, aud In all probability
found guilty. The cares of J. W. Llug m
front of it Ho picked up the pistol to move it out
of the way. aud It went off, hitting Freeman lu the
head and killing him. Tho pistol was a self-cock
ing pistol, and one of Mr. Calb’sson’s, lu handling
it had cocked it, and the picking of it up caused
ii logo off. The mdict of tho coreuor’s Jury was:
"Wothe jury find Jut Gus Freeman came to hD
death by h pistol shot wound, the pistol being acci
dentally discharged aud tho blame attached to no
one."
Millidoeville,January 25—Tho Juries lathe
cases of Alex McMillan and hD son, John McMil
lan. indicted for murder, brought in vcrdicD of
gullly, recommending that the prisoners be sent to
the penitentiary for life. Another son, Daniel, Is
—-—» * •— 4~»—- for murder in
will be
... 0 iuld and
Austin Wilson will follow for tho same oflkuse.
Tho circumstances of thlsoaae briefly, areas fol
lows: On November 10th, last, William Tolllson .
and his brother. John, became involved lu a dim-
onlty in H. E. Kreuts bar-room, with the
‘ f O named partita, iu which John Tolllson be-
^peacemaker aud tried to settle the trouble.
The Tolllmaa departed for home lu a short while,
followed by the McMillans. The latter overtook
the former at the Fishing creek bridge, and began
the difficulty by one of the McMillans stin king
one of tho TollUmis From that tho fight ended lu
the murder of John Tolllson. All through the
trouble it appears that the Tolllsons wero trying to
escape aud the McMillans were on the aggreafve.
The cares have been ably prosecuted by Solicitor
General Whitfield and Jndge F G. DuBlgnon and
Ukewire stubbornly defended bv Messrs. Ban-
ford, Crawfmd, Grieve and Mathews. There are
quite a number of distlngulnhed lawyers atteudlog
- >urt. Among them are J W. I’reston, W. A.
often, Colonel Jordon, of Spans, aud others.
Colonel W. A. Lofton will be counsel In tho caso
of AUst. Wilson, wno. it seems bias much guilty ot
belog in bad company ss anything else. Iio was iu
tha McMillan crowd, but aid not actually taxea
hand in the murder- Court will hardly more than
got through with these murder cases this week.
Tallulah, January 25.—A party of revenue
official* spent Ian night at Tallulah, returning
from a raid through Rabun, where they captured
several distilleries and one prisoner. Jt seems that
tbo temporanco tidal wave and the revenue
S filriat* will succeed In suppressing whisky in
ibun county although a registered dlsililetyis
being started up within one mite of Tallulan, sit
uated In Habersham couuty.
Cab rEBsviLLX, January 25.—Tbo superior court
is now engaged In trying tho caso of tho state
•gainst Robert Smith, colored .charged with having-
murdered SDpnsy Pruitt, alio colored, In Bcpum
her last. The prisoner Jidr/cnded by Geo. B John
son and J M. Neel, whllo tha state Is represented
by tho solicitor general and Colonel T. w. Milner.
Knoxville, Januaiy 10.—a young man near
our town procured bis license to marry a girl in
our county a fow days ago, tbo tlmo sot was tho
22d Inst He with tho minister and bis friends
went to her honre to b ave them both mado one,
rests on no particular ono here.
Hollands If ills, January 22—On the 17th Inst,
a negro boy about 15 years old made an attempt to
outrage Mi.W. V. Boatright's little six year old
daughter. Tho rascal decoyed lbs child off *omo
two hundred yards from the houso, then tried to
•ooompkib hDhelllah desire: hut thoicreamsof
tbo would bo victim was heard by hor mother,
who hastened to sea what tbo trouble would bo,
aud when aho Oho mother) arrived at the place,
behold the II *na had his clutch** hold ot the child
The screams of iho mother gavo the boy fright and
h* fb-d. But diligent searches were mado until his
capture, which was ntsdt* yesterday, by N. W.
Camp Ho was thou bronght tH-fure Justice V. P.
Hurut-tt for a preliminary trial, which resulted in
commltllr g him u> jail.
LawexNcxviLLE. January 22—Judge James T.
Lamklu, Gwluuatt'asrdfnary, In 1882, Hatted 197
aud in 16A1,1L0 marriage llesuscs, and surtod the
new year quite lively, having issued four in an
hour lost Saturday even lag.
Cai^lla, January U —The early morning freight
rain going north rati aver and terribly mangled a
negro boy named Amos Gllcrease, about three mi?**
above here, killing him In.Dntly. Ha rat dowu on
tho track, and uotirlibaundlng tbo very cold
w*-*'kt?r, went to sleep. Tho boy had rone to Mr.
Nix'* to plow, but ou account of the cold that gen
lit-xnan dismissed him.
The young man *belverten, who was wounded In
tbo face about a mouth ago In tho railroad accident
that occurred about six miles abova thta place, has
recovered sufiHuutly to leave for hD homo In
Washington, Us.
iJANCZuivriLLE, January 24.—Mis* Martin, the
white girl who wee Dken from her home In Ogle
thorpe by a negro and so cruelly treated sumo
time since,'was carried from Jail on a writ of habeas
corpus today and re'eased. The much lmpo»e<
upon and shamefully used girl i very young end
said to be not v*ry bright. If the negro was not
protected by th<- Jail there would not bo much ex
penwou the county about hD trial.
LAFxTxrri, January 24 —James McCoy, who was
arrested on suspicion of robbing the mail at Pond
Spring, aud who was tried at that place Monday,
iltted, but escaped that nlghL Tho money
was all recovered.
Claytcn, January 24.—Arrived from Atlanta
Mrs. F. A. Bleckley, accompanied by borhu»band
aud Judgo L. E. Bleckley. Mr*. Bleckley bos been
In Atlauufer six weeks under trcAtmeut for can
oerof the bead. It has been about twenty tight
year* since Mrs. Bleckley fl retd lac- #vered the cancer;
for a long time sbe paid but little attention toil,
not kno*i;£ what It was, but it gradually grew
worse and worse, and has Riven her great pain lor
ihe last fow yean rtdo had tried many remedies
but without relief, hot dually through the luflu-
eocoof her friends and relatives she saw that an©
wa» compelled to do something or not livebuta
shore while. Bin- consented to *ry and she comet
home much las proved, Bbe fs now hopeful, also
D her frieuds and relatives tnat aho will be perma
nently cured if sbe sliii continual to Improve.
Mr*. Sberley. who litres in three miles of Uajton,
also returned yesterday.
Bavavmah, January 21.—A young man named
Johnson, from some point on the Macon and Bruns
wick railroad, came to tho city yesterday lo make
purchases, and hut night fell among sharpers,
aud was swindled out of his money, si a HUie game
of dice. He Invoked the aid of the police today
hot could not recover.
Decatur, January 24.—Yesterday morning Mor
gan Veal, coroner of thla oonnty, was notified that
colored mao had accidentally been shot near
but on tliclr arrival her father met tbo young tnsn
aud .told him that sho hod decided to tako*‘»iuoihec
feller.” and would bavu rent him a mcnugo, but
supporing bo would hear of It in rime.
Appling, January 25.—Bomo farmers report the
oat crop badly daronecd by tbo freeze, whllo others
say theirs' remain uulojured.
OsnoRN, January 25.—About Iho first of January,
Deputy Marebal Cobb captured an 11 lclt distillery
aud partlca conocruc-d. They say they placed
themselves beyond tho penally of tho law as is re
quired by law by swearing ont warrants from four
to six each agalust meu who hod bought whisky
from thorn iu any quantity. Anyway, they wero
soon bock piloting Cobb around amongst their
neighbor!, their own names marked
sm w Hiicm h sg-riiiHt tho same.
Your writer has Just heard that oil tho night of the
19ili, a crowd of dlagttUed men arrested aud tied
Cslo Denton and Harlan Bpcvla and Tom Goss
whom U»*ycharged with swearing fairly ag-iuht
good elUseus. Denton and BpovD have not been
neard from since As tlmo dueloses their where
abouts, will givo you furihor information,
It Is rumor* d that ono of the cotton factories at
Roswell will shut down:
In tho last few months In Washington county all
of Mr. B. O. Rigby's children. *lx in number, have
hud typhoid fi ver, Iho lant two having been Dken
sick a short while since. Fortunately bono of them
havo died.
A negro child ou Mr. J. R. Scott’s place, In CoweD
county, was burned lo death Saturday. Ills the
same old story of careleis neglect, tbo mother bav*
lDggouo loa pprlng after water, leaving her baby
inchatgoof a small child, who let it get into the
fire.
West Point Oszotto: Mr. J. n. Parnell has been at
his world-renowned and largest peach orchard since
J»iiu«ry 1st. Wo aro lorry to learn that ho was con
siderably damaged by thulato cold spul), It having
killed between live and six thousand head of flue
young cabbage
Washington Gazette: Thero wcrola half million
brick burned litre last year aud every one of tbem
bru k ns (her - is In Gi oral*. Wo hopo tho captain
will burn a million brick this summer and that all
of them will ho pat Into improvements berenbout*,
ur town Is on a boom aud this many brick will
ktly bo needed this year.
Walter Davis and 8u»lo Driver, a runaway
couple from La Fayette, wero carried last Sunday
in West Point.
Dawson Journal: Mr. Mathew Marshal) Is ono
of tho solid iarmerit of Iho 3d district. Mr. Mar
tha!) has plenty of com to do him two years, he
has a good many of last year's raising of oaU ou
hand yet and plenty of meat, rate»d at home. Ho
also has several boles of cotton stored at home. All
Mich men are rook bottom solid: wish we had more
of them in thte section.
Summerville Gazette: There was somo excite-
nrenl Jn town last Wednesday and Thursday.
Aleck Hinton found a letter on the floor of the
man's auny. aun, being weighed down with stolen
gold, buried it under the hotel; that clrcumsfsncee
bad prevented his returning tor it. and now he
‘ “hlcago.” "lobe” entered Into tho
...... — «--ie, went under tho bou»e. pretended
to dig In tbo spot ludcated. came out with an alrof
nistery sndprofetwd to havo found a box con-
Inin) 83*,000 In gold. No doubt tho letter was
written by -one mischievous young man in town
merely to make a stir.
The Summerville Gazette says that John Fchols
and Miss Maggie Wooten, both of Dlrttown valley,
were married several months ago. aod for some
reason choso to keep tho affslr secret till a week
or so ago,
Waycross Reporter: Probibillon "don't always
•om*-times" prohll.lt. The more force that is ured
rmjDoe* I* employed by those who feci
bat their rights have been infringed upon. They
whole matter as bclDg a heretic
rsnatlctea and long for the return of the good old
times whan whisky was made pure and there was
uo restraint sgslnst its free ore.
Milton Democrat: The seventeen page commit-
: tD ,‘ n * */' - e dtdine tomit>Ua&
owlnn toll. Id k b,u4 U'hiic . tbeolOKlcl •ii.cui*
torellxli.uaJourniiS. We»!m
iJh lino loUlu.tr.to tho oilxln ol uuH.p.pota, .lit.
caufur w.ut of »p.cr* aud cot..
Mr. II. ft. JenkJni. iolloltor of pttentx, Wtuhlcc
too. D. C, oOcUlly report, to Tm Cmttnn
tbo followlog oomplcle lUlof potent. , rioted Ctor-
8l.luToutor.for the week ending J.nn.rjrf, ISM:
Ocorge P. s.m, coluuba., plow point; tlmcon
A. W.ro, D.oburg, plow: W. J. Hendenon. N»r-
lor, it.T..iid .hlngle wwlng mrohluo; J.m.iT,
Ulllrn, Thomuville, plow.
. , Ur - w -Pun h.s recovered 11.000 lnrur.no. on
nu Mmm. ur.r Waatbrldt.. which wu de-
itroyed by firo . few wetloilnc Hu wlllieballd.
1111 difficult to procure • good cook In McDon-
ouxb.
6k.on.one new eubecriber each to.Urt
wilb the 12 page weekly nn<l the now .toric—
ont next week.
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