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About The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1831)
to von, that tli ■ 1 irg ! ] u'iioii o>‘ tax- s W.l ch took |il in the Int and r:i tin pi' -eut v<- ir, v th a vii-v to tin- relief of the laboring c!a-«- of the community, lias no. oae.i .1 • .1 i with a proportionate diimnuuion of the -public income, 1 trust lit «i »o it a iditio.nii in-ins as roav !*• re rj j.re ! o supply a pari of the deficiency, o isim 1 * . v these redaction, in ,»v In fo id, w.(.limit any in iter.al abridgement o! the comforts of my people. lo assist t!ie industry, to improve tlic resources, and to maintain the cr«d2 of the country on son >1 prmeiples, and no a s lie ml 1 i*»ing ton a I ttion, will he at till ti o"- th ■ ohp*-t of inv solicitude, in the promotion of w'deli I took with con tidenee to .oar /.«■ dons co-operation. “It is wiili deep concern, that I have to announce to yon the continued pro gress ol a formidable disease, to which mv atir itrin had heen early directed, in the eastern part of Europe. Information having been nlorerecently received that it had extended its ravages to ports in the! TANARUS» ilt c, whence there is great commercial intercourse with mv dominions, t have direO.l that ail the precautions should he t iken waicli experience has recoin in -i I ii ns 1111-t ell,-etna! for guardig a gt a-* the introduction of so dangerous a in t! nlv into this country. “•« ea and stress has unhappily prevail- ! ed i min-* districts, and more particular ly • a part ol the western count isof I re-' I in !, to relieve wlrcli, in the most press ing cases, I have not hesitated to author- 1 ise the application of such means as were ini tiadiately available f-ir that purpose. Ji ll assistance of this nature is necessari ly lan led in ,ts amount, and can only lie te.moorury in its effect. The possibility, th -refore, of intro hieing nnv measures, which, by assisting the improvement of the n-ibinl resources of the country, tnav tend o prevent the recurrence of such e i ils, ui-isf he a subject ofthe most noxious inter -t to ine, and to you of tlie most gruv and e mtious consideration. “ me t| disturb mces, unconnected with any political causes, h ive taken place, l*o i this part of the United K: tg-lom an i i>-, Ireland. In the Uoun?v of C| <rc, a i 1 ii the adjoining parts of Roscommon and (r ilwav, a system of violence and outrage had for some time been carried on to an alarming extent, for the repress ion of winch the constitutional authority oi the law has been vigorously and suc cession',' exerted. By these means the necessity of enacting new laws to streng then the Executive Government with for th r powers will, I irust, lit- prevented. 1 » ivert sucli a necessity, has heen, and ever will he my most earnest desire; hut it it should unfortunately arise, 1 do not doubt vour firm resolution to maintain th * peace and order of society, bv the adoption of such measures as may he re qae, I for their more effectual protec tion.” A ! tresses to the King were moved in the two houses, as usual, and carried. In th House of L-.r l on the 23d the Lord j Cn me -llor ii ion iced the presentation of tlie \ I Iress from that body, A: the King’s j answer, t< follows— “I thank von for vour 10, and and lawful address. | receive with }*! is ire th -assurance that voa will pro- I cee I to the early considered » i of the j iri liters which I ’hive recommended to i your mention, an 1 I rely with confidence <> i vour zealoussupport of mv endeavors to m ii‘it i: i peace md promote tlie pros- j per v o! mv domoiions.” U' ''h .« tie Harder. — V horrible inussa- 1 <:r . ev i mure horrilde than that of Cas t!" >o l.trd, !i is just been committed tu Ire i't i !, tt i pi tee Newtownb irry, arising o;it of a seizure for tithe, at the instance <>i t i r. digniturv of tlie Church hy Itw t>! s!| : ..J | , th it it ih.tppy country. /-..1 - u I'-toI t religion, that inculcates co u ii" m lor s liter tig, mil all the cmi c i re i v riues ol charity, mercy, and pe tee, h i I seized md brought to sale two h - -rs b-longing to some of his poor pa ris'i o icrs; and when, instead of purcha fli i/, tli.* coinoassionate bystanders eviu *te I i deposition to re.-cue these, the po lic a i ) yen iriurv present were ordered to lire indiscriminately oil the crowd. I’ii s, ior a wonder the police refused; hut the veoui mrv, who in Ireland are dl Or n itre n a, felt no such reluctance, and in sta itlv obey in s the order, killed via tern jini'ilr a id tnniiidrd forty, some of them women and children! How long will tsiic.li attrocities he tolerated in a country calling itself intelligent and c.rilized? RRhGIUM. The Ihdgic association and the journals earnestly foment discoid and urge to war. T ie It 'geat and the rational* with eipial zc I endeavor to maintain order and pre serve peace. V ecw turn has been given to til • m**jri»t.i itio.i between the conference ai Ii ie I' iogress, by t.iie discovery that *'a" >i th • protocols iuts recognised as 1> dgiao, 11 -r-gcu-op Zoom, and a dis tinct can i! to fjiinbarg, which now be i »» g- to Holland, but which was Xctlter iiu: c ii 179'), th - rent fixed on hv the jum' il is thit at which tlie state oi'llel !'- * • s c ».i-alcre ! as a pattern, and which i-- now lo he assimi'atcd. lo Congress, th • resources of the state are represented tit de* 'ciou and sum of 41,596,211 tlorins. f i" C'i iinher h is expressed, form illy, it* ir >\ ill of the events tit \ iitwerp, and has reu w and to the head ol* the state the «* tl i-i. • right to -led ire war. Toe first cm mb'tr of the 15 !g:c Mo ~t ur contains • i its o iic ;! part i letter firmti S ret •> t a >\.vr to Prince ! .eopul I, on whom the ’ r nl* * *io conjure the storm, nod to t c.C the hi > orfii is whi' li threat n H!gtin, an 1 he, P, trope." Th>>us a ' i-o- perso slt i\c ah iadoo.'.i Vn'wcrp i <i si u . »'li • re iw and of Ini t 1 li c* t• i I was eo -prating h r forces. !'hi conference, In-wet er, granted a res- j p.tc till the 24th, lor the Huai answer of . the Belgians. In answer to a deputation ofthe* Na tional Association to the Regent, deman ding a change of ministers, the Regent answered, that no step Would he taken til! ! alter theSdth ofthe present month. The Monitcur lielgic of the 21st, contains an elaborate and able article in defence of die ministers, and holding out hopes of ; an adjustment. I.o\:»o\, Ji vr. 21. The JJelgie D,, m tatiou are preparing to leave London for Brussels, for the purpose, as we under stand, of being present at the* delibera tions in Congress, which must precede the answer required by the Conference on or before the 30tli mst. POLAND. [Pr.vate Correspondence.] I'ciliii June 16.—A report Irotn the Russian head quarters at Klee/.cwo, near Publish, dated the 10th of June, attributes the deaf.ii ot General Dielatsh to a sud den attack of the cholera inurbus. it is state.l that previously to Ins malady lie had enjoyed perfect health, and on the day before, was exceedingly cheerful; blit at about 2 o’clo :k in the morning of’ the Dtn June, he was suddenly t iken ill, and Ins malady was immediately pronounced to he the cholera. All medical assistance proved ineffectual, and, after a very pain ful struggle, he departed this life on Fri day, the lUth of June, at I o’clock m the morning. Tins melancholy event (says the above-mentioned report) seems to prove that the progress of the cholera must be attributed much less to contagion than to the weather, and tin* r.rcilisnnsi- "s.uiiu, cum lill: picilispusi tion of the persons affected; for at the time ol the General's death, there was not at the head-quarters of the Russians one single person attacked with tins mal ady. tiener.d Toll lias accepted par iter bn, the command ofthe army, On the 12. h msf. G on. Dielntscii’s death was not know n at \V ursaw, where it vvdi, no doubt, pro duce a sensation. The Russian forces are at tins moment much divided: the army beyond the .Niarew consists of 30, OUt) men: a corps of 20,000 men, with h> cannons, has marched in pursuit of General Gielgud. The Guards now form two divisions; one remains at the I bead quarters, the oilier is opposite \ Gielgud. General Junta has abandon ed liie Palatinate of Lublin, and lias I inarched into Podlachia. The corps j commanded by Generals Rudiger and i Davuloll have occupied the former po- j sition of General Kreutz, and it is asser- ! ted that General ivnorring has received orders to inarch against C’iilaposki. ; Genera! Geismar, who commanded the I Russians at 44 nvver, is shortly to he j tried by a court martini. .No official | account has appeared respecting tin* movements of turn, Gielgud: hut all | necou nts agree as to the fact of his hnv ! iag eunipleiely defeated the corps under i Gen. Slacken; 2,000 prisoners an 1 8 i c in non are s-»id to have fallen into the hands of the Pole*, and it is even as serted that the (i.inrl Duke Alicliiel, j witii a detachment of the Guards, was j present at the battle. file news from Podolia is every day of more cheering nature. The insurg ents have taken possession of Satanow. and made the whole garrison prisoners witii the exception of one officer, who escaped to Husiatin. The Russian an thorities were compelled to retire into G iliciu. The insurgents took a great, many arms, which had been hid in the ground, as well as the cannon of Gen eral Witgenstein: and their numbers at tiiis moment amount at least to 3d,000 men. It is stated, however, that a de tachment of the insurgents, under Gen eral Kolysko, in their ardour to pursue liie Russians, had passed the frontier of Galicia, and having been immediately attacked by the Austrian troops, suffer eb a very considerable loss. The Polish papers continue to complain of the partiality of the Prussian Government, who. it is said, while it offers every pos sible difficulty to the passage of all those whose object is to carry assistance to tiie Poies, sends not. only provisions, but e ven engineers to the Russians. . ROM 1 HE RUSSIAN ME \ O-QUARTERS AT KLEOZE4VO, June 10 I am under tlie painful necessity of an nouncing to you that the Imperial Ktis si in Commander-in Thief,General Field Marshal Count Diebitsh fSabnlkansky, suddenly died this day, at half past’ I o’clock, at his head quarters at Klecze wo Until his sudden attack lie had been remarkably cheerful at table, when at 2 o’clock this morning, lie was sud- denly attacked by a destructive inalndv wnich bore unquestionable symptoms of cholera. The violent attacks of sick ness overcame liis powerful constitu tion, and alter a painful struggle, and with manly composure and tranquil re signation, he closed his brilliant and ac live career. Thir affiictiiig death appears to afford an additional proofthat the above nam ed malady depends mure upon the state ol the atmosphere and individual ilispo sition, than upon contagion, for hither to not a single case of sickness had manifested itself at head-quarters. PARIS, JUNE 22.—The Message,- fl.es chambrcs coutams the following on the death of .Marshal Diehitsch:—‘‘The en irgrin caused by the dismissal from Ins com na.id, winch immediately preceded this event, joined to liis excessive indul geneo in the use of intoxicating liquors, appears to have occasioned the apoplexy winch destroyed him. Marshal Diehiscli partook ol much ol tlie character and manners of General Bluclier. He was r filler more capable of combining a plan of tactics; hut, like Bluclier. had the com plete manners of a soldier, mid an active spirit. He was a great eater, and had In deplorable lialnt of (li iiikiug daily af , ter -Ii mer several bowls of punch, m order, | .I- ii > lid, to promote digestion, and kei p (ill the clioler» morbus, il,s military op- I emtious in Poland were all unfortunate, j cither from miscalculation or bad execu tion. It is however, but just to take into account the unforeseen difficulties by i which he was assailed; in the fiirM in s-time l y the sudden thaw, and afterwards , by tlie various insurrections which cut oil* bis communications. At the Fame time, ! thwarted by t!;e Russian Generals, who were his secret enemies, and by the Grand Duke Michael, a Prince brave as any ti the-r soldier, but incnpabl of command ex cept upon pa rack—suing an e xtensive contbignition in a part oftiie enqiirc light ed by bis ow n faults, or, at least, vexed bv tin- failure of his attempts to pass the V;s- In, his mind became distracted. A dis position to appoplexy could not but b.i mcieased by so many overwhelming cares, ' and bv the moderate u*e of spirits ; and : the news of liis dismissal and the substi tution in place ofthe RussianPaskewitscli, must have heen a finishing stroke to him. Paskewitsch is said to be the perfect coc , trast to Ins predecessor, reserved, cool, ! and sober. Delias hitherto only distin ! gins! e.l himself by his conduct in the war against the Persians, ns Diehitsch w as on ly known by his campaign against the Turks. There is every reason to believe that Paskewitsch, as well us his predeces sor, will find in the Poles very different warriors from tlie Asiatics.” INDI \N DISTURBANCES. The authors of the late disturbance on the north-west frontier arc a tribe of the Sac nation of Indians, who had oh- j tamed tlie co-operation of a considerable ! number ol 44 innebngoes and Kickapoos. Alter Gen. Gaines arrived in the neigh- j borhood of their encampment, *liey peace- i ably removed to the west oftiie Mississip- J i*i, where a treaty was concluded witii I liiein hy Gov. Reynolds ami Gen. Games, j ol winch the following is the substance; i i. By the conditions ol’ the treaty re- j cently conehidcd, they are required to j submit peaceably to the authority ofthe friendly duels and braves of the Bac na- j tion, and to reside and hunt with them ! hereafter ujion their own lands west of j the Mississippi. Being thus incorpora- j ted witii tlie other tribes, tlie whpH nation ! will become responsible for the acts of a 1 particular tribe, and thus a permanent peace will be secured. 2. They are required to abandon all j eoiimiumeat.'oii, and to cease to hold any j intercourse, in future, with the British posts or towns. A compliance with this | provision ot the treaty alone, will have a | tendency, in a short time, to disarm them of any hostility towards the United States, and to substitute for it that friendly feel ing so desirable in a powerful tr.be of In- ' duins, hanging upon the extensive and o- ■ pen frontier of two Stales. 3. I’hey are required hy the treaty, to i couii.ic themselves to the west hank of the Mississippi river, and not to reemss j to then - former hunting grounds, except ■ by the express permission of the President I ot tin* United S.-tates, or the Governor ot i the State of Illinois; by which condition, j all future disturbance between this band j and the citizens of iilmois, will effcctu- j ally be prevented. Cholera Morbus. —This terrible disease ! which made its first appearance, as is sup- j post-. 1, in Asia, and winch has been trav elling for years slowly west, till it has now reached Europe, and lately made great havoc m Russia, and latterly in Poland, has attracted much attention. England and Holland, have already taken precau tionary measures to prevent its introduc tion into those countries, and it may not be altogether unworthy of the notice of our government, to devise prudent means to prevent its being imported among us. Wo learn from a gentleman lately from Europe,that during Ins residence in’Paris, fears were entertained by the inhahbitants oi that capital, that the Cholera might find its way among them, many of the scien tific Frenchmen laid turned their atten tion to tliis disease, and some valuable re ports were made on die subject. The government of that country would no doubt soon adopt, like England and Hol land, proper measures of security against the intrduction ofthe disease into France. Certain diseases travel in a mysterious manner, defying all luuuaii calculation —neither mountains nor occean arrest their progress—and, however improbable it may seem to some, that this cholera will cross the Atlantic, there is no certainty that it will not, and therefore it behoves us to use all salutary means to prevent its importation. Should this epidemic, for i -‘U‘ l> we account it—spread in England or Holland, there will he more than now ol its reaching us—vet, as it is, raging on ly m the north of Europe, it is hy no means impossible that it may find looting in our i land. In a late London 3 imos, wo find a let ter, I corn I liomas I iopo, Surgeon on board 11. M. Hospital ship Canada, dated River Medway, May, 1831 on the subject of jibe I holera Morbus. The writer, says ! the I tines, lias lurniseed testimonials of j Ins kill from eminent professional men, and therein e he will not withhold liis let ter from tlie public. We publish it f( in ! lull, as it may he of service to our faculty, j in cases of cholera, which rt this season (tithe year, are ot frequent occurrence in j this city. I request permission through your | extensively circulated paper, to convey to •In public my opinion as to the nature, and euccesfo! practice in tlie cure of the chol era morbus, lor more than 30 years witii j uniform success. I have published my practice in the London and in the Edinburgh Medical Journal, many years since \i Inch has Ik-cii republished in the Edinburgh Practice of Physic, but I wish the world to be mode j acquainted with it, and lien with claim vour benevolence and humanity to assist ' in administering relief to die thousand suffering Russians and Poles. The disease is induced by causes too well known, and show itself at first by violent pains from stricture ofthe gall duel, j and is afterwards kept up by tlie liie untu billrty oftiie bowel, brought on by the ex coriation of the internal coat, from the t - l erid or scalding nature o* the bile when i first expelled the gall bag. This irritut.on : keeps up the dissea.se till nature recovers ! or sinks. 1 never use calomel, because I have a : more certain safe and speedy icinedy, dial j produces an almost instantaneous relict; i colonic! relieves by inducing a more eo -1 pious secretion of mucus to defend the * membrane from exessive irritation, w la re it succeeds; whilst the remedy 1 reet.m nicud affords a tone ami firmness ol the menibane, a smoothness of surmce that defends it from the action of the Idle, and -removes excessive irritation; by which | means the disease goes off as soon * the | gall bladder is emptied of its excessive ir ! ritating contents, which is very soon ac complished, as front three to live or six doses complete the cure. The following is one of die proofs of my assertion. 1 was a surgeon of the Dolphin in the year 182A, between the iTtii and 26tli Ju ly in that year: 1 had 2tii cases ot chol era morbus, from which, with the excep tion of sixteen being kept under treatment • for about three days, tour patients deman | ding attention for four days, and three lor five days, every patient was restored with in the space of fifty hours; one who had been pieviously ill. demanded longer at tention. I persuaded the chief-mate to take a dose of the remedy before the healthy re maining part of tlte ship’s company lo induce them to follow Ins example ; they all complied, and to the best of my recol lection not one of them had occasion to trouble me front illness. The remedy 1 give was—One drachm of nitrous acid, (not nit rid, that has failed me,) one ounce of peppermint water or camphor, and forty drops ot tincture ol opium. A fourth part every 3 or 4 hours m a cupful of thin gruel. The belly should be covered with a successive of hot clothes dry : bottles of hot water to the feet, if they e.ui be obtained ; constant and small sip pings of finely strained gruel, or sago or tapioca ;no spirit—no w iih —no fermen ted liquors till quite restored— I am your obedient humble servant. THOM AS HOPE, Surgeon. TUBS IT. COLUMBUS, AUGUST 2 *, 1831. are authorised to announce Y\ 11A/IS P. IJA KER as a C andidatc to represent the county of Muscogee in the representative branch of the next iheg islature. August 2.). As an article of news, wo give the ad dress of Mr. Haynes tothe public. And as lovers of fair play, we could not hes itate to give him an opportunity of par rying the ruse de gucre of the Athe nian. It was rather a shabby mamru vre and easily exposed. Without af fecting to favor hiseleelioa at this time, we take the liberty of saying that the public and manly avowal of his princi ples, do much credit to his firmness, and | generally, they are such as every cn- I lightened patriot mast sanction, howev ler be may bestow his vote, in cfleeing i this compliment to .41 r. Haynes, we do not, however, wish to lie mistaken for his advocates in the present election eering campaign. He will neither have oar vote nor our influence. We intend to preserve the character of mere lookers on, during the present contest; and then if our old friends eat as off for our con tumacy. we will set up for ourselves, j and do business on our own account, in | dependent of any party. | Every tiling that beats to the tune ol | nullification and state rights is at once ! harnessed tothe Car of republicanism: I and all those who have independence | and possess a love of country to guide i them in a more consistent course, are | branded with the name of federalist. \A hat a dreadful denunciation! coming too from those who practice republican principles in such purity. Judging thest men from their practice (and laying a side profession entirely) we think 'Jo j must have more definitions for the won republican than can be found in Dr. Web stirs big Dictionary, or in the creed oi Daniel the “Chief.” Our inclination to reply to such efi’n sions has often been quieted hy the re flection, that, if you only give cortai, men rope enougii they will hang them selves- -and certainly Ihc arts of tlios who espouse the cause of nullificatioi j are most excellent exemplifications o. i llu- truth of tiiis old adage. The exposition of that doctrine hy J one of its prime movers, (Col. Hayne jof Charleston on the Ith of ,1 uly cannot I jhe misunderstood. \Y'o hesitate not (< say, that any man who advocates sm-I doctrine is ns ignorant of repuhlicai principles, as he is destitute of a just proper regard for the welfare of lib country. And we are equally confident that certain defeat awaits the ealeula tions of gtirli men. We feel well assn red that the time for palming such sen tiinents off as iniioeeut and harmless, with lefleeting men is past. It argues but li tleiu favor of the ju~- tice of any* cause, which resorts to re erinimination and nbii-e of others, in stead of being defended by its own mer its; and we have more feelings „f pjjy than of indignation towards those, who seek to destroy the reputation and good name of others, by drawing off the at tention of the public from the \x eojs and tottering condition of their own elm-, actor*. That the defenders of nullifica tion should use such disgi acy!’i| means' is not at ali surprising.— They feel eon. scioii- that their cuSsa is a bad oue, hut are too seif willed to abandon it. They would sooner sink their opponents who stand unsullied in the rectitude of con scious integrity and uprightness, to a level with them series, than acknowl edge the error of their ways and retract. For the present we say to those who clianut such melodies to the high key of nullification as my “Uncle Toby” <»j,t to get clear of the buzzing music ofthe ffv that was caught in his window, “go poor devil, go.” It has long been a matter of astonish ment to ns that highminded men when candidates for oflice. should so far de part from self-respect, and a due sense ol propriety ns to indulge in the dis graceful practice of treating in order to secure the voles of their constituents, A reference to the Oath i t quired to be in this Slate to qualify members ofthe Legislature x\ill convince any one of the impropriet y of such proceed ing*. And separate from this, it argues nothing in favor of the merits and qual ifications ot those who will resort to such means to secure an election to of lice. It either argues an unfitness on the port of the candidate, for the office to which lie aspires, in his own mind, or a most contemptible opinion oftiie in telJigence and moral principles of the community in which he moves. We hope tin- day is not far distant, when tliis practice, so revolting to correct fee lings, will no longer disgrace our coun try. 'I he march of public opinion is progressing and is sure to correct this evil. There has heen a late instance in the Mate iif Ohio where a B?hei'iff had hie election set aside and n new one order ed inconsequence of his having treated to obtain votes —this was as it should be. The Hon. Joit.x Gayi.e lias been elect ed Governor of Alabama, by a large majority. A Corrcsponent of the Boston Centincl, mentions tlie Honorable Fisher Ames a« mon£ the great American statesmen w hose desensc lias taken place on the annaverary ol our nation’s Independence. He died on tiie Fouth of July, 1808. '1 lie "W arren (Term.) Register savs, “Gcuerid Samuel Houston, Fx-Govornor ot this state, arrived at tl its place- on Sat urdiiy, the 19th instant, from tlie Arkan sas Territory, on Ins was to Nashville.” Mctirnal 'lend erncas. —'Nothing has been more frequently asserted, and we be lieve nothing is more true, than that the a (lection ol a mother for her oils],ring, is tar the tend« rest, the most enduring, the strongest that is cherished in the human breast. '1 lie assertion holds equally good with regard to the brute creation, and we have just met with a remarkable instance ni support of it. A sparrow which had built her nest on the thatch roof oj a house, was oeserved to continue her regular vis ts long alter the time when the young oirds had taken their flight. This iinusu* and circumstance routined throughout the year ; and in the winter, a gentleman w ho had all along observed her, determin ed on investigating its cause. He there fore mounted tt ladder and found one of the young ones detained a prisoner, by means ot the spring or worsted, formed i part of the nest, having become acci dcntily twisted round its leg. Rt-ing thus incapacitated from procuring its own sub sistence, it had been fed and sustained hy tlie continued exertions of its mother; If 'his be mere instinct, trhut, is reason. Raleigh Register. Chanct:. —The world, like the indivi :ual, flourishes in youth, rises to strength i manhood ; falls into decay in age ; and lie ruins of an empire arc like the de ■ repit frame o! an individual, except that hey have some tints of beauty which na cre bestows upon them. The sun of civilization arose in the Fast, advanced towards the West, and is now in its mer idian ; in a few centuries more it will ■robably be seen sinking below the hor izon oven in the new world, a ml jh< re will he left darknes only where there is a bright light, deserts of sand where there ■vere populous cities, and stagnant mor asses where the great meadow of the ■right corn-field once appeared. Faik Xotick. —A gentleman in one o die eastern papers, under his own “sign uanal,” lets published the following card, viiich we doubt not many of our readers . ill feel disposed to adopt and publish also: ‘‘l will lend mv daily paper when I have done reading if, (and not before, with mv consent,) rind would rather not at any me—and I will lend my umbrella after it fins stopped raining.*’ v hey fed mu