Decatur Eagle, Volume 6, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1862 — Page 1

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DECATUR EAGLE. Is ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY A . ,1. HI LL, r.Drrns, ri-BLisusß and rnoraiKToa. OFFICE—On Serna 1 Street, in Patterson's building, over the Drug Store. Ternis’of Subscription: One cony, one year, in advance, *1 no If paid within the year, ; 50 If not paid until the year has expired . 20 > ilj’No paper will be .1 is.-on* i.-ti-.id until a ]| arrerages are paid except it the option of the Publisher. Terms of V*l vei tin-: ■One square,(km lines | ! lre - invrii., ,s, $1 (1(1 Each subsequent, iii*-r; ion, 25 TT'M'i advertisement will be considered loss than one square; over one square w ill be conn- i ted ami charged ns two; «-r two. as three, etc 13* A liberal di Mcount, from tlm hlmw« rates, made oi. llrviv.M 'senjentsii mtl cd for a period lougt r 1 hrre i t ;ou<h< f‘C’*Th'» aboy< ra! >s will be strictly adhered to und< r all . i . inr-f , i <■- s. JOB PHINTING: W<‘ are prepared Io do ail kinds of job v.obk, ina’neat and workmanlike manner. on the m< <t rea.souabl'’ terms, thir material for the com pietion of Job-W ork, bein/ iwv and of the lit **st s , wp i>el confident thu s.itisl’a.'tion can be giv«-n. " ®[Fl*oin the L>-»:ii) (’oiinty (•' z Ite.j a <kirrr.iL Nvn. r <■>« i le, Ikst night 1 heard a Wide Awake, /SO h<>ne I' tee w?u very long. M i;h cape and lamp all by his side, H A singing of a song: The >ong. it was a pretty one. R Aud chniim d inv ItMtmng car; 1 o" 1 y mind the elm as « »w: And 1 will sing il here. CHORI H, R <‘h Rye Coffee! You re vweet onnugh f»r me, Without al4 r .in of.-•) ■r; if '1 l.v niggi r can be frvm 4 1 s:n.v a cape. 'veil i kn»-w 1M seen il oft before — Ami oft I’d s-eii that i...rd oil L .mp - Go zig-zag pa.st my door, -gSSggl'Ot now Go* cape was old anti torn — ■ dhe lamp il liad no “ilw,” • , •'d- Sweetly there 1 hat Wide-Awskc, | Sat hinging fill the while: cn«ci •, Oh. Rye U«dm< ! <4 ? . '* sweet < mmgh for me, w. bout one . rain of sugar il • k' T he nigm r can be 1 v.duld ' otsay that Wide Awake, I Was *inging for a lie; I‘tbink that Java do, pot *ui‘, HL Ilin th»ti* ns well as Rve-— The D.rn wlo ‘d give (’ld Abe h v Ek A lid pash the Th Hildas by; Would l.ikcly sporn the .lufienn, ‘ r ' N |u -l "Wallow down Ihe Rye! O' Ry.'Coffe. ’ The Wi b- Xwake's deli Jit — J shall remember Ion? bow well He sung ofyon that nighi! I w mdor iflhMt Wide-Aw ike, Afi he s it sitigi'ig there, Intends I tn repudiate His tares j;.gt and fair? I wonder if that Wide-Awake HMh Whs posted well aa I W' That he was cheating G ivcrnnv’iit; Win n thinking of the Rye? cri< bus. Oh, Rye Coffee! ... For Wide-Awake you 11 But not for patriots wlrn’d give The Government its due. ..Confounded be Rye Coffee. .Coin Coffee and all that! ~ "That I will still drink Java, yon May safely bet your hat! Confounded be the men who made The tax a Heedful thing! — But 1 ’ve a better chorus here, Which please stand up and sing, CHORDS. Go ’way Cuffce! The r?ast< r,s servant be!— But let us all pray for the time When Coffee shall be free! etJ’T — —: —*r— A man can’t help what is done behind bis back, as the scamp said when kicked out of doors. ‘•Bill, I’ve been in real estate a little lately.” John, how much have you dipped in?” Bought a lot in the cemetery, and an acre just north of it.” “Just north, what the deuce did you buy that for? Going to live there?” Bill, I want a home beyond the grave.”

I II Ij EA G L Is. OrcliHid liaising. Editok Eagle, Sir: — Having intimations from various parts of the county, that anything that prove ben* final in orchard culture would be thankfully rec.ived, I now proceed to give my mode of planting and cultivating trees, and also some of my views in reference thi reto. Should my views be deemed erroneous by any person or persons, I would kindly invite them to a discussion through the Eagle; not with the view, however, of determining who is the greatest deba- I ter, but simply to determine what the tine theory is, of cultivating orchards in this, locality. Trees should always have dipth of root in planting, without which the}' cannot do well, unless il be in a loose, dcj'. giavelly or sandy soil, where they will acquire it fur themselves. The ground that 1 have in trees is a very hard compact clay subsoil. In the spring of 11.58 I set 61 trees, fresh from the Camdr n nurseay. I Jug large deep holes, (irom 2J inches to 2 feet.) ilit n filled in ol top earth to within about one loot of the top of the ground; then set the tree ■ am! finished filling up with top earth. — l’he trees nil made a fine start, but bes >r- the first, of July all were dead but i I -urievn, and but tour of those prospered. The tops oi some of the fourteen died, md le'l only the root living. 1 dup up i several oi them aud found the lower part •of the root dead to within three or four! inches of the 'op of the ground. I wondered for some time what could be the! Cause. I finally concluded that the hole I dag in th clay pan consiHUti-d a basin for l|'e ifo p’ion I,f the waler, and that the trees hud suffered from that cause.— ! ]sn gg'-.'.i d the idea to several persons, a :Io y a|| ■, . r<•, ;l villi mi (1..-.1 tlio trees w la- kiU'.- l by the water settling in the, I hole. At thii juncture I was very much dise- uraged, but did not like to give up the idea, altogether, of raising an orchard.— 1 1 <: ■ ciu i- d I would try H again, but de- - tv-rmtni'd to first consult men ol the most exp i t*-nee that w. re moat convenient, , but could scarcelv find two that would n-■ iii.ii.ti d the same Dian. 1. however, got a > ral good ideas, ax [ thought, deI I i mined upon a plan, and procured aEmit fifty trees from Camden in the fall of 1859 These trees 1 set in the place of d'.is* that had died, placing thorn only 'Ut six inches below the top of. the ■gioiti. I In the spring following I pro'll r*-d about ns many more, and set them ab.iul t 1 • same ilrp'h. In .electing trees I p !.<■ i i'.e low»s'. tops that 1 could find, Im r a’ not get those as low as I de- ■ ir. d but h-w nura -rymen having at ihat time adopted the plan of cultivating a low top Arotui'l those which I set in he fall, I raised a mound from twelve to six ei n inches, which 1 let remain until ibout the middle ot M ir. I then leveled it down, leaving it about 8 or 10 inches above the I*, v* 1 of the ground, leveling ill o . top to about thr< e feet in diameter.— ; [ then jut straw on the mound two or; three inches thick and press it down with ; aton? or dir', «o that it may retain moisttuie during the season. Should it rain sliortlv after placing the straw aronud the tree, I haul water and thorouhly wet it. This should be repeated once or oft-' . *>ner through the forepart of a dry season, but never under any circumstances in the 1 liter part of the season About the middle of August I take away this straw, and stamp the earth down around the tree a little, so ns to stop the growth and prepare the tree to withstand the cold of i the approaching winter; for there is always danger of trees being killed by the winter, when thev have made a late fall growth, which should always be carsfulIly guarded agninst. I think trees should be mulched the first season, whether set in the fall or spring. These trees have fl nirished remarkably, nor can I determine thus far ! which is pr. Drahle, fall or spring setting. I would always set young trees in preference to older ones. The trees of whicli I have been speaking were from two to to five years old, and the two year old trees are doing the best decidedly. I expect to write several more communica-. tions, in which I will treat of the position I of the tree pruning, manuring or feeding, i whichever it may be termed, and culture, after the first veaa, dsc. I'. N. C.

•‘Our Country’s Good shall ever be our Aim-Willing to Praise and not afraid to Blame.”

DECATUU, ADAMS COUNTV, INDIANA, FEB. 20, 1862.

GLORIOUS NEWS FROM THE BURN. SIDE EXPEDITION. Capture of Roanoke Island Cons med—the Rebel Gunboat Fleet Anuihinted. — \ Fortress Monroe, Eeb 11.- y;he flag ol truce we have the follov, rj ji i.. ticulars, through rebel soureA.O, the complete success of Burnside’s i / s at Roanoke Islane. The Island h been taken ; ossession of by the Fed* ' and C.-itimodoee Lyncli s (rebel) fleet com I pletely destroyed. Elizabeth City was attacked on Sunday, and evacuabd by the inhabitants — It was previously burned, whether by our shells or by the inhabitants is not I certain. The first news of the defeat arrived a*. ■ Norfolk on Sunday atternoon. and caused great excitement. The previous news was very satisfactory, stating that tiie Yankees had been allowed to advance for the purpose of drawing them into a trap. The rebel lorce on the Island is supposed to have been only a little over 3,000 effective fighting men. Genera] Wise was ill at Nao’s Head. I n and was not present during the engagei ment. When the situation became dan gerous, be was removed to Norfolk Al! the gunboats but one were taker, that escaped up a creek, and was piobably also destroyed, One report at Norfolk savs only seventy, and another two hundred escaped I from the island. General Huger telegraphed to Rich mond that only sixty on the island es-; ; caped. There appears to be no bright side of the story for the rebels. The Richmond Examiner of this mornling says in a leading editorial; -‘The loss of an entire army on R >anok“ Island ! is certainly the most painful event of the war. The intelligence by telegraph *s tullv confirmed. Twenty five hundred ; brave troops cn an island in the sea were ; exposed to all th" force of Bmnside’s fleet. Thev resisted wish courage, but when 13,000 men were landed ft *:*inst' i them, and their retreat cut off by the stir- ; rounding element they were forced to surrender. This is a repetition of Hati teras on a large scale.” The following are the telegraphic dis- I patches on the subject in the Richmond papers of this morning. Norfolk. Feb. 10 —The latest news' I states t hat 0 Jennings Wise, son of Governor Wise, was shot through the hip, and disabled, though the wound is not! mortal. Major Lauser and Lieut. Miller are mortally wounded. About 300 Confederates were killed. Our wounded number over 1.000. The' number o f Yankees wounded is about the same. Midshipman Camm bad his arm shot off. The other casualties are uiiirnport ant. A late arrival this morning says Elizabeth City has been sb“ll“*l and burned by ( the Yankees, and their army is pushing on to E l-nton. Norfolk, Feb. 10.—(Received in Richmond at midnight.)— A courier arrived brought intelligence that Elizabeth City was burned this morning by the inhabi-| tanls. During the conflagration the Federals landed a large force, All our gunboats but one were captured bv the enemy. Gen. Wise has not yet arrived at Norfolk. The following is the very latest from to-day's Day Book. courier arrived hero yesterday after- ! noon about three o’clock, from whom we ! gather the following information The enemv advanced in full lorce upon Elizabeth City yesterday about seven o’clock, and began the attack upon that place — The citizens finding resistence in vain, ! evacuated the place, but before doing so set fire to the town, and when our infor- ; mant left, it was still in flames. We have also to record the capture by the enemy . !of our little fleet, except, the Fanny or Forest, our informant is not certain which J This boat eluded the enemy and made up Pasquatank, river, She pursued how ! ever, and fears are entertained that she ! too was captured. It is said that before our boats surren-; idered they were abandoned, and chat their crews succeeded in making their escape. 11 so, we are at a loss to conjecture w'ny the boats were not fired before , i abandoned. The disaster to our little fleet! ,is attributed to the fact that having exhausted the supply of coal and ammunition, they proceeded to Elizabeth City for ! the purpose of obtaining a supply. Every effort wi-s made to obtain coal, but without success, or to return to the Island and lend any assistance whatever to the forces. All details, as published, with reference to the capture of Roanoke Is’and, lire confirmed by the courier, who represents our loss at three hundred killed and wounded. and that of the enemy not less than I one thousand. ! Great havoc was made among them while coming up the road leading to the

• fort. Our forces brought to bear upon them two thirty-two pounders, and at» v- ■ ery fire their ranks were terribly thinned. _ The places of the fallen, however, were quickly filled. Park P tint Battery was manned by the Richmond Blues and moet noblv did th*-v , d*-f<-nd it. During the conflict they were attacked bv a whole regiment of Z >uaves, _ and though completely overpowered, they stood their ground bravely, nor did they I yield a foot till all Save seven fell bleedI , '"*; to the ground. There isgood reason to believe that had C >1 H-nningsen, with his artillery, been ' on the island, we would not have been ' forced to surrender The lack of field pieces was sadly felt, , and had they been at hand, the enemy perhaps would never been able to have landed his forces. Hennmgsen had orders, we understand to report at Roanoke Island, but bv some misunderstanding be mistook Elizibeth City for the place of destination. i Captain Taylor, of this city, is repre- i sented as having distinguished himself. In addition to the above ar« many rumors we might give, but as they are nothing mor* than mere rumors, we porter withholding them. Among them is one ! however worthy of notice— that General Wise had been shot while in ar. amhu ! lance, on his wav to Norfolk. S > far ns we have learned, we can only ac- , count for the statement by supposing that the name of th" G.-n-ra! was confounded with that ol his sou, who is reported a . mong the killed. L is reported that one Massachusetts j regiment was badly cut up, but it is impossible to ascertain which of the five that were a'tached to the expedition. The news received to-day caused great l excitement. , A steamer with official dispatches from Gm Burnside is hourly expected. The prisoners captured number at least | two thousand, and will be here in a few days. All the Southern papers received are unanimous in admitting the complete vic- I : tory of our troop;, anti that the loss of the Island Is a very seuous one. Voyage of the Gun-boats up to Florence, Alabama—Loyalty of the People, St Louis, February, 12.—A special to the R-publican, dated, Fort. Henry, !lth, says the gun-boats Conestoga, Tvlor and i Lexington returned from the uppar Tennessee last night- The boats went as far ; as Florence, /Mabama, and were received with the wildest jo, bv the peopl" along the river old men cried like children at i the sight of the Stars and Strip-s, and in- . vitsd the officers and men into their Imus es, and told them all they had was at their disposal. Large numb-rs were anxious to enlist under the ol flag, and th" Tylor ; brought down two hundred and fifty to fill up th" gun boat crews ; Our officers were assured, if they could wait a few days, a whole regiment could be raised, and if the Government would give them arms to defend themselves, ‘ they could bring Tennessee back to the ' Union in a few months. They said when ; the Secession Ordinance was passed armed men stood at the polls, and every thing went as certain politicians sai l. At Savannah, Clifton, Eastport and Florence, officers and men of our boats went ashore without arms and mingled freely with the people. The Union men along the river comprise the wealthiest and best portion of the inhabitants, a large number of whom have American flags. Not a gun was fired either going or coming. The gun-boats Eastport, Sallie Waid and Muscle (only partly finished) were , captured and are here. The Eastport : had 250,000 feet of lumber on board, ami ; the Ward had a quantity of iron plating. The steamers Sam Kirkham, Linn, Boyd, Julia Smith, Sam Orr and Appleton Bel! were burned by the rebels to prevent them from falling into our hands. The i railroad bridge at Florence wf.s Dot des- ■ troyed. | i A quantity of papers were captured on ; the Eastport, belonging to Lieutenant! Brown, lale of the Federal Navy. Aj mong them were letters from Lieut. Maury, stating that submarine batteries could I not be successfully used in the rapid streams of the West. One hundred and fifty hogsheads of tobacco and a quantity of other freight will I be brought down from the mouth of the ! Sandy river to-morrow. A daily line of packets has been established between Paducah and Cairo. Nothing during the war has been so ' prostrating to the rebels as the late victory, and ths gunboat expedition mention- | ed above. General Hitchcock. St. Louis, Feb 12.—The Republican ■ learns that Gen. Hitchcock has accepted the appointment of Major General of vol- • unteera. Should Gen. Halleck tak , field in command of the great Southern expedition, which is regarded probable, i 1 Gen. Hitchcock will remain at tha head i of the department here

1 FROM EUROPE. Cape Rack. Feb 12 —The steamship . Ueutonia from Southampton on th" Ist . inst , passed tins point this morning and ! was inter"* l pted i I The Tuscarora has been ordered off Southampton by the British G ,v, rnm- nt, and has taken up a position near th* N""dles. The pirate Nashville was still in Soil'll ampton. The reported naval enaaa-prnent in the Medit prranean. is not confirm' d. No Inter markets per Gie 1 < uto I;j \n those brought bv the Jura The Times of January 31s* anvs consols continued dull at 92J @ 925- b*r money. American securities ‘till, — Those holding Federal bonds exhibited disquiet at the prospect of the libimHe amount of the public debt of the United States. French troops are being rapidly dispatched to M* xicn I | —> !♦« Gen- Hunter Gettirg Renity for his !’vpedition—Great Activity at Ft. Leareu worth. I KAVENwom-rt. Feb. 11 —Th" jreatpst activity prevails at. Ft Leavenworth, in preparations for the expedition to start, from hereunder G<*n Hunter. Troops and supplies are being concentrated in ; southern portions of the State, and indications appear favorable for an early advance. The General is working earnestly and unceasingly in perfecting the details !of the expedition and every department is pushed to its utmost capacity. Seven regiments of cavalry, four regiments of infantry and three full batteries of artillery, with Parrott anti Wtand guns are ; now en route from the east, and are daily expected to join the expedition, which ; v ill be one es the most formidable yet organized during the war. Congressional. SENATE Washington, Feb. 13 —The Treasury note bill was taken up. ! The question was on Mr. p e.ssenden’s amendment to make the bonds red.-ema- . l-l«i utter five years. «t th" pleasure of the United S ites, which amendment was withdrawn. Mr Collamer moved Io strike out that portion which makes the notes a legal tender for private debts. Mr. Wilson was opposed to the amendment, and il it was adopted he should vote against the bill. He considered that it would be widely unjust to place all this money in the hands of soldiers and employees of the Government, forcing them to take it, and then not to protect il after it was in their hands. Washington, Feb. 14.—Mr Wilkinson of Minnesota, Irom the Committee on In dian affairs, reported a joint resolution for the relief of certain Indians. He said there were at this time from 4,000 to 5,000 loyal Indians at Leavenworth, Kansas, who had been driven from their homes, and were entirely destitute and almost in a state of starvation. They were mostly Creeks, Chickasaws and Choctaws. Mr Harris also introduced a bill providing for Provisional Governments in certain cases. Referred. Mr. Foster introduced a bill to provide for the occupation and cultivation of certain cotton lands on the Southern coast. Referred. Mr. Chandler of Mich , from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill requiring captains of vessels sailing to foreign ports to take tlie oath of allegiance. The report and resolution of the Naval Committee in regard to the Secretary of the Naw whs taken up Mr. Wilkinson said he could not go back to th" people of Minnesota with a vote sanctioning a transaction giving one man more money than was paid all her soldiers in the field. He thought the question was not whether the S. cretsrv of the Navy or Mr. Morgan were honest i men He tlviught it was a burning shame that the people of the country were taxed and going to be taxed io pay such amounts io one man. Mr. Wilson offered an amendment to the army biil, reducing the number of Paymasters from 148 to 125 Adopted, i Also, that bounty allowed soldiers, if ! the soldier die shall be paid to the widow or children or father or mother. Adopted Amendment also adopted authorizing I the President to discharge any officer ol the army or navy, if the service shall be benetitted by it. Great Snow Blockade.— On Monday morning Jan 27, a snow plow with eight ; engines attached; was sent out from Schenectady, New York, to remove the snow | from the Central Railroad track; but • progress was made very slowly, and the plow was soon ‘smashed’ up—it was une qual to the gigantic work to which tin eight powerful locomotives wire steadily pushing it. Alter repeated efforts, continued through La 1 : a day, this immense power opened the way for the passage of the regular train

Appearance of Wash: ipton. p Th" Was* -ngton correspond nee of tba t New York Expries, under the date of I the 22d inst. writes: WASHINGTON ALL DR* 1.1/ ' Bit Washington jiixt now is-, in all ■ quart* r,. funny, odd. ecci-nlric. Niw and than fancy it is nil a frolic that tho 5’10.000 *irm*-d men are I aving —th" se"a<h on rht-ir side, and wa union men on ours. Thera I'-i -o not s., nJ to b" anv tiling or any body in earnest any-where, ixci-pt Q-'ew to-ol s-Jn*.5,,..: it, the L/snilads. 1 .sow, ass ure; I >•: 1 .i; - -v. n-, *■ mil ii.t be in earnest, as Premier of the House, ’ reading on "ssnv to day only on “the negro,” when he has more real work to do than if every finger oi toe of Ids. or hair on his hem! even, wi re a Thad, Stevens. Ho must be in fun H" mn” he aking fun, too, Tb-re can be n<-290,000 white m»n a foot deep in camp mud all about him —w! 11" La is 11 t>« dis-* ci ing and discussing “the negro” Tr* r *>ry Demand notes must he nt par The currency n*ust be sound. The Government can re al]v n*-ed no two l.undr*-4 millions of taxes, when the Premier of the Government in the House is thus trifling. If over in secesh they dance. and sing, and make merry, AS we all do here, ("X's-p*. in that prolonged “negro prayer meeting, held in the Ilou~— of Representatives,) ’!iev must be ns fnnny ns we are here. The soirees, the parties, on this side, are if not innumerable, mnnv — very many. The President’s levee last night was shout ns brilliant ns in the palmiest days of the Republic. The toilettes were as rich ns ever. Th" Foreign Ministers looked nbnnt as fine ns ever, with their stars, garters and ribbands. Mrs Lincoln was perfect in toib-tte and if not bred *o Court 1 all her life, no modiste can doubt her toilette qualifications for the Court.. “Old Abe.” (father h-ng ! gs) overlooked the swelling crowd, and shook hands two or 'three hours togetb-r, as if hand-shaking was “war.” civil war, nr as if nothing > Ise was going on bu* band-shaking. The Generals, the Colonels, the Majors, tho many in uniform, some f ew without seem ed r.o be thinking of any thing else but war. Ir 1-■*'<!, Washlnsntin tn all >*- de. j partmerits jiist now is droll, very droll. The only really earnest men i"em to ba the scores of contractors. Thev throng all the poiliens of the Treasury thw Navy an*l the War Departments, and thev don’t seem to he at all in fun. The horses, too poor things, seem to b**in earnest Covered nil over with mud—head and tail as well an legs thev look, when in troop, a« if the earth was taking tipi's bed and was actually a walking The mud out of 'doors, even, is as funny Os t''e jollify in doors, or ns the Premier ‘,of the House of Representatives The soldiers nil look like moving niud-mschines. A mud man washes, and you find 11'- i« ronr father, vonr brother — when from his looks voir took him to b" nothing but mud, mud, mud. Th" only relief I g"t from hII this incongruous drollery of Wa-hington, is in ths House Conventicles, when tlio saints get excited upon “the negro.” ater anil Better from Roanoke Island. Piladelphia. F"b 14 —Th" Inquirer has a special dispatch about the Burnside Expedition saving that the enemy were pur®ned for several hours, and that two complete regiments on their w’V to reenforce the fort were can*ured. Every road was lined with the guns, knapsacks anil clothing ol th" wound, d, dead nnd dying Gov. Wise’s son was shot thro’gh both legs nnd the Innvs nnd died. The following dev acting Brig Gen. TTdl nnd Cols Shaw, Gordon and Gre< n wi re enntured. with a large number of subordinate officers. The Federal gunboat Com. Perrr run down the rghel flag ship Sea Bird, havin<r on board Com Lvm-h. cutting her apart. Our men boar led her. During the encounter which ensued, a portion of her officers nnd crew jumped overboard, other" had their brains knocked out with handspikes. Later accounts state that Com. Lvnch has not vet been heard from He was prc b'il’ly drowned during the fight. Assistant Secretary of the Naw. Fox. has also received a private |ett*-r, in which it is stated that the number of killed in our navy is about 20, and of the army »• bout 30. • An exchange says, a rebel soldier is alwavs prepared to doctor a wound on tlie lower part of the leg. His Government provides shinplnstrrs. From present appearances we should infer that the Federal troop" would soc-u be as well prepared to doctor their legs as the rebels are. Our Government is . preparing to embark pretty (X'-ens.vely ; in tlm shinplas’er business. * Slanders, issuing from beautiful lipa, are like spiders crawling from the blush- • ing heart of a rose. » 11 I ' l I A cheerful obedience it univeraal, when the worthy rule.

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