Indiana American, Volume 11, Number 10, Brookville, Franklin County, 3 March 1843 — Page 1
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BY C. F. CLARKSON.
BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, IXDlISITi
3, 1843.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
LIST OF ACTS & JOINT RESOLUTIONS, OP A GENERAL KATCRE, Passed at th tieentysevenlh session of tht General Assembly of the State rf Indiana, and
approved 6y Governor Digger.
An act to change the time of holding Probate
Courts in Jay county.
To legalize the assessment of Steuben coun
ty for the year 1843. Relative to the mode of doing township business in the county of Tippecanoe. To amend the I2ih section of an act entitled an act prescribing the duties of County Treasurers, approved Febuary the 12th, A. D. 1941. To amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Buffalo and Mississippi Rail Road Company. To repeal all acts or parts of acts declaring the White Water Rivera navigable stream except in the county of Dearborn. To reduce the expenses of Putnam county, and for other purposes. Fixing a premium on wolf scalps. To provide for recording a Slate road in Sullivan and Vigo counties. To establish an additional place of holding elections in Reserve township in the county of Parke. Authorizing a subscription for the History of the Stale of Indiana. To amend an act to provide for the contin
uance of the construction ofall or any part nfj
tne public works or the Slate by private companies, and for abolishing the Doard of Intertill Improvement and the offices of Fund Commissioner, and Chief Engineer, January 25, 1342. To reduce the toll on the New Albany and Vincennes Road and to provide for the completion of the grade from Pao'.i to Mount Pleasant. To amend an act entitled an act regulating tlie duties of clerks of the circuit court, and county auditors approved January 31, 1342. To assist and mike common schools more
effective.
For the relief of the people of Vermillion
county.
Supplemental to an act entitled an act to
provide for recording a State road in Sullivan
and igo counties, passed at the present session.
To authorize certain individuals therein
mined to build a bridge across Big Walnut Creek in Putnam county where the Soencer
ail R wkville State road crosses said stream.
Providing for numbering signing and reg
istering the Walmh anl Erie canal scrip, east aal wei of the Tippecanoe river, an J for oili
er purpose.
T provide for Darin? claims and niirrhsiT
l.'.lls and sites for water nmv nit tli Vv,K
, - - - iiwmwn and Erie canal,
Further to amend v. net entitled an act poin
ting out the mode of levying taxes, approved FcH.12ih.ISII.
Tj provide for the reduction of the State
.l ialividnal stock i.t t!ie State Bank, and other p'.irposes.
Tn provi le for the collection of townshin tax
by county treasurers in certain counties.
Fixing the times of holding Circuit Courts
it the8,h Judicial Circuit and" in the 5;h Judi
cial Circuit.
T am nd a-t an en'ule 1 an act to i teornor ate
t?ie Mt. Camel an I New A'hanv rtil rml
comrmr, approved FeVnarv 4:h, 1S37.
To amend an art entitled an act to provide
fir the debt due from the I.awrenceburgh and
InJtantni ran roal company.
Authonz-ng the board doing county bonnes
lithe ctnniy of Clav to transcribe certain recird tV-ein named, and fir other pnrpnes.
ioaiviietn3 Mate into Congressional Dis-
tucts.
A-nn htoryof an act for the completion of
tV Wabash and E ie Cantl from the muith of
tVe Tippecanoe river to Tetrc-IIaute. nn-iroved
Jmvy 1. 1312.
T amend an art entitle 1 an art to provide
Tth( inspection ry.t. bef. (Inn-, pork and tobacco, approved February IT, 1S33.
Amending an act entitled an al to compel
saeivilators to nay a road tax canal to that
i''! hy actual settlers, approved January 31
13 vz.
T vacate a part of a State roal therein
o med.
To re?n!ate the sale of real es'atc hv exec.
""administrators and guardians.
iamnl an rtct entitle I an act inen-nora.
- the town f Terrc-llaute, approved Feb-
ni 1SJS; and an act amendatory thereto. ?!rvel February 1G IS3J.
An act to amend an act entitled an act to re-
e and amend an net incorporating CongressMtal townshipsand providing for public schools lWm. approve J Febrtisrr, 17, IS3S approved eJuarv li ISil
Ti amend an act relative to crantin? licen
se
To repeal so much of the fifty-second section
w a act entitled an rt iirrriliinT the duties
-r . i e
w vnunty auditors, approved February 12, 1811
iiors certain fees to be paid out of the
muy treasury so far as relates to the county
zerIanJ an1 r,r "titer purposes.
1 ' repeal the 2Xh section of the 2Jl amend?nt iJe Bank charter; and an act to create Ul 17th branch bank disti ict. To amend Sl t entitled Hit w enenvninn
J"oceedings in ejectment, and for the relief of
j jlgj tanas approved January T amend an act entitled an act to preacrihe lsilUt'e couot' udilor ppwed Feb 11, To extend the juridict:on of Justices of the tottanwd of Constables in certain casea there. Relatire to trammoning petit jurors in the nttea oTSullivan, Madwoo, Greene and Yerttiluon. "C- . ...
i irre vttt of Indiana, apprered
February 10, 1832, approred January 31, 1842, Relative to canal land Datents.
For the relief of the board doing county bus-
mess hi me county oi uiay. To change the time of holding probate court
in tne county ot igo.
Relative to suits against Miami Indians.
To provide for the payment of expenses in-
curreaiortne protection of the School fund,
aim iui umcr purposes. For the encouragement of the growth and manufacture of silk.
Defining the duties of school Commissioner
in township ;o. u, north of range 0 west, in Parke county.
Concerning the eligibility and qualifications of Directors of the State Bank and Branches
tnereor. Providing for the election of three School Commissioners in the townships of Jackson and Forida in the county of Parke. Amendatory of an act entitled an act amen.
datory of an act entitled an act authorizing the appointment ot constables and defining "their duties, approved February 17th. 1833, approved
January loin, i4x. To amend an act entitled an act supplemental to an act subjecting real and personal nron-
erty to execution, approved January 9th, 1842. Concerning the boundaries, jurisdiction, divisions, civil government and internal administrations or the State of I:.diana. Concerning the acquisition, the enjoyment and the transmission of property, real and personal, the domestic relations and the matters coenected with private rights. Concerning courts and their officers, and actions and proceedings in civil cases. Concernig crimes and punishments, and proceedings in criminal cases.
VOL. XI. NO. lO.
Correspondence of the Cin. Gazelle. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 7, 1843.
metlemex: Being every inch a Western
certain tne legal voters within Its boundaries
nuu meir pontics; to agree upon a preference
rn ! f - . r ' .-..v
man, and having, as I trust, the best interest, of'f r J " 81 mcerej lo "P1 P5an Weserenerp;UeaV,ear f 2e!?flSLue"1 m" Ao mean, for the
- Hi
wui uwiiiciii pass wunuut savins
aoout tiie abominable Levee Ta
issemin&tion of nrintel imiiiiiit
word i is not one. All that ic
; i - wvojua is
ja. ( in 1 1 ii n mhahh . . . . . . -
on all property coming in and nin nf'cisni persons io LUEUTAKE, to PER
New Cleans. 1 , , ' ft"a lo. ACCOMPLISH it. There
So obnoxious has this la Wnm. , ! ""' no , ,M'n back rr he
to Western men but to SauiWn m. I ' sUuu'd Peh be cxamplars in this
matter.
We are about to fight no child' battle; vet
unconstitutional. The Lesislaturc have lakenC," V. 1 1 A "f,e ,mo ,lr,,e rn,ed w""
- !"".! . iu npe lor
that petitions have been presented to the Leg-
- iii ocjMuii iu amiisn me same as. as
There
for the
'ER-hcre
D. in 1S40 966
success against an orean-
Lone tWv ill not .Jio,n ,w I.. " .SL.0.t4-r' r :,u ''' ' ' ' " w
v J aiib I1UVI I III
ished the law.
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xt.- i. . . i -r...v. iui, ixiure nc. ptonie. AKI KK Never have I wi nessed ao'tt,ic .t. iu . U 1
. ' - i s ana oi me
This is out-'the tide of war. Under such
circumstances
They
to pay a tax for
a tax for the pri
and an aditional tas if they reship!
rosjeuus. t,.n fi . . ... . ,
avi .he f, X WenA S,P'1?0M ad Brigs we shall know at what boint and for what Purae ine landing and cros the River to Al2icrs
and tinon inailirv I find that crime nfnitr enter.) .. I '! . .
an ot organization . I. ... 1 ..
large and commodious, for the recention of ,tn.i it.i ...v.:i. .i : "... ....
P-nlno . ,. VT , . , I r-i.ni mm 11 me vircti msiances sur-
besider .1., V 1 i,oru,' "n? nave "ea, roUndi,,e il sueSCs- Bl I"' we have E o W WeT nen'7'PWlosay, and to ask, in reply, the .enliment of Esq., hat loaded some ten or twelve vessels at every Whig Editor in the State, this point within the past month. Some cr our j We propose to agree with you. brethren, bHSr.iTvemrn e"l-ed .,a.l,,i,:'ll"C county of Marion .hall be fully organ! us.nes.,ay hat shipping from this point is an 12Cd by the first of April next that the ,Mrn !! ?er?d . mM of our Towu,hiP and Central Wdance
Tb provide fiir the transfer of the surnlns nnie P:" u ' Committees shall be published to the world.
.i ' i!7 i.ai i nat tne persons rnmDosnj them h:ill he .,f
t tour can te rolled from the boat into the , he right sort. Now, will ' ree with us to so handy to the C.ty that only a few moment, and your modeof organiza.ion cither publi.!,. are con,med ,n passing and repassing. ed.or forwarded to the Whiff Central ComJ. JXl See" LeVe 'IT 5"OU wm Pr" mU,ee al lhi What siy ye, Pool bret:iceiyethat this arrangement nt Algiers must be ren?-,ii. Journal
Claiive to tne Iellnl-T nr iv.iter rvntper h tSn c . . i
State of Indian,. ' ' jSr Father Matthiw's advice to MrMonns or .... I point U)j narreis Four, for re.chinnient ti p
i ii proviiie Mr tha elect on of PrnseciHi.t v... -v-.-i. , . ". r-- .ibstinfnce society. Keep awav
' a.c:v a lira, mid i 'i ii 1 1 a ir tti ihi '.. ii.a . H .
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
The districting bill, as passed the Legislature, is as follows: FIRST DISTRICT.
Por. Posey Q,683 Vanderburg 6,250
uibson Piko
Dubois Wanick Spencer Perry Ciawford Orange Harrison
8.977 4.709 3.C33 6,321 6,305 4.055 6.28 9.002 12,459 77.935
W. in 1810. 706 623 783 474 204 355 589 AGO 435 708 1,285
Clatk 14 595 Washington 15,269
cicott Jackson Jefferson Jennings Floyd
6.792
SECOND DISTRICT.
4.242 8.961 16.614 8,829 9 454
1.1S2 1,138 399 C83 1,674 908 869
6.800
revenue fund, the county Seminary fund, and three per cent fund from the hands of the present agtnts and trustees thereof to the Treasurers of the respective counties. Concerning the repeal or Statutes and general provisions concerning the Revisod Statutes.
Dearborn Ripley Rush Switzerland
Decatur Franklin
77.904
THIRD DISTRICT.
16.327 10,362
16.456 9S20
12171 13.340
1,771 1,000 1,526 1.023 1298 1,188
81.615
'.800
Fayette Union Wayne Henry
TOrRTII DISTRICT.
S837
8,017 23.293 15,128 53.272
1,C8 760 28C9 I,C52
6,371
Hamilton Marion Har.cock Shlbtr
! Johnson
FIFTH DISTRICT.
1033 bb!s Flour, in and irnl tax 6c per bar
rel
Here you see the City claims from this Merchant S33 for the privilege of reshipping. Add to this the dravnsre on this 1333
Attorneys by the people
Relative to taxation for Siate purposes, and the redemption of Treasury notes. Supplemental to an act entitled an act for the relief or the borrowers of the Sinking fund, surplus revenue fund, and other funds, and for thebettet securing the payment thereof, approved Jan. 31, 1S42. Fur the repeal of the 13:h section of an act
. . ... ... t
;m,llN anaci P?rnn? the dimes of County jbbls, or 123 loads at 37ic pcrloid Treasurers unnmiatfA l ton I t
-! . aw, tot.. To aneti an act entitlel an act to provide foramtre u liform mJe of doing township business in the several counties therein named approved Feb. 17ih A. D. 1823. In relation to county Seminaries. Abolishing complete records in certain criminal cases. Torcloc.ue the country seat of Clay couny. To amen I an act entitled an act repealing the 13;h, 2lt and 231 sections of the act prescribing te duties of county Treasurers, approved Feb. 12:h, 1S41 approved December 2Ih.lS4l. Relative to the three per cent fund, and for other purpose. . Remitting the penaltiesfor the non-payment of taxesin certain caes.
. a wna" "V"11 U,,-v; U,e Ilw,rrom the Public Honse.-You wiil derive no'Barthol'w I as It now Stands enmnnl. M.n i. .1.;..' ... . . . " l
: . . 1 -v -v ""' aivaniage trom its company. There the drim- rovn
pn ilege the it and out tax. or sis cents nM.i.rJimUai,:.M,..t. ' .i ....
hirre! t incis lucre me Kanioier
cnti-
; ces to the waste of property there the blaphc-
mer utters his boruble imprecations there
c.ii " . .
UJ '''jinose ripe for destruction tempt others to imi-
...... .in n iiiuvs aim icau mc unwary to tueir ruin. Keep away from the Public IIoue. You Wiil entail distress unnn vnn. f imilio nA
8 , yourselves by its expenses. " The money which -- is thoughtlessly spent upon its gratifications is SI00 87 drawn away from the comforts of home. Do
pend but little upon your pleasures
Making an expense of
i . I u III . trt III MirPhin ut.Ait tU'i. . La .......1 1 I
t . una .a.i nt; j.nvu if ii i in not oven
, -.. -t'-g i Algiers. " wun i-oi k, ana ev- fi.at I n e saved um.1.1 r.;. r...
cry thing else passing this City. yoilr chndrcn confpr co r.para ive 8; 'J , ! st.HecTT.ook yaTnr? VATlty on !hish and ft.nd against affl,?snhject, I took a look into Algiers yesterday.1 tjon and illness. and find this point admirably adapted to the re- Keep away from the Public House -Let shipment of Produce. The packet ship S., Lny J,, ,ecV9Xom himlffo Vhe c5 or LnM?: TIT Captain .he'pnblic "onsc, and want will be his home!
- ' "-"v. .... i .num un ii-uie nay iri "ie I'V lijs
general appropriations for the year
Forth relief of tho btrro-ers ofthe Sinking fund, surplus revenue f.inl, Siline fund. College fun I an I c mtmnn seho-i! fun J. Prescribing certain duties to the Commissioner and A ontson the public work. To amend an act entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to organize the militia of Indiana, approved IWuary 13ih, 1331, approved January 31st. 1S42. In rel.ui n t, th p.-intin j an 1 distribution r.f the U Vised Statute.. For t'ie relier of the Sheriff of Jackson co'.tnty. To amend an act entitled an act for the election of mnniy assessors, approved February 13t . IS1I.
M tkin 1811.
To etend the nrovUions of an art enti'led an net for the rel;ef r t'ie settlers f the W ibas'i and K ie Can il lan I, np;v-ovel Fo't 21. 1943, an I suppleme lal to n acton the same subject, approved Jan. 31. 184.5.
An act tn am nd an aci in relation t descents
distribution, and dower. An act to provid . for the assessment of dam
ages on the Wabash and Erie Canal, west of the
Tippecanoe river.
An act to provide means to support a deaf
and dumb Asylum in the Sate of Indiana.
1 o appropriate a certain sum :or the pro-
cnreir.ent or books for the use oft'ie prisoners
in the Slate's Prison,
i o compel supervisors to expend money in
their hands. Supplement a' to the act a fiorizing a sub script ion of the History of Indiana.
To require the Bank to continue specie payments, and to enable them to maintain them. Supplemental to an act entitled an act to provide for the reduction of the State and individual stock in the State Dank, and for other purposes, approved Feb. 2, 1843. To provide for the building of a bridge across
the Wabash and Eria Canal, west of the Tippecanoe river.
tne ste.amiHiat IMwin Hickman, from P.inc.
mouth, Ohio. He ilo informed me that be could load bis vessel in loss time at Algiers than in this City. On my return. I made the acquaintance of the Captain r the Edwin linkman, who informed me that he never discharged hi cargo sn quick, or in such good order as at Algiers; vvi. had h; ben compelled to unload in the City, he could not have had r berth i t one or two days, owing to the Levee bein? fn',1 of boals. This is an important matter to Western Merchants, and as a Western man I ask its publication in the Gazette.
A Wester Mas.
ORGANIZE! The Whig ress thronehout the S:ate we
feel assured requires n: sn;jestions from rs
to excite its able and patriotic conductors to the d:s.harge nf their responsible duties, yet we
lesireto way a few words upon thevit.il ne.
cess tv ofspec !y and thorough ORGANIZA
TION'.
n.V'.ia proper system of oTgan'ziMon, we
cannot Tail tn succeed in the rummer elect on:
rith-tl snrh a system nil isce;(rNdo'ibt.ani!
probaVi, defeat. We of the Press 'may write
and they of the simp may taik, and we may
write an.j talk very eloquently and very excellent an 1 sound I'oettine, and. notwithstandimt
be very easily beaten unices there te ime
m i le of arrangement by tnean of which what is said and written mavbe heard and read; by metns of which our forces are brought to the polls and not only brought to the polls, but made to bear unitedly upon the enemy. To act without understanding why or how, is doing business in the dark and very possibly to little purpose. Ii onnnfluntia! friends m every county in Indiana will make it their especial business, and not defer netion for their neighbors, to take this matter in hand, a general system or organization can very soon be put on foot, by means of which the strength of counties can be tested, voters be notified generally to attend the appointments of political speakers; by means of which the voice of the Press can be spoken in every man's ear, and through whose instrumentality the entire Whig force can be broneht to the aid of candidates selected by the wishes of the party. Rivalry, schisms and apathy tSWA f l-ll i t Till tfMeAa aii )iAtAtt1i,A.
To authorire the printing of WOO copies of lbus b3 reaJi, ovcrcorjc 3
end,
Keep away from the Public House. Look arouiv' yon and maikhow many in the public bonce have ?:upified their faculties, imbruted their reason, and have entailed upon themselves cruel diseases, which are hurrying th;m with fearful haste, and in a state of awful prepaativeness, to the bed of death, and to the bar ofGoD. Keep away from the Public House. That man i not your friend, but your enemy, who entices you to spend you money, to waste your Mine and ! degrade yourselves by ail association with the profligate and prcfaue. Keep awav fron the Public House. --Evety person who has frequented the public lior.se. mist be conscious that the knowledge ncqtmed
there. i not the knowlerYe cf rood, li:t tbc
knowledge of evil, ret that f arfranfage and peace, but that of sorrow, sin. ned tbame. Keep away from the Tublic Hctise. What is a prihlic house as a place of common resort, but the wicked man's plcanre, the drunkardV home, the profligate'sdelight? where many who were previously estimable and respectable, have been rendered corses to themselves, ant' pests of their miserable families; until tl have finally disappeared, and passed thrnugl the eloomy grave into endless perition and despair. As you value veur honor and happiness ir
living as yon prize the peace and prosperity f your families as roti desire to avoid the w ickedncss which h: s disgraced, and the ciimeiwhich l ave destrojed so many i f our fellow
creatures as you wb-h for comfort on the bed of death, and hope Tor happiness in the world
to come keep away from the Public House.
the revised code itt the German linkage.
Silas Wright. Jr., has been re-elected United State Senator from the State of New York. Three thousand persona have signed the temperance pledge in Lynn, Mass., of whoa 1900 signed during the year 1842. 500 of them I tut reformed drunkard. Roc. Dem.
am ageo torrtE. l here now reside in
Walton county. Florida, a man and his wife
whose united ages are two hundred and twen-
ty-nine years. He was united to bis ptcsent wife ninety-four years ago, in the Isle of Sky. in Scotland. The old gentleman's name is
David Campbell. He emigrated to this coun
try several year before the Revolution, and
was about fif.v years old when it commenced.
He is now U7 years old. and hi wife 112. Ecansville Journal.
RtvoLtrrtoxAaT Pexsioxs. The revolutlor
ary pension system, says the National Intelli
Mad
iscn
Monroe Lawrence
Martin Daviess Knox
Owen Greene Sullivan Morgan
972 10.083 I.C30 7,535 721 12005 10)0 9.352 G31 10.042 t2 2 3G4 50 8.674 til o ic7 en o SIXTH DISTRICT 10.143 719 11.7S2 989 3.675 3U 6.723 738 10.057 1 077 8.353 709 8.321 704 8315 417 10,741 1,012
78.313
5.676
Vigo
Clay
Putnam Parke Vermillion
Hendricks 11.264
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
12.075
5.5C7 16,843 13.499
8,274
1.511 3S8 1,571 I.3G9 847 1,190
G7 521
G877
Montgom'v 1 4 433
Fountain 11.219 Warren 5.653 Tippecanoe 13.724
HIGIITII DISTRICT.
Clinton
Boone
Carroll
7.5(18 8 121 7813 08 484
1 413 938 137 150S 582 7i C93
C.577
Jasper 1 2C7 White 1.S32 Cass 5.480 M ir mi 3 043 Fidton 1CC3 Pulaski rfl Ko.eirsko 4 170 Marshall 1 ff-l
Slarke 149
E'klntt f.fCi) St. J feph 6 4S5
NINTH DISTRICT.
ltportc Porter Lake Wal-ash Senton
8 1F4
2 102 14C8 2756
47.800
73 COG 040 512 241 CI 4C0 154 C41 1 (C9 cva 115 C07 2J 5 3C8
TENTH DISTRICT.
Randorph 10C84
Delaware
Grant Blackford Jay ArV,na Well
SS43
4875 1220 3863 2264 1822
Hnntingtonl 579 Allen 5.G42 Whitley 1 237 Noble 2,702 DelCalb 1,968 Steuben 2578 Lagrange 3;664 53,247
I.CC8
470 77 2S3 IS3 131 143 C40 144 241 177 223 3S1 5,110
370 594 318 230 CC3 824 221 2S1 679 SCI
5,7e4 1278 1.381 S61 737 1.020 603 790 O.C63
1X63 623 1170 785 759 1,115
5.C65 7C8 C14 l.C8 1539 2,433 Cb3 1.27J C30 1,070 048 703 270 CS5 c,ico C43 618 cC6 509 C5S 601 C34 1.021 815 0441 5S3 487 1.C49 ViS C53 G52
1222 1 1C6 317 1.2"X) CC3 f 8G 7C3 C;Cf4 T5 144 - . ICS CO :.29 164 ZZG 444 C43 IC4 125 112 42 3,763 553 5S2 2C4 147 65 163 143 177 309 141 228 163 170 225 3,CC8
Asa gentleman wai passing a tagged little
nrcbis, of about ten years of age, l e locked
gencer, originated with thelate illustrious Jobx ow"id sawa'Icngnipe iu the toy's n-cuih. Rasdolpb. ,!He moted . on the 1st of Decern- This struck him es btii a littks icreLnd Le td-
ber, 1807, that provision o'.igtit to be wade, by dressed him thu
i law, for an adeoua'e and comfortable sunnoit 'My son, oe your anxious Closer know
nrt hustle. All that is nee. 1 r v m .. .- ... . .... 'rm Vi Ai:t"'
. - - .... . ..... . - i it, .mi- ciiiii--r nn KMnir inc. ill.. :'7r.u- j .. "
about, firmly to re-, tionarv armv as ar siill etrUtin-r in state of. Tertninly.' tealied fl:eliulc rsffnl. VI e rae
to the ronr.irv vhich mo three cents to Ir.y a lcrg bi.td mi n. f y
This is a task of easy accomplishment.
require no noise,
cssary is soberly u look
solve upon apian alapted to the respective indiger.ee, eiirtacrnl
counuessnuu to punaj P.n m.o prompt ana; owes its librrtie to tleir valor" No ZzA nr. thorough execution. lion was had on the tubject till it was again The entire organization of Indiana i but, brought to the notice of Congrea, after the last the organraxion of each 01; nd where titar, by President Mormw.
me county wnica cenno? orgartirj s q a CiiKt'nstrtf Thg.
are yoa to: szlcV This Ict :!.e tctkai.u cut.
Xawyers and clients ace J3 two row of people at a fire-ne patwiag aJoog foil lMvtet an the otht eaarxy one
J