Western Statesman, Volume 3, Number 6, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 20 April 1832 — Page 2

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FOREIGN.

fKOH I HE CONNERSVILLK, INI). CLAKION.

Hydrophobia We hnd thesubse-! quent letter in the VinccnnesSun of the ! important fro m Mexico

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2, "iiui.ii i ltn insr. it ucserves ueneiui nonce. i roin me sumo neu extract oi a let- s un uione. i,ant. itatnawav. Havre

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aateoi .vpui , iniorms us mar. me 101- Scarcely a paper ha? readied us trom Iter, it will be seen that a battle has dates to March 1st, and faris to the eve

A line

PUBLIC LANDS.

trom Mr. Hendricks

LATER FROM FRANCE. FROM THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE

New York, April 5. By the packet

POLITICAL.

lowing bill has received the sanction ; anv quarter, for several weeks past, ! been fousjht between the contending : nine of the 29th Feb. have been re-

ot botn nouses, and needs only ine pro-, without bringing some mournful tidings parties in Mexico, and Santa Anna de- ceived

per signatures to make it a law. jcf this awfully distressing disorder. ! featcd: ! London, Feb, 23. Thc King, it is

AN ACT those who keep dogs, or go near mem,. t. v u.ir,L : ls-., ! notorious, has granted to Lord Urev au-

" A heavy battle has been ibusht be-! ulom' 10 create a3 many l eers as may

Sopplemental to the several laws for the sale i are in the most imminent danger, eve-

cf Public Lands.

Be. it enacted by the Senate and House ver cf licvresrntatives of the United States of, the

imerica in Congress assembled, Thatlsation

from and after the first dav of May one

next, all the public lands of the United j the question, and death upon the Gal-

Mates, when otieied at private sale,; lows, is a thousand times to be prelermay be purchased at t'.ie option of the j red, to death by Hydrophobia! purcha-cr. either in entire sections, half j Carlisle, la. March 12, 1832. sections, quarter sections, half quarter Mr. Stout: Mr. Samuel Postlew aite, sections, or quarter qua; u r sections; j (tinner, formerly of your'place,) has just and in every case of a division of a half j expired under all the horrors of hydroquarter section, the line for the division j phobia. His own history f the case, thereof shall run cast and west, and as detailed tome, runs thus: kt About the corners and contents of quarter nine weeks since, he was bitten, while

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meet that animal, of late, without, t t 7 leairues from composition of

nwst disagreeable thoughts and sen-' ,. .... . u iUn r.... . ! measure ot K

II 1 1 1 1. UII3 lilt 1 "I 111 111 IHL. 1U1IIIU "Cllil.. , . , , s. Beware! beware! let every; , , , . .. 'Noble Lord hesit;

eware! Leave the ignominy out ; , ' " i 1. .. :" ! he does shrink.

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The loss on the other side is no doubt

very

be rendered necessary by the present

that House to carry the

etorni. V hy does the

ite? We know that ;

Times.

Wv. iiave reason to know that no

reat. as thev did not nursue the I creation of Peers will be necessary for

-i-c 4 1 1 ii iltliP nurnost: ot carrvinir tue second

remains 01 i.iiua .vmia s arnn , iiu neu -11. - ! aalll

for Vera Cruz. Santa Anna return- auing oi e n x , . ... u , not Mr. chy aild hi3 fri,nd3

P,Un be. citvwith a verv slight wound, omnmiee, noueei, 11 mo, uC e, ti-

We have had no news from Mexico ! to create Feci in order to prevent for a number of davs; many conjectures the f:iil'"'e thc L' ?tl inflnntn.iniWrHu "cm,Emm;o increased strength of tue nti-ke-

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FROM THE N AT. ISTELLIGEXCKR. Infamous Calumny. The following

j article is copied from a late No. of the

(New Hampshire l'aniot:

"Previous to the decision ol the supreme Court upon the Indian Question, was the re not a caucus composed of wlgcs Marshall, Thompson, and SronY,and Messrs. Clay, Sergeant, Wkbster, Eveuett, and some few otiiers? Did not Messrs. Clay, &c. urg- upon the Judges the necessity of their sustaining thein on the Indian question, solely upon political grmmds l Did they not avow that nothing

i 1 would revive their party but a decision

t 'mi fTPiicj lii: irM'Oil d'nin "v. nir " iI.-

nnartrr spr.lions. which mnv 1hMaiiPr i wnlL-incr t)i sirivls f ih nhnv hv m ! . ' " 11T, ft- .mtKrirv ,vf iho

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r. M k.in tu mmn0r ,,jni.i..r u nr.A ...uu 1,1 lo urt.3 it-- i. . x. : 4. 4 i. nn atrocity ana

i-"- -4 '- i.iiiiii-i cum mi uui; fuuuustu n- wc iuu;licu limine jin,T 10 create l eei s, n is uti nuua-, , . , . ..i .. i ...'v-,i. 1 CI 7 1 :il-inl-l..ci(iri I ."i rt

thA nrinnn p.. ilirrrtr.il unit nrnirn Noil ! n,.i A imw . I nl'A i A r.i 1 1- I?.. 4 4 r u - i j i .;....,, i i 41. .. 4. T.. ..l : U , 1:!1 1 u,ni lvl " '""n

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presented suspicious appear-

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lv me aeeoiiu secuo 1 ui arr. pn -, ci invim

tied "An act concerning the mode ot i ances. '

surveying the public lands of the Unit- j Mr. P. yielding to popular prejudied States,"' passed on the eleventh day j ces, submitted to the operation oYthe

ol l eoruary, eighteen hundred and ! mad-stone, and to use his own language,

"The stone stuck eleven hours, and then would stick no longer."' when (ac-

cording to mad-stone theory,) the poison was extracted, and consequently the patient free from danger. He suffered no inconvenience from the wound from

five; and fractional sections containing

fewer or more than one hundred and sixty acres, shall, in like manner, as nearly as may be practicable, be subdivided into quarter quarter sections, under such rules and regulations as

may be prescribed by the Secretary of

the treasury : Provided, I hat this act shall not ba construed to alter any spe

cial prowsion made by law for the sale of lar.din town lots: .lad Provided, also. That no person shall be permitted to enter more than one half quarter section of land under this act, in quarter quarter sections, in his own name, or in the name of any other person; and, in no case, unless he intends it for cultivation, or for tho use i 1. : - 4 1 .i

of his improvement, And the person making application to make an entry under this act, shall file his and her affidavit, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, that he. or she makes the entry in his or her own name, for his or her own benefit, and not in trust for another: Provided further, That all actual settlers being house keepers, upon the

public lands, shall have the right of

pre-emption to enter, within six months after the passage of this act, not exceeding the quantity of one half quarter section, under the previsions of this .4-111- . 1

act, to include his or their improve-

ments, under such regulations as have

been, or may be prescribed by the Se-

cretary of the Treasury; and, in casewhere too persons shall live upon the same quarter section, subject to be entered under the provisions of this act, each shall have the right to enter that quarter quarter section which includes his improvements.

to danger by the non-exercise

Letters from Vera Cruz inform me that Santa Anna, animated by his success on the 23d of February, made a second sortie at the head of 1000 men, and directed his march towards the i r . 1 1 i i

plains of Salome, where he encoun-

tered the

under March

ne

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luc nine it as until, leu, until o uu ua y , i 1 ,1 -.i - , -. 1 , .Lit, tacked them with impetuosity, and was

1111 X.'Lll 1 llKlllli lllllil 111, lC4i3 lilltll. 11 ed with pain and superficial numbness of the middle linger of the left hand, (the part on which he was bitten.) The pain gradually extended itself up the arm, and increased in acuteness. On Sunday morning he was entirely unable to swallow fluids, and the mere mention of water would create intense pain in the region of the stomach and

powers with which he has been entrust

ed. London. Feb. 'li The

birth-day was celebrated to-day with the customary observances. From an early hour the bells of the churches in

urge, that, the question must !k; decided solely in reference to politics?" Vv e have seen many calumnies prop.4.1 k,- 4l... I... .-..1.-. A T-4i:n T

luke-warmness oi n . 1 .,

: our country, to subserve uiii vue puiposes f party; but the above exceeds

atrocity and mischievousness any

time fallen under

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lounued oa liiiormaiion receivca jrom jrashineton. V'ho eould have inveu-

. Ued a!letr itions so atrocious and unfjtmQueens, , . .u.,,.

UeU i H e UU 1SUL MUJil.Uw IJ tlJ UIIL ifever an oilender against truth and decency merited punishment, thc fobri-

cator of this wholesale slander deserves

troops ol thc uovernmentl ,1":u "l"'1'5 V , - In have his ears nailed to the oillon

ft . 4.ii .i n . n rlnrlv- tlio I'nrlc nnd lower cmvi were i .. . . .

vj.en. v,aiueron, on ine .hi oir: .".r V . . ea v t is lmnossb Mo read such state

wiin ,,-is rn-wli-tfi rurniiv him hred, and the tradesmen ol the Koval - , . ,v, , who as leadv to lecene mm. 1 ' - ! ments wit'i pat?cnce or temper. ih

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'i,iiini v" ui-i'ii. in.- - . , - -. progress 01 ia:;e.ioo i is iipiHiiuuii.

illjl Itll 1111111111 11 II I'll HI Hi 1 WTVIlllll Since the accession of his present i

received with lirmncs

Gov era-

throat, accompanied with -spasms, which increased on every return, un

til thc close of his existence,

I lis mind

was entirely lucid at intervals; other symptoms were such as strongly markl.i l i i

ail I P rnnii. nilH nti.-! wiif-h nc n -.' ti?i-

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necessary . to enumerate. Dr. Cha-i ver and myself pursued the course of practice indicated, but without any apparent benefit. No medical advice however, was sought until after ihc spasms commenced. 1 report this case to you for the purpose of guarding the public against the reputed efficacy of the mad-stone, as well as mad dogs. John V. Davis. Cold. It ts slated that a large part of thc capital employed in obtaining

gold in North Carolina, Georgia, iScc. is foreign, and the vulvar error is that

ment troops. No quarters were given I on either side. The batth "lasted from . t i 4i i r i

li) m tue morning to i r. si. when Santa Anna being defeated, was oblig

ed to retire to Vera Cruz, where he arrived with only '2 men. 1 lis loss is computed at .100 killed, including Col. Landores, and 500 prioners, including F) officers. On the -1th there arrived at Vera Cruz 150 fugitives. The inhabitants were waiting from hour to hour

for the arrival of the Conqueror, that they might open their gales and re-

ceive him. l he mux regiment nas been

put to the sword, and the 1th also has a large part of it been destroyed. P. S. March 10. It is rumoured that Gen. Santa Anna has been for three days off St. Antonio in a brig, which has at length disappeared. So

you may perhaps expect him soon in the United States, ilis tlight is very proper, for he had no troops to defend him."

Mniestv. II Generals and 25 Admiials

have died. Post. j The affairs of Holland and Belgium remain unsettled. The former seems resolved to command the navigation of the Scheldt, by increased fortifications at Flushing. The projected marriage of Leopold with a French princess, is deferred. A dreadful typhus fever has broken

out in Galicia, and 10,000 persons had speedily become its victims. It is sup-

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is enough to destroy, and certainly must impair, the moral sense of the community, unless men of all parties shall unite to frown down the use of such weapons in political warfare. We

observe it stated in a letter

iMUi

from this-

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city, published in a New York paper, that the above vile, article emanated from a certain Senator. We cannot we will not, believe it. No man filling that high and honorable station could stoop to an act of such aggravated baseness.

foreigners

chiefly profit

by this branch

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Persons, perhaps, see

FOREIGN RELATIONS. The enlarged appropriation asked for by the Executive, and reported by the Committee of Finance, for the diplomatic expenses of the government, gave rise to a discussion of much pith in the Senate yesterday, touching the

relative merits of the last and present Administrations, in regard to their expenditures for foreign intercourse. The discussion continued to a late hour, without coming to a close; indeed it took a turn just before the adjournment, which opened a wide field. and will probably give rise ton pro

tracted debate.

of business

large parcels of the precious metal pre-

pared lor exportation, and lament it

departure as very injurious to our country. It is true that it would be much better were it all coined at our own mint and thrown into our own circulation if we could keep it a decent

length of time; but it may nearly as well depart in ingots as in eagles, and de-

part it must and will so long as the balance of trade is against us. If the profits on foreign capital made at our gold

mines could be more advantageously sent to England in cotton or codfish the gold would remain with us and cotton or codfish become more valuable than that metal. But the vulgar, and we had like to have said stupid error, is in this, which

DECREE OF THE GOVERNMENT The following Decree was issued by the Federal Government on the 22d of February: The Vice President of the Mexican States, in exercise of the supreme ex-

ecutive power, to the inhabitants of the Republic. Be it known that the General Congess has decreed the following: Art. 1 The Government will declare closed to foreign commerce and to that of coasting vessels, every port

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posed to have been chiefly caused by the privations of the people.

''Order reigns in Italy" by Austrian bayonets, which have quieted the spirit r 1. IT1I I 1 l.l ... . . : ..

of revolt. They have 10,000 men in Italy. The king of Sardinia was collecting troops. The vengeance of the pope was much feared at Bologna. It is stated that both France and England have told the king of Spain that he shall not. interfere in the dispute

between Don Pedro and Don Miguel, about Portugal--by sending troops to assist the latter. Don Pedro's fleet was daily expected at Oporto. A marked ball was given at St. Petersburgh, which was attended by 22,864 persons.

LATER.

By the packet ship Caledonia

apv

is the common error of the " free tradt

Mr.SMi-rn, Chairman of the Commit- i K'X-YVj '

over the surface of

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tee of Finance, admitted, in the course uu "P" . i - s. ia w,?rlu ot

f,"l'U I VUILULU 111 111)1 III A. dlUilllil Georgia, etc. represents, at least.

of tee discussion, that if the diplomat

ic expenditures of the two hist years of the last Administration, and the two first of the present, wero contrasted, it would present " rather an ugly ap

pearance ' tor the latter; but this, he intimated, would be amended by the

reductions which would tal

future

a;

place in this branch of the public service. It is not, however, an enquiry into the amount expended by the respective Administrations which threatens a lengthened it vesligation. That is a matter icadily ascertained, and was fully exhibited, an official data, yesterday. It is an assertion thrown out bv Mr. M arc v, towards the close of the

fitting namely: that it was not the

amount of money expended by the last

Administration in foreign intercourse, which was the charge against it; but that it did nothing for the money effected no good for the country, with thc expenditure. This was the point on which several gentlemen joined issue,

ai.d winch seems likely to be fully argued. Having adverted to Mr. M micv's allegation, it is proper to mention, that Mr. Clay, in a few remarks, noinledlv

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or 75

dollars worth of American corn, beef.

pork, avc. consumed by the various laborers employed, and 10, or perhaps 15 percent, more, goes into thc general stock of American wealth, produced by

other labor; for much we doubt if the

mines generally v ield a net profit of 10 percent, to the foreign proprietors of them. Hence we are much obliged to them for their disposition to speculate, and liberally to use capital which our own citizens are not disposed to adventure so freely in such undertakings. They make a good interest, let us say fin . 4 iii . .

oi in per cent nut nave created a new business in the United States which makes a new demand for labor.

ot tha Republic which is or shail hereafter be occupied by rebellious troops, giving notice-, in each case, when any

port has become subject to this order, and taking such nicaurcs as may be necessary for the information of captains of vessels bound to il. 2. The embargo will continue so

long as the occupation by rebellious troops shall continue; and when it has ceased, notice of the same ill be given

by the Government. Thc 2d and '3d sections, in t he present state of things, are not important. They relate to the collection of duties j Palace of the Federal Government,

Mexico, Feb. 22, 1S32. A XTO X lO 15 V ST AM A X T K.

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great

Ei s.sia. The Russian Mercury contains tho results of a census of the Russian empire, taken officially in the year 1821'. It is curious, inasmuch as it gives those results differently from those

which have been published by able writers upon statistics. The population of Russia amounts to 13,?00,0u0; the great principality of Finland to l,-5 ,0,)0; the kingdom of Poland to 1,050,000; the whole of the Russian empire to 10,!)00,OUO. The population of Feorgia, Inverski, Mingrelia, Gotiriel, Armenia, and in short all thc coun-

Graham. files of London papers to the 20th of February, and Liverpool to the 1st March, both inclusive, have been received.

The Reform hill still lingered the House of Commons.

ihe Cholera name had in a

measure subsided though the last returns exhibit an increase in the number of cases. CHOLERA MORBUS. Up to the 22d, the total number of cases was 45--deaths 28. Consequently the number of new cases during the six days ending 28th, must have been 59, and of deaths 41. The Leipsic Gazette slates that the last column of Polish refugees destined

for France passed through that city on

the 10th inst. making the total number who have traversed Saxony 1901. Paris, Feb. 21. On Wednesday the flag over the gate of the Consul of the United States of America bore this inscription: " Washington was born on the 22d February, 1732.

E XTRA ADVERTISEMENT. FOR SALE AT AUCTION, The laws and decision of the U. S. Supreme Court, together with its Law Library and fixtures, sold for no fault whatever, and warranted sound; but the subscribers, being about breaking up house-keeping, have no further use for them. Any person who will purchase the whole lot, shall have the Judges and Attorneys thrown into the bargain. Also for sale, the Constitution of the United States, having recently been inspected and found so defective as to be entirely useless to the subscribers.

The purchaser must give bond to remove it immediately, and not put it in operation again in this country, until after the 4th of March, 1833. Also for sale, a large and valuable. tract of land, lying on the northeastern part of the State of Maine. Said tract is wooded, watered, and cultivated, abundantly stocked with timber, game fish, and inhabitants; which last will be sold separate, or included under the

lull! 3 'filUL. Ul lllMU Mi., i.. i ii . .. 4 ...v. general head of game, at the option of the purchaser. The above mentioned tract has, for some time past, annually produced a member of the State Le-

gislature, who will be sold with

the

timber or fish, as may be

time and place of sale, named articles will be s for cash; the land will posed of for cash, or territory in Mokahika,

the Land of Nod; it is a matter of perfect indifference to the subscribers which. Sale positive, to commence as

soon as the subscribers have finished their morning's bitters. No postponement on account of the weather.

agreed on at

Thc two first old very cheap likewise be disexchanged for the Moon, or

tries to the south of the Caucus and the mouth of the Terch, of which there are

or market for commodities, renal in .111 no ""lai accounts, is estimated at

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percent, of t!ie whole value produced. 1 llc " poniou i. And, whether the farmer of North Car- ' W,:). , comprising m this number all

as-

controverted its correctness; and

serted, that so fir from having done nothing, the last 4dminist ration conclud

ed mote treaties, here at the Seat of Government, with foreiorn Pnnnrc lli-i.i

pc

olina se lls his corn to feed the gold miners or sends it to the AVest Indies, is no matter if he gets the same price per bushel for it; though the home market, because of its steadiness and certainty, is always better than the foreign one. This is the " American svs-

te.vi. We have no hesitation in believing that the market for the farmers of North Carolina, because of the gold mines, is worth twice as much as their foreign one. Niles.

"Life of Daniel Boon."

any preceding Administration

haps all of them together and adiust

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r-u .....uy .on Man-ung dm-culties and; well known talents of the

u.?FuwMuWm..,,,u. .oreignoovern-jmay anticipate a work of more than men.3. JSal. Intelligencer, tnrctirir :.,.-.

' ' U IL l 1.31,

The Rev. Timothy Flint, of Cincinnati, is preparing for the press; (he

r rom the author we

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the Cossacks, Kalmucks, Uie wander

ing tribes of the P.uchkirs, the P.ogouls and the Samoieds at (5,000. Thc inhabitants of Siberia, both wandering and fixed, who pay tribute in furs, are put down at 100,000- rc find

amongst the clergy (,(38 molahs for the Mahometan Tartars, and 150 lamas for the Cahnucks. J'iles,

i few davs since a party of twentv-

six young men, from the East, arrived

in this cityontncir way to Columbia river, (the Oregon) in the extreme Jfcsi

of our country; their travelling wagons three in number, Were peculiarly constructed to be useful in their contemplated journey, the body of the wagon was calculated lobe used as a boat, in crossing or passing our rivers, the wheels being detached and put into it. Durimr their stay here they encamped

every night iii a field near the Halt imore ami Ohio Rail Road depot. Cars were used to convey their wagons up to Frederick, nnd they depaited yester

day morning in the lohnnhus, muc.t gratified with the comfortable arrangement made for their conveyance so great a distance in so brief a period. Bcrltimore Gaz.

The Coston Gazette says: " Hon, John McLf.vn. one of the Justices e; the United States Supreme Court, leu town yesterday morning for Washington, where he will spend a few days previous to his departure for Ohio, in which Stale he holds a Court on the 1st of May. During his sojourn among us Mr. McLean received those attentions which arc due to one who deservedly occupies so prominent a place m the public eye; and it must be gratifying to our citizens to know that lie

loaves us with the most favarablo impression of our institutions. We understand he has never before vistietl

New-

England

ceio-

Somc Hcroites at Salem, la

brating the 8th of Jan. (on Sunday) fired numerous grounds oft cannon. At thc last round, to show how easily Clay could be di niolishc.il, they filled their gun with via if, upon a good charge of pow der, and ptoudly touched it oil": away went their cannon, split into a thousand splinters.

The lotion . None but ti fanatic would count its worth none but a niadmnn would hazard its rupture. Palsied lie the hand that would aim a blow at one ol' its links blistered be the tongne that would raise the cry of Sedition, to dismember it ! "Count" the vahi.; of the Union! Who can count the value of chastity? who would pause to calculate the worth of Law who would vacillate between civilization and

social war, or savage fanaticism 1 A fatal hallucination seems to infect the minds of the nulliliers oT the South. Like madmen, they menace with death their best friends, and nourish weapons at the breast 0f their mother not knowing what the do.

Ireland remains in a terrible st.ite; -0,000 men have been ordered thither t keep the wretched ami starving creature q'liet ''.V tke bnynnet. A7r s . A rertrrnd .r ii'iitW. The rev. 'rPrice, rcdnr of Lower Whecdoii, Northamptonshire, England, was recently killed ly an injury received in a "spirited chase" alter a fox. l'o-hunlinj; priests are to be found only where the people are compelled to feed a iaen

Globe call' the even mihliiu" rh on Fool'

Taste of the O final. The spirit-ttirrinsr, elo.pient an peroration of Mr. Webster's

resolution, where he nru i s for 1

l.'nion, now and forever, one ami insepcr

"06TREl'EKOl!S il ASCON A DE !" Alter this, we think, the leather mtdal imsht be voted without hesitation at a rewnnt lor tbe oorrot tiits of tho official.

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