Weekly Wabash Express, Volume XXI, Number 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 April 1863 — Page 1

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WEEKLY ^"EXPRESS

The Supremacy on the Sens The war which has now been carried on for two years against the rebellion in our midst, bas made us much stronger to resist aggression both on land and sea. The de velopement of our naval power is one of the marked signs of tbe times. It is only a few short years ago that our Navy was made the subject of ridicule by a large class of foreign Hcribblers, and the object of direct assault by dribblers at home. The one class sneered at it because it numbered so low vessels, mid such an insignificant number of guns the other because, small as it was, it was deemed a burden to the public Treasury and Co the people of the country, which might wisely be laid aside. Happily 'such unwise "counsels did nrtt prevail and now so lar from pleading for a decrease of our Navy, tli« only 1 Vxpressed on all Hides is that it. i-nnuot be «iilarged with sufficient rapidity. There has been a constant addition since the 4th of Marrli, 1861. The whole number .already bought, or built, or at present uudei ronstructiou, amounts to four hundred and twenty-seven, with three thousand two him dred and sixty-eight guns Of these ve.^els three hundred and twenty-three are sfeatner.i

This activity in creating bur Navr by the Federal Government, has not been regarded with indifference by the leading Naval powers of Europe. Increased activity on the part of England and France has been the result of the Budden and astonishing growth of our Nary.

The English Navy Register, of last year, reports three hundred and eeventy-two steamers afloat, iorty under construction, •and one hundred and forty-four sailing vessels in service, a total of five hundred and /illy six vessels, with over fourteen thousand

France bas a toflh of four hundred

ni«d sixty-nine vessels, ol which throe hundred anii liny eight are steamers of these steamers ninety-four are iron clad. The navy of FFIUI-e carries nearly ten thousand guns,— i\uMia has not been blind to the importance ol «i navy in order to maintain the place wh.ch she has already secured, and to attain 10 the. position which she long? reach atnijap tho nations of the world

Her late

jn-.jiiisitions in Asia, on the Pacific coast, with th.i prospects which they awaken, are enough to nrouse her to great efforts for «hi« object. Her navy embraces three hundred and thirteen vessels, of which two hundred and forty-eight are steamer*. They parry over thjrty-eigbt hundred guns. These are the four great naval powers. In the number of vessels and guns England still maintains her preeminence. But the three competitors are now nicking rapid advances towards equality. In the real effective force it has been asserted that the navy of France is already equal, if not superior to that ol England. Of the whole number of vessels belonging to .these four power?, England possesses about one-third but a combination of either fflvo of the two others would enable them to »ottUiujmber her. Oi the gutiB, the navy ol .Etigliutd carries one-half. But if calibre and iweight Atl motal should be taken into account, she should be overmatched by her two European rivals.

In view of the inc:easiug fleets of otlier .nations, Homo of tha statesmen of Great .Britain |are advocating convulsive effort to irnaintain, at all hazards 'and at every exipense, her naval superiority. They would iliave ..England continue to build and send iforth her war vessels, no matter how much it may detract from their industrial resour-. •cess, or how high it may pile up the present |jiillic debt. On the other hand thero are -some, of wiiJav Vision and greater sagacity, •who see the coming of a tiipe when the doiininion of the seas will cease .to be hers ex.exclusively. That time ifl now at hand •strictly spe.iki ig, it has alredojf come. It .has .been frankly confessed by an English writer lhat "a union of the French an^l Jiua•aian fleets in 1854 would have swept the

IKi'iiish Aug fiMin the seas, blocked us up ilike a belougnied fortress, aud mule us feel of what, litt U- are baljs of calicoes to a •Starving peiipli'

This no tiino for England to nlienato tho HJniit.l Si:tU!s, wiLh her gaining naval power. iKni it. seems that slut is pursuing a course •wfhinh will lead to tliat result. The rebel •steamers building an the Mersey and Clyde •with her knowledge and consent, is the mj'j-:-jtvf yf discussion between tihe I wo Go.v minnls, as will be seen by our dispatches this •morning, aud hostilities may possibly reft'lit from the action of the British Government in this inttiioi. But on the Continent England has no fast friends. With all his past suavity there can be uo doubt that. r. 'I'l.s NapoxaJON would like to wipe out tho disasters «f the first Napoleon. Sebastopol in some compensated for Moscow. He would like something to balance against Waterloo, but •especially a uaval victory to atone for

Trafalgar. It is as short sighted as it i.t.oachftrous for England to continue the policy she has inaugurated, of furnishing vessels of war to the rebels. These may enable them to protract the war. but. they caunot change its issue. The power ol the rebels will be crushed into atoms. sLngiand'said in this or auy other manner cannot

But it will leave a rankling re-

prevent »t naembrance behind whose fruits may appear in some near crisis of her destiny. The wiger and more sagacious, not to say the niorehoaeet of England's counsellors, a«d

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as her true policy, that by all means the way should be pnepawl by her for an alliance of the Anglo-Sason naval power in view of possible European complications are perils. The coming three or four months will likely unfold whatever of mystery /here may be about these questious. We cannot believe at present that the issue will be disastrous to our cause, or will be prejudicial to th.» peace of the two Governments

lhe Election for mayor. The election for Mayor and other City officers for this city, will be held on the 5th day of next month. The Union candidates will bo elected over their opponents-no matter how much the Democracy may "behoove," as the

News Sheet would say—by a majority of four -huudred and twenty one rotes

I'uion Leagues in North East Mo. The loyal peeplo of North East Missouri

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taken hold of the Union League movement with enthusiasm, aud Leagues are being formed all over that section of the State.

At Hannibal, Palmyra and Cauton very large meeting# have been held at the organization ot these Leagues and the greatest

BT The privates of the Eighty fifth regiment, taken prisoners at the battle of Thomp «on'a Station, have been paroled and are now tit Annapolis, Maryland. We presume they •will soon be home.

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Wk publish a notice to-day for the city election. As our radical friends are thoroughly organized, it behooves tbe Democracy and conservative men—all who are in favor of law and order and a liberal city government, to arouse themselves to action.— News Sheet.

We rather think that "all who are in favor of law and order," will not vote at the coming city election for the "Democracy." Our citizens are thoroughly* disgusted with the kind of "law and order" which has charac terized the city duriitg the past eighteen months, and all the "behooving" the Democracy can perform will not save the city government for Democratic administration. ,,

Gkn. Lew Wallace has addressed to the Ohio Legislature a manly and patriotic response to the resolutions thanking him for his services, in the caurse of which he says "This is neither 'Lincoln's war,' nor ,'a war for negroes,' nor a war for conquest, or glory, or party. Jt is the people's war for free government. Tho only distinction that can be made between the hero who fell at Bunker Hill and tbe hero who fell at Shiloh i-, one died to establish free government, the other died to perpetuate it—both are martyrs* to liberty. Will the people ahau don their cause? God forbid!"

The Bread Kiots of the Confederacy Scarcely a newspaper reaches us from the ^ouili, but contains accounts of tbe most serious riots, originating in Lhe want of bread to appease tho pangs of hunger. They are constantly occurring iu different towns and cities. The recent one iu Richmond was of a serious chamcter, and argues badly for the future ol the South.

There is no longer any doubt but that starvation is staring whole commuuiti'S in the face. Want is becoming universal with them, mid no means at han4 can palliate this suffering. In the coming three months, will be witnessed iu the South, more suffering occasioned by hunger than by any other cause created by the war.

Suffering in the South.

The Nashville UnioD. of the 28th ult., says on what is pronounced undoubted authority, that a few days ago twenty women in Atlanta, Georgia, maddened with the eight of their starving children at home, collected *in a body, and broke into and plundered several groceries of meat aud flour, in broad daylight. Deaths by starvation are by no uieaus uucommon in that region. The whole country has beeu picked bare of everything edible by the army and speculators, who operate in connection with officers of the army The Union adds

These punishments seem severe, but are they too severe for people who allowed themselves to be precipitated into rebellion against the best Government on earth by a fietof political blacklegs We believe that be.'oiu long the Southern people will rise en onisse against their tyrants and swing them up to tbe first tree Let the Southern negro oligarchy bewarp of the white insurrection which propably is near at hand.

The ItcMilt-. of the Elections, The result of tin* elections in this* State, as well us those in Ohio and Connecticut have utterly astounded the leaders of the socalled Democratic paity. They had relied with (he utmost confidence on carrying the elections wherever held. But the mistake was a very ^reatoue. They had mistaken the public sentiment of the country. The conduct ol the leaders of that party in this State, and its peace policy in Connecticut wero the causes of its defeat. Here the effort of the Democratic members of the Legislature to pass the Military Bill, taking the war power of the State out of the hands of the Governor„in wanton disregard of the Constitution and in violation of the wishes of the people, and placing it in the hands ol Justices of the Pence as occasion might require, was one of the causes which enured to the utter repu dialion of the leaders of that party, find as a eonseqiicnce the party itself.

Tho refusal to endorse t')0 resolutions ofthe soldiers of.the Slate by the Legislature, forwarded for that purpose, together with their peace resolutions, and unprincipled warfare upon the Government and its friends, were also anions the causes which operated to siccnre for that party its condemnation at the polls on Monday last

It. is well settled now, that a party which arms its hostility to the maintainance of the tho Government and lends its efforts to secure a peace, even should the Union not be restored, as

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The cause is gaining.

Franklin of Cincinnati,

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'also to-morrow (Sunday) at the usual hours. ^Tbe public are cordially ioy^wl to attend.

said, cannot pos

sibly succeed iti controlling the public sentiment of the country. It is now quito certain that the next Congress will show an Administration majority While the people may not have approved every act. of the last Congress, or every act ol the Admiiiistiation, they cannot therefore join their fortunes and the best interests humanity to a party, which, from the com mencemcut of the struggle, has given aid and comfoit to the enemies of our institutions

We do not regard the result of these elec tious here, or iu Rhode Island and OonuffC ticut as au endorsement ol auy particular measure of lhe preseut Administration.— Rut we do look upon the result as condem natory of the treasonable tendencies of the opposite party leader*' The loyal .people of this country cannot be brought to endorse rebellion and treason, or those who aid them, simply from the lact that they may disapprove a certain policy of the Adminis tration Northern seceasionism and toryism Jiave failed to eftect their purposes, and now ^Huk away before the contempt and scorn of the lovaltv of the country.

one ol those memorable days when the Kansas-Nebraska Bill was being debated, Senator Seward tapped Douglas on th$ shoulder, and whispered in hia ear that he had some |"Bourbon" in the Senator's private room, which was twenty years old, and upon which he desired to get Douglas' judgment. "The Little Giant" declined, stating that he meant to speak in a few moments, and wished his brain unclouded by the fumes of liquor. At the conclusion of his speech, Douglas sank down exhausted in hia chair, hardly conscious of tho congratulations of those* who flocked around him. At thie juncture, Seward seized the orator's arm and bore him off fo the Senatorial sanctum.— "Here's the Bourbon, Douglas," said Seward:

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cv Battle of Somerset. It is worthy of remark that the series of successes which marked the opening of our campaign in the West last year began at Milt Springs, Ky scarcely a day's march from Somerset, the scene of General Gill morf.'s bold, brilliant assault ou the superior invadiug force of the rebel Gen. P*gram.— Tlie rebel liue in Kentucky extended from Mill Springs westward to the Btroo} fort.fications at Columbu3. The battle was first gained on the extreme right bv the rebel Gens. ZoLLicoFFtR and Crittkstdex Zullicoffek was killed in the disaslrou fight, while C&iTrENDEN reeled off with his shattered forces to Gainsboro, Teun., to refresh himself after his perils. It was tho first victory gained, a happy augury of yet other victories, on. their left, and of the throwing of the whoki rebel army out of the State o|^ Kentucky.

At the opening of this campaign their line extended from Somerset, in Eastern Kentucky, towards the Southwest the extreme left still resting, as last year, on the Mississippi, yet, unfortunately lor them, lull two hundred miles further South. This pressing back of their line marked iu part the sum of their losses in the last campjigu. Again the battle has been joined ou their extreme right again for us decided victory there again the rebels cross the Cumberliiid, moviug Southward iu hot haete, with the broken fragmeuts of their force, it is a repetition of the history of 1862, aud can be accepted as & harbinger of yet other victories and the crowding back of their lines still further towards the Gulf of Mexico.

In one respect we have reason to believe, however, that the campaign this year will differ from that of 1862. We expect to see the victories followed up with greater spirit and more persistent energy. The day of deliverance for Eastern Tennessee we believe to be near at hand. It was said by one of the rebel journals that should General Rosecbans possess himself of Eastern Tennessee, it would require two huudred thousand men to dislodge him. It would seem as though au occupation of that territory were near at band, of such a nature, and on such a scale that the utter hopelessness of Rebel repossession would be made manifest. Gen. Roskcrans is evidently on the alert, and the secrets of his purposes will de.velope themselves, no doubt, in due time, soon enough to satisfy tbe desires of loyal m.efl.

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[Fortbe Express.] ''t Write to Soldiers.

In looking over a paper published by the soldiers of Port Royal. S. C., there was one piece that 9tr,uck me as coming from the heart of a soldier. It was headed "Write to Soldiers It spoke of the feelings caused by receiving letters from home, aud said if the friends of the soldiers only knew the joy li tter imparted, it would not be necessary to be reminding those at home to write.

There are very few iu these times but that have been in camps where large numbers of onr troops \ypre ijuartered, nnd who that has passed along when the but ic c.ll.i' form for the mai), but has noticed the a-UHer as he stands waiting wisljii {.o Ijpar his pauio called, and then to watch the deep disappointment when he turns to go away, as his heart whispers no letter to -night, and then to watch the longing glances given those that have been made glad by a precious missive from some dear one. Before the mail comes one may hear the coarse j»ke,lhe oath, and the almost deafening noise how after the mail is distributed 'Tis quiet. Those who have indulged in the oath, now have their hearts filled too full of pure and holy thoughts to utter oaths. Perhaps it was a mother that wrote the cheering word, and closed with her lover ending prayer—"God protect you from danger ,be a good man and soldier, always remembering your God." Then write to ^soldiers—mothers to yoi|r sons, wives

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your husbands, sisters to your

brothers, vnd ^friend to friend—let them know that the '*'|'UJe of life" «fae® not flow on ^unconscious of the vacancies their absence has made. Write good long letters, telling them how good christian men and women appreciate them and their worts— tvrito qucli jetters that no Butternut could nake thein think they were forgotten at tiome. Forgottou—could they be forgottou? —those soldiers who have torn themselves away fro.(p the wives Uhey loved dearly, from the little ones that have clung around their knee, little ones whose first .words they lisped was Papa—yes, fpoui all these, and more, have ihey gone to endure many hardships and many privations, hunger, cold, forced marchea, and to sink to sleep, pillowed upon the cold earth and their tent tbe heavens above them. Yet there are those that tell solders tbat are enduring all this, thay are forgotten ftt.home.

Then write to soldiers letting them know we have not fogotten them, nor the cause for which they are gone, give them the Godspeed you gave them when they started, and then when you sink to rest upon your downy pillow at night, after breathing a prayer for their safety und cause, you will feel ^he consciousness of having thrown the little aid you could in lessening the monotony and tedium of poor $olJier'» life. myrsin^.

Terek Hautk and Aitok Rah Road. he New York Tribune ot March 90th, speak* of tnis Road a# follows "The finan cial condition of tbe Terre Haute and Alton Road is of the most favorable character.— Few Western roads can show so stroRg a position. On the first of January last the Company had on band in cash and cash as sets $420,994.03. Eutjre atfuyjtij: of Interest on debt from Jan 1, to Nov. 1, 1863, $302, 750, leaving a si)rplu^ of $118,244 03.

The road earned last yaar beMsrggn 1st, aud Nov 1st, after payment of all expenses excepting interest, $430,944. Thus providing tlltfre is no jncfeasa iu traffiic over last year, tbe Company will bave on hand on the 1st of Novembjr next $550,000, after

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tory has no parallel for it." "How is that? rejoined Seward, "you spoke about two hours only!'' Douglas smiling, replied "Don't you recollect that, a moment before I obtained the floor, you invited me to par take of some Bourbon twenty years old, and now immediately, after closing my remarks, you extend tolme some of the same liquor, with the assertiou that it is sixty years old!— a forty years' Jspeech was never delivered before." Seward acknowledged the "corn," Jand the two (enemies '(politically) "smiled."

HF The wind made an excellent "circu lating medium" of itaslf yesterday, much to the annoyance of dry goods and hoops gen

payment of all expenses and ioterost.— The increase thus far this year has beeu over $40,000per month, and if this continue# it will swell the above amount of surplus to $750,000, out of which to pay tbe interest on

the

Preferred stock, which is enly $1,600,000." In December 1861, the quotations of Ter-

Haute aud Altou stock was 70 and 75c for tbe 1st mortgage bonds, and 25 and 30 for the 2d. They suddenly appreciated to a high value and after some considerable fluctuations were quoted and sold in July 18G2 at 107 to 110 for 1st, and 87 to 88 for the 2nd mortgage bonds. They now stand at 107 for 1st and and 91 for 2d, with brighter prospects than the road ever had before

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Prom the Kcw Albaoj Ledger (Demoeiat.)— The Draft. S Many persons are allowing the expected conscription ^to give them a great deal of trouble and uneasiuess. This is the extreme of foolishness. If Governor Morton does his duty towards Indiana, and we caunot. doubt that he will there will be no draft in this State until all tbe other States of the North have raised as many men for tbe army, in proportion to their population, as Indiana bas done. If this is done, and we believe it will be, Indiana's quotio of con scripts, in a call for 600,000 men, would be less on an average than one huadred men to the county. In this (the Second) Congressional District, the draft would pot tako on an average, over seventy men from a coutity, and all these could be easily supplied, under a liberal system of bounties, bv volunteers, and such a system would doubtless begrganized.

It is not, therefore, either manly or patriotic for citizens of Indiana to show their dread of conscription to array them in a position either apparently or teally hostile to the Government. The act of resistance to law is revolutionary and in the instance of the couscription law woulil doubtless be decided treasonable. Let every citizen set hia face like flint against auy such resistance The man who would counsel such resistance and lead men off into it, is acting violeutly wrong, and his counsels should be discarded. We must have the Union—the who'e Union —without a star dimmed upou our glorious banner. To have this we must fight. To fight we must have men. A dissolution of the Union once established, our troubles, our privations, our fighting, would just commenced. (,

There is promise ahead. The' skies 'are daily growing brighter. The end of the re* bellion drawelh rapidly apace. Treason is now making its last formidable stand, and on all sides is environed with the armies of tbe Union, made up of men full of faith, full of valor determined and anxious for the great day of battle which will wreath our banners with triumphant garlands. Never since the war commenced has there been so much cause of encouragement for loyal men as to day. And let us now, when tbe star is ast cending tbe sky to come and stand over the victorious armies of the Republic aud point the world to a reunited country, not become discouraged or refuse to put our shoulders to the wheel which is to roll Over and crush out treason trom the land. And it th'fe co'nccription does come, and we are called upon to respond with oar quota of men, let it never be said that the glorious fame of Indiana, won upon every battlefield [of the rebellion, was tarnished either by resistance to law by^her citizens, or the lack of biavery on their part to respond to the call of Liberty upon them in the hour of her peril. We have faith in the valor, the atriotism, the sound Unionism of Indiana.

Ve believe that when called upon for her sacrifice she will carry it to the altar of her country, and, like Abraham of old, there offer it up, though it be tbe last remaining one of her gallant sons. The tfnibn can and must be preserved. And uo considefotions should be allowed to influence citizens in taking positions of equivocal patriotism toward the government iu reference to the conscription or other laws.

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Nothing Like a Good Talker. There is a world of trulh in the saying that at sixteen a girl prefers the best daucor in the room at two audtweuty the best talker, and at thirty the richest man.": The girl of sixteen is not supposed to foel eaougb of the world's hypocrisy and society's necessities to appreciate fully the value of wealth at thirty, the misfortunes of her friends, who have married upon a dream of "love in a cottage," have made her appreciate the usefulness of money too mych. But extreipes liaye their faults. As for the "best talker," he is not only preferred by ladies of twenty two, but admired by ladies aud envied by g^nl^jjijen of every age—for what is more pleasing Umu the society of a man whose mind is well stored with knowledge, which his tosgue is capable of uttering with fluency, grace and elopuence, that maketh old truths. assume the enchanting dignity of a moral philosophy^ There is nothing like a good talker to win his way to the hearts of his acquaintances, and particularly to the hearts of the lald^es. They are ^generally fluent, but not "good" talkers themselves. They have generally an abundancp of words, but arp pot so ajpply supplied with ideas. The man, therefore, who is as ready of speech as they, but who has acquired the art of usiug choicer diction, and who has the faculty of introducing new ideas in old shapes, or old ideas in new shapes, excels them upon their own ground.

This excellence, which would inspire envy if he were a woman, inspires admiration as he is a man. Hence his popularity. It is astonishing, though, what a small modicum of wit and learning will give a voluble man a brilliant reputation as good tal^ep.

We bavp seen an exceedingly shallow thinker, and a very superficially accomplished man, carry al| before him. We haye seen it, too, in the

presence

of njeu of yaripd and

extensive erudition- alas! thpy could uot talk well. They had not tbe "gift ot cub And how oftpp is this the case in mixed assembles? How often the frivolous scum rises to the surface and provokes admiration while the more solid material sinks to the bottom, and goe* quite ©utof

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Treason Defined by a Traitor.

The Sentinel of' April 2d, ouotea one of Vallandigbam'a rounded periods in favor of the Union, and pronounces him loyal. The authority is doubtful. When Cincinnati was threatened last .fall by Kirby Sfnlth.yallandigbam made a speech in' Beckett 8 Hall, Dayton, in which he defined the duty of citizeus of Ohio:

He then said, "1, It was the duty of every resident of a State, as well as'citi?en, to stand by his State and country, and defend it from invading foes, come from whatever quarter tbey may. When tbey come with arms in teeir hands, and in hostile array against his country, toat man is false to his country, wbo does not stand by and defend it. 2 It was not necessary that tbe invasion should be actual, before the citizens should be called upon to prepare for defense. It is sufficient to know that thero is a threat df invasion. If any one is threatened with violence, it is not necessary for him to wait till the blow is struck before he deferds himself: so is it with a nation. The nation wtyph ffajts for the actual blow to be struck is weak. The time to prepare against danger is when it is imminent, and uot when it a

A roarespondent of the Montgomery Advertiser, writing from Rjchfflond on the 23d ultimo, says that President Davis has been confined to his house for two weeks,and is in great suffering. An abscess has been formed on bis temple, next to his sound eye, and it ia feared by his friends that he will lose tbe sight of that oye also.

Jevf. has been blind in one eye fer some time. If he loses the other eve, the great conspiracy will present a case of the blind leading the blind, to-fall into the "last ditch."

It is said that the changes in naval uniforms about to be adopted will be as follows:

Admiral eight narrow stripes on each sleeve Commodore, seven narrow stripes on each sleeve Captain, six narrow stripes on each sleeve Commander, five narrow stripes on each sleeve Lieutenant Commander, four flirrow stripes on each sleeve Lieuten ant, three narrow stripes on each sleeve

Master, two narrow stripes on each sleeve Eosign, one narrow stripe on (each sleeve.' The gold band on the cap is to be diapen ed with, while the ornaments of each grade will be left unrelieved.

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Council Proceedings, Cm Hall, April 7,1863

Common Council met pursuant to adjournment. His Honor4Mayor Stewart, and Councumeu Coats, McKeen, Felleuzer, Engle, Walker, Wilkinson, Paddoek and O'Boyle.

Absent: Couucilmen Swinchart and' Hough. Tbe minutes of the previous meetiug were read and approved.

Councilmen Fellenzer presented the following petition, (same having stgnatuies of some three huudred citizens.) "To the Honorable Mayor and Common

Council of the city of Terre Haute "We, the undersigned, citizens of Terre Haute, together with persons engaged in the selling of fresh meat, represent to your honorable body that the present price of meat almoat places the purchase of the same out of tbe reach of the uici of your constituents. They therefore pray your honorble body to reduce the stall rent of the market house, and also the city license, for. the sale of fresh meats outside of the market, iu order that tbe price of fresh meats may thereby be reduced." ),,*[

Mr Fellenzer moved that tho MayOr appoint a committeo of three to take the mat-^ ter under advisemeut, and report on the same at next meeting. The motion prevailed and the Mayor selected Fellet zar, Coat-, and Paddock.

The Committee authoriztJ to investigate the claim of Jamea Ross, submitted the following report.. I :i r-mht'&j "The Committee on Accounts to whom was referred the complaint of James Ross for error of assessment ou Lot 170, have fully examined and considered the matter, and are of opiuion that an abatement should be made Of $3.15 for the year 1861, as asked by said Ross. J. H. O'BOYLE, Chair'n.gf

Mr, Wilkinson moved the adoption of the report. Carried. The report of the Superintendent of the City Cemetery shows that there was fifteen interments during the month of March. On motiun of Mr. Coats, the report was accepted.

The Street Superintendent reported that: 2d street, and 4th street bridges, across the canal, were already in a very dangerous con dition also, that North 3d street, where it crosses Chesnut, is becoming badly washed.

Mr. Fellenzer moved that the Street Superintendent at once have the 2nd Street bridge put in repair. Carried.

Mr. Walker also moved that the Superintendent repair the Street at the cressing of Chestnut with 3d Street. Said motion prevailed. ..

On motion of Mr. Coats, the Street Soperiutendent was instructed to notify property holders throughout the corporate limits to clear out their alleys at once, and property holders on Wabash to clear out their gutters The work to be performed within ten days.

Qu motion ol l$r. ]Sngle, it is ordered, that the property holders adjoining the sidewalk ou the West side of Market Street, from Phio Street South to Sheet's Slre.et, injprove the sidewalks opposite their lots, by the levelling of the same and putting thereon a coat of four inches of gravel, aud t)jat the same be dofto within ten days from the time of receiving a copy of this order and in case it is not so done by 9aid property holders, in said time/tfren the Street Superintendent is ordered to make said improvement, in accordance with the second section of the ordinance pertaining theieto

Mri McKeen submitted resolutions iu regard to the regular City Election, to Ue held on the 5th of May, and dispensing with the office of Street Commissioner, and requiring the .Marshal,to perform the duties of the same, thereafter. Said resolutions were unanimously adopted. See "Elector-No-tice."

On Mr- Wilkinson's motion the ^fayor appointed a committee of three—Wilkinson, McKeen aud O'Boyle—to confer with tlie Treasurer, "preparatory to spttlcrnpnt ftt

si.ttha*v mmmmX A Soldier Assanlted with Kaiwft by two Desperadoes and he Kill# them with Ilatchet in Self-Defence.

Cairo, April 3.—From an eye witness and a citizen of tbe town of Elizabethlown, Hardid county, Illinois, I learn the' following particular of a fearful tragedy enacted over a week ago. Elizabethtown, tbe county seat of Hardin couuty, is situated on the banks of the Ohio river, about twenty-five miles below Shawncetown. At the time to which I refer, court was in session, and quite a number ol country people were in town. Amongst the rest were two brothers by the name of Belford.

They belonged to a fauuty of bullies who have beeu a terror to tlie neighborhood for several years, aud who have made a livelihood by running down and catching or kill" ing runaway negroes from Kentucky. Bach runaway caught would, when taken tack to bis master, pay them from one to three hundred dollars. I hardly need ..tall you they were thoroughly secesb, and that their hate was about equally divided between "niggers" and "Abolitionists." On the day referred to, a soldier from tbe 29tb Illinois happened iu town. He had been taken prisoner in Tennessee and paroled..and was then on his way to St. Louis to report. I regret that I could not learn his name. Ajs soon as tbe Belfords got sight of his uniform they reeolred on mischief. NoneofUncleSam's boyashonld peacefully breathe the same aimoepherewith them. They dogged his footstepa, and damned the Abolitionists" in his bearing. At length one of them asked him what his principles, were. Well, he said, he did not know as his principles were different, materially^ from other men s. He said he was for his country, his God and himself. Tbey then sneenngly told told him he belonged to tbe "d—d Abolition army," and they suspected he was a "d—d Abolitionist" himself, and they could whip any son of a who belonged to old Abe'e army." The soldier seeing that these fellows were thirsting for his blood, aud that the odds were against him in case of a fight, evaded a direct issue as much as possible After a little more talk in the same strain as above, one of tbe Belfords openly charged him with bebg an Abolitionist, to which he replied, "You area liar." At this tho Belfords out with their knives and plunged at him. He dodged.them, and seizing a hatchet in' his that caine way, felled'them to the

earth. One of them died in a few houra after, and the other was at the point of death when last heard from.

These facts were presented to the grand jury, then in session, and the soldier was fully justified, while the dying desperado Was indicted. The case, however, is likely to bb tried In a higher court' than that sitting in Hardin coutttyi- •"'.

"J A Rnsslan Fnneral. The burial of tbe d4ad is a picturesque and interesting ceremony in Moscow. A body of priests, dressed in black robes and wearing long beards, take the lead in the funeral cortege, bearing in their hands shrines and burhiug tapers. The hearse follows, drawn by four horses Black plumes wave from the heads of the horses, and flowing black drapery covers their bodies and legs. Even their heads are draped to black, nothing being perceptible bnt their eyes.— The coffin lies exposed on tbe top of the hearse, and is also similarly draped. This combination of sombre plumage and drapery has a singularly mournful appearance.— Priests stand on steps attached to the hearse, holding images of the Savior over the coffin, others follow in the rear, comforting the friends and relatives of the deceased. A wild, monotonous chant is sung from time to time by the chief mourners', as the procession moves toward the burial ground. The people cease 'their operations in the streets through which the funeral passes, uncover their heads, and boding down before the images borne by the priests, utter prayers for the repose of the dead. The rich and the poor of both 'sexes stand upon the sidewnlkB anc} I offer up their humble petitions- The deep'ongued bells of the Kremlin ring out their solemn peals, and the \vild and mournful chant of the priest mingles with the grand knell of death that sweeps throngh the air.

All is profouudly impressive: The procession of priests wtih their burning tapers the drapery of black on the horses the coffiu with its dead the weeping mourners the mourners tho sepulchral chant the sudden cessat'on of all the business of life, and rapt attention of the multitude the deep, grand death-kBell of the bells the glitter of domes and cupolas on every side the greed roofed sea of houses the winding streets, and the costumes of the people—f'o»ma spectacle wonderfully wild, strange and mournful. In everything that comes within tho sweep of the eye thero is a mi^ed aspect ol Tartaric barbarism aud European civilization. Yet even tbe stranger from a far-distant clime, speaking another language accustomed to other language accustomed to other forms, must feel, in gaaiug upon such a scene, that death levels all distinctions of race—that our

our ne^t meeting- I common mortality brings us nearer toMr. Wilkinson moved to have the pump a getlier. Everywhere we are pilgrims on the the southwest corner of the Public Square

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put iu orijpr. The Afayor appoipte^ Mr. men—

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made of $30 on a bill of $104, presented timore

some weeks since. The motion carried, and are goffering in the rebel Capitol. The let the claim was relerred to the Committee on ter was recently seized in a rebel mail by Colonel Fish, Military Provost Marshal: Accounts. *f ii isiii .. w.illqi'son

superintend the work. You must lay your purse at their feet, and After altowiug sundry bills, on motion of I that, too, in the most humble manner. Let Mr Walker, tbe Council'adjourned. me give you a brief idea asi to, the,prices

ttg* The Board of Directors of the Evans ville and Crawfordeville Railroe^ were session In this city. Tuesday evening. From

The same principle wbich applies to invasion of ibis State by a hostile State or nation applies to this rebellion. And those wbo have from the first cried, as tbe Sentinel did, "No coercion," and have steadily refused, as Hendricks did, to urge volunteer ing, who have not voted a dollar or a man as vallandigbam, Ben. Wood, and Voorhees boast tbey have not, are all written down traitors by their high priest, yallandigh*^ Stale Journal /,

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be clear of debt, and able to pay a handsome 1 jQt

journey. Wherever we sojourn among

"The dead aroi»ud us lie,

Wilkinson a committee of one to attend to And the death bells toil.' the same. [Browne Mv. O'Boyle mov«sd jto take the bill of Mr. Ludowicl, from the table, and have the Hard Times in Richmond. same referred to a Committee for further The following extract from a letter writinvestigation. Tbe claim is for a reduction ten by a young ^man wjournmg^Rjch

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W. H. STEWART, Mayor. I which artcles command in the Confederate

.Confederate law goes into effect I sovereign cure for this terrible malady. He on the 1st of July by which tbe paper cur-

rency of the Government will be uo longer I

But die superabundance ol shinphuter cur-

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receivable for puplic debt, which may be following proportions, viz: fonr teaspoonsful considered as nothing less than repudiation. 1

(,at extent the^ people

ili.ii.hi »)I« Mavor Richmond, March 11.low.

On motion of Mr. tue Mayor ,,,.. .ppoinl«i ow-uuirf 7-w and Walker, each of the 4th Ward—to make

viable city

a contract with some competent person for p0Cfc«ts full of Confederate notes but woe setting, say 150, trees in the grounds known if you have not. Tho necessities of life are 1

aa the Linton Square, the sa.d Committee to

Passably, if you have your

.. all in the hands of speculators, and you dare

murmur at any price

they choose to ask.

Capital: Dry goods I have ceased to buy some time since, but I will mention that common calicoes command $225 per yard

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plaids $10 per yard a silk dress from $100 to $250 kid glovps $7 to 410 per pair ge ntlemw'a boots from $50 to $?5 per pair uniform coats $100 each. Under the bead of provisions 1 quote as follows: Turkeys

prosperous condition, and, that with $1 25 per pound butter $3 60 to $5 per will I DOHnd4 coffeQ t4 poundj to* |1S to {35 another year of busmesi such as last, it will W yeiterday

dividend to stockholders. Much of the sue- prices than those which I have quoted. For cess is attributed to the able and energetic instance, bonnet frames sold for $12 each, cess is aur.uu o- and a fine bonnet costs. you fp$ $40 to President and Superintendent, John Ingle, I Esq.

s'**1- I Core for Nenralgi*.

The Confederal® Finances. I A friend who has long been afflicted with The Confederate Government has a ays- painful disease and who has resorted to tern of internal taxation under consideration,

every

tbe main feature of which ia a heavy excise 1 medical praetiontrs, without finding relief, upon the products of cotton, tobacco, and informs us that be has finally discovered^ £Co

auction firm sold

aiiscellaneous goods at even higher

remedy suggested by the most skillful

it simple, but certain. It consists of

mixture of lead and gun powder in the

gunpowder of best quality and one ounce

fead. The latter, for the purpose of bav-

rency must be curtailed in some manner to it in a more convenient form to take, make room for more, otherwise tbe rebel I should be made into the form of a bolus.— Governmeift must suspend payment, or pay The following directions should be strictly ten prices for everything it buys, and the adhered to lor tbe purpose of insuring a ceroneration of this

is expected to meet the I tain cure: Put the powder into a pistol, the

•merMDcy by Um inveaUBftDt of I barrel of which should be about twelve neper currency in Confederate hoods, thus inches long, and the bore of sufficient size to opening new channels for further issues. just admit the bolus without a patch. Then ^Tbe flood of Confederate paper eurrency I dj0p in tbe bolus, ram it well home, cap the has something to do with the high prices of pfetol. Take of your coat and vest, cut a raid in tbe South: but the principal cause of

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iit in your shirt about two inches long just

inflation is the demand for bullion by tbe below the left nipple. A'tar cocking the blockade runners. Until very recently all putol, place the muzzle directly against the eoods into the South had to be paid for in cuticle about in the center of the split made Um fftTai£n market in gold or silver and I |q under garment then carefully placing tbe tboush the recept negotiation of certain forefinger of the right hand on a small piece amonnts of Confederate securities in the I

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market may now contribute some I the pistol, give a sudden pulS. This our what toleeeen the demand for gold at home, friend says, he ia convinced is the only sure is yet probable that tbe drain will cen-1 cure for this d—d disease tinue untif the price is increased almost in- The cure may be certain, but we think it S um*, •ySZSSLi.

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The path ofthe KiiightaaUhe, Gol dea Circle. We find in|y«sterday'8 Indianapolis Gazette a copy of the oath taken by members of the Knights oft be Golden Circle, and publish it below. It is a moat infamous thing, and it is difficult to sae how it is possible for sacfa an organization to become so strong upon such principles. "This oath,"says iheGazette "we are permitted to say, has been in the possession of Gctt Car rington for some weeks past, in fact that it came iuto hia possession within a few days after it was introduced and adopted in the Lodges or "Castles" of the Order in the Northern and Western States. There, can be no mistake about it We feel just as sure that this ia the preseut obligation, or what-ia^called the "Degree Oatb," of tbe organization, as we do that there is such an organization at all. And that there ia suck an organisation, here in oat State, in onr city, aud all over the West, none but the greenest simpleton can duobt Tha Democratic papers no longer deny tbe existence of such societies, but admit it, and attempt to justify it.

This, be it understood, is not the initiating oath or obligation that baa been published before, and is administered to all upon first entering the order. This is what ia called the "Degree Oath," administered only to those who "take the Degree"—who have been tried and cau be trusted, asia auppoaed, men who are "fit for treason, stratagems and spoils." We aak our fellow^citizana— the loyal portion of them at least—to read this '.obligation," now being administered to to a class of men in our community and to aak themselves if such an organization, with such views, objecta and purposes, can exist in our State and iu ou.- v^iy midst, with safety to tho public peace?

Here is the oath, and the manner of taking it: (To the Candidate)—"Doyou believe thus to be the word of Oodf" [hand on the Bi-

n, bei tion mative.] "Then receive the obligation

)o you believe tbat the present war now Bing waged against u* to be unconstituanal?" [Both being answered in the affir-

The Speech ot Col Dunham. £On Saturday the 4th of this month, Co}, Dunuam made a speech at Salem, in Wash* iugton county, which was listened to by a very large crovyd, with mnch interest. We have read a full report of the speech, as it appeals in tho New Albany Lfdgef, apd find it among the best speeches which has been delivered in the State since the war commenced. Wo commend the extract which we herowith publish, to the consideration of the News Sheet, and think that Mr. Voouuees might profit perhaps, by a careful reading of the Whole speech.

The Colonel, after some preliminary rO^ marks, uses the following language 1 know that it is charged heie that I have phanged my political sentiments—that I have turnod aside from the faith wbich I have taught. There are men who, for the sake of some petty office, would torture some words or acts of mine into what they term Abolitionism, aud an abandonment of the political doctrines which I have previously held. But I stand before you, my follow citizens, this day, the same in political faith —the same in devotion to my country, as wheu first, more than twenty years ago, you heard my voice iu vindication ot the tenets cf the Democratic party. I am the sime

Democrat to-day that I Was twenty years ago Further on iu his speech be uses the following language, aud we commend it to the Nm» Sheet, and to Mr. Voorhkes also

I am couviuced that some folks there be who.are terribly troubled with uegro mania Si-me cry out that this war is being canied on only for the purpose of elevating the negro to a level with tbe white man-i—that it is a negro war, and a war for the abolition of slavery—some are afraid that the negro will be elevated to a platform with themselves, while others profess to fear that they will be put down on p. platform with .the negro. As a general rule when you find a white man that*s afraid he'll be made a negro's equal, you will find the negro the best of the two

if a white man over does sink to an equal with the negro, it will always be found to be the white man's fault. This terror Qf becoming a negro's equal is tflQ demagogue's argument. A truly honest and sensible man does not believe such a thing possible and when you-find a man that does not believe such a thing' possible and when yeu find a man that does believe it, yon may be, sure that the negro is a far better man than he I do not care what you do with the negro. I believo that this government has a high and holy mission to fulfill, and I cannot justify any maD 'Q thwarting that [glorious mission. I believe that no factious opposition to the Govern ment, merely for tbe sake of organizing partisan political parties, is justifiable in this great emergency of our country. God has indelibly stamped the words upon every hill and valley, every lake and river of this wide stretched territory—"It shall be one"—and the [negro must not now be thrown in the way to clog the progress of the wheels of the Government in its efftats to suppress tbe rebellion sn^' restore tbe oneness of tbe

Union. There can be no sufficient pretext for a dissolution of the Union rather than this it were better that every negro in the land be tumbled into tbe ocean.

fW A dispatch from Indianapolis $4ye hereafter all persons who msy cheer for the Southern Confederacy, utter treasonable sentiments, or print disloyal papers in tbe State, are to be sent to Geo. Kosecrana, to be passed across the lines into the land they love so well

I3T The farmers in Southern Illinois are taking bold of cotion seed in earnest thk season. Six car loads of seed were sent to different points on the Illinois Central from Cairo last week.

§y Old Sol will soon be on ns with his burning rays, in anticipation of which, Edsalf, Root & Co., open this morning

assortment of Son

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King Winter seeks UskrHwt^ Aad Sprtegwffi wear ker robes of greea JTHA LOVERS TOOC will War* Um tMtttk. iv

To stroll beneath fair bm'i bunt. sifjaa The forest tree, so cold and grim,' •frit* The bub, of every beast? baw, daagla soon same little bird, ',a& °P°n l«P loaves they'll foart^i iaa ^««TTbe mea4 will deck tn gayer

THE OATH.

"I do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God, that'I will support the Con1

stitution of the United States, and the State in Which I live, and keep it holy nnd unravelled. I further promise and swear, that I will go to tbe aid of all good and loyal Democrats, and oppose the confiscation of their property either North or SovtiI and I further promise and swear that I will suffer my body severed in four parts—one part east, out of the east gate, one part out of the west gate one part ont of the north gate, and one part ont of the south gate, before I will suffer tbe privileges bequeathed by our forefathers blotted out or trampled undea foot forever. "I further promise and swear that I will go t) the aid, from the lstjto the 4th signal of all loyal Democrat* North or South I Further promise and swear that I will not reveal any of the secret sigus, pass words or grips to any one not legally authorized by this order, binding myself under no less penalty than having my bowels torn out, and east to the four winds of Heaven—so help me God. "I promise and swear that I will do all in my power to bring all loyal Democrats into this Circle of Hosts. "I further promise and swear that I will do all in my power against the present Yankee Abolition Disunion Administration—so help me God."

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ThfteoUagehMeftself labowere IF ,The vale and lawn will teem as new, ^$3 And poeta write ou love and

The very horse will shed bUcoat,

The klne another veatare try 'Tha earth will breathe a balmy air, And heaven wear a brighter sky.

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Kven man will change his olden dress, And bow to Nature's cede the while I The winter raiment now moat yield

To aprfng in al its aerial style.*

My friend, when yoa would follow rait, Toa*!l better svit$S be than all,

By looking at th» recent steek v: Of gcods you'll Sod at KnUtt A Pidock's. Ton will also find that Mr. Idler la ooeeCthe model Cutters of the West.

The anticipation of good ntwi from

Charleston bas caused a suddea tumble In the gold market.

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HT If James Baker will call at tbe Huston House, west Main street, near the river, be will learn something of interest to him.

We hsaa tkb Lasm 9at—end who knows better than they—that Charley £ppert's Premium Gallery is tbe place to procure Photographs and Ambrotypes^..,

The conscripts under the late act of

Congress, get advance pay ao4 bounty, and are placed upon precisely the sane footing as volunteers for three years or during the

The Buffalo Courier learns tuat

Charles F. Brown (Artemus Ward) has received a very fine offer f^ota experienced and responsible parties to gd to England with "comic lecture."

ty To show that the present' premium on gold was brought about entirely by speculators, it is only necessary to refer to the official fact that the Banks and Sub-Treas-^ uries of the Free States contain, to-day, sixty'two millions more specie than tbey did before the rebellion broke ont.

t3F* The Nashville Union says a visit to any of the army hospitals in that city, will satisfy the most inveterate murmurer, that the sick soldier is well cared for. The neatness and good order which prevail, aud the general cheerfulness of the patients, speak well for those in authority. The physician* are certainly discharging their responsible duties intelligently and faithfully.

WA case ban recently been decided In Chicago against a conscript under the last draft, who claimed exemption as an alien. It .was proved that he had voted, and the court, without any more evidence, decided that he was a citizen, and liable to draft.— Those who expect to escape the coming oonscription by the plea of non-citizen9hip, must be Jcareful how they exercise the right of suffrage. The privilege of voting presumes the liability of fighting.

M-i »l|» We ask the attention of all who take any interest in the welfare of their sales to the new advertisement of £. W. Koopmaf). Mr. K. has in a very few years built up a fine business, which is attributed to the fact that he is a practical workman and personally superintends all work. He has now on hand a fine stock, aud every variety of a foot covering, from an infant's shoe or a lady's delicate slipper to the heavier and larger sized "stogy" can be had at the very lowest figure for cash.

Wholesale buyers will also iiud it to their advantage to examine his stock.

ir The Cincinnati Gazette says Colonel R. R. Stewart of the 2d Indiana Cavalry, just released from prison in Richmond, confirms the previous accounts of the great bread riot iu that city, which he saw from his cell window. Some 3,000 women were engaged, armed with guns, clubs and stone".— Government and private stores were broken open,and provisions, clothing, &c., seized The military failed to check the riot, and it was not uutil Jeff. Davis himself, with other high officials, assured the women they should have whatever they needed, that they became pacified. Other released National officers corroborate tha statement of Colonel

The New Sntnra Bossrac-^Tbe New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Press thus writes: "Spring bonnet* were introduced by all our fashionable milliners yesterday, and the few specimens'I have thus far been able to detect with the naked fcye may be sentimentally characterised as poems in white chip, split straw and crape, on the natural history of oyster shells $80 will boy one that is warranted to satisfy the wearer for a whole day, and then serve for nse one rainy Sunday $25 will purchase a concave scale of white enpe attached to a bird of Bird of Paradise feather and tri®mings, and protected from grease on the hair by an under coating of tulle-cap, at once strengthened and aggravated by most roses and desperately green leaves. I should tay that a bonnet like this ought to keep fresh two days under an umbrella, noa^ roses being quite hardy in this climate."

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Riot ik Hamhock Cotmri.—A seriouf riot occurred on Saturday last four mllss north of Greenfield. Two men, named William Jackson and William Stokes, a^ they were returning from a Butternut meeting at Greenfield, intoxicated both by bad whisky and treason, stopped at a saw mill owned by two men named Wiant. The two former used some insulting language, when one of the Wiants called them "Butternuts." This was followed by a war of epithets on both sides. Tbe Butternuts then rode off np the rode, loaded their revolvers, and returned. On returniug tbey renewed the quarrel, using the most insulting language, and drew their revolvers, swearing they woald kill both "Abolitionists." The Wiants btaod their ground snd told their assailants that If they came any nearer tbey would hurt them, whereupon one of tbe assailants fired. Tho Wiants returned tho fire. Jackson was killed dead and Stokes had two bullets shot into him, Mrertlj wounding him, though not so badly bnt that

and Parasols. he will r^)v«.

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