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render this important iwlimtion frill
more effefni.B, will be readily adopted
by the Senate.
The course pursued by your Excel
lency,, in execution of the Resolve of the
>;1 of June lift, on the fubjedt of the
Powder Magazine, is perfectly agreea
ble to the Senate.
Impressed with a sense ofthe evils of
a large public debt, and the found poli
cy of a gradual, yet ipccdy extinguilh
ment thereof, the Senate concur with
your Excellency, in the hope that,upon
computing the funds and resources of
the State, with the necelLry public ex
pence's, h will be found that provision
may be made for' a payment of a part
of th^ remaining debt of tots Common--
wealth, in the coarse of;heprcfcnt year, %
without ernba.railing tie Treasury.
Any Communications, which your !
Excellency may think proper to nmhe,
will command our particular attention.
With your Excellency, the Senate
recognize me duty of every citizen, tn
consideration of the equal rights fecur-.
ed by cur Constitution, to contribute,,,
in his appropriate sphere of action, to
the public good. The individual Mem
bers of government, and all who are
placed in influential situations, are un
der peculiar obligation to encourage,by
precept and example, the practice of
social, political and religious duties ; —
to remove the grounds of popular d<f
cord and diftontent ;—to promote a
• dove of order, obedience, to the laws, &
refyeA for the constituted authorities of
the National and State Governments ;
to retrain the rage of parties, andtran
'qailize the public mind.
^h. tte±/.':f ictu-t^iC—t^afr ^.^w- CT 4drcp.aptv.±L<
New-Harn,fare Lepiflitwe.
Thursday, JUNE 4.
THE Hen. Senate and House be
ing met in Convention agreeably
to adjournment—The committee to
re-examine the returns, &c. reported as
follows, viz. The committee appoint
ed to re-examine the returns of votes
for Governor, compare them with
the entry, cast the numbers and re
port-Report that rejecting the votes 1
from Hancock and Nottingham-Wed, ;
which in the opinion of the com- 1
inittee were not constitutionally taken, I
and the votes from Piercy, which are !
not, in the opinion of the committe,;
constitutionally returned, the votes for|
Gove: nor stand thus : forhis Excellen-:
cy JOHN T. GILMAN, Efe, 12,263, /
for Hon. John Langdon, Esq. 9,011,
scattering votes 43 ; total 21317, of ;
which 10659 make a choice—that his )
Excellency John T. Gilman having
3209 more than the other candidates, §
is elected.
Voted, That Mr. Plumer, Mr. Brooks,
Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Alexander, Mr.
Kent, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Nutter, Mr.
Shepard, Mr. Ballard and Mr. Parfens,
with such of the Senate as they may
appoint, be a committee to wait on his
Excellency the Governor, and inform
him of his election to the office of Chief
Magistrate the prefect year, and that
the Legislature will be ready in the Re
,prefent.atives Chamber at such time as
he may appoint, to qualify him, and
receive such communications as he may 1
think proper to make.—Adjourned to
4 o'clock P. M.
June 2, 4 o'clock, P. M.
The Hon. Senate and House being j
assembled in the Representatives Cham- |
%r, His Excellency the Governor cleftl
came in, attended by the Secretary and ;
Council (escorted by the committee)l
and mahifefted his acceptance of the of
free of First Magistrate. He then took
and fubferibed the oath of office,— j
which oath whs adminiflered by the
Hon. Amos Shepard, Esq, President of
the Senate —the said President then de- ;
glared his Excellency JOHN TAY-[
LOR GILMAN, Governor of the'
State of New-Hampshire. His Excel
lency then addreifed the Legislature in
the following
3 PEECHa
Mr. Prefi+w, and
Genfle^n^f the St%„,,
Mr. 3pea Lr, and
G^llemrn of the House of RepefoßativH,
ASSEMBLED at tos nuie in confor
mity to the Conditution tor the purpose of
organizing the Government for the year
ending, 2nd tor trahfefting such bufriefs
as the public good may require, it muff
afford great fatisfultion to the Keprefen
tatives of a free people tc'contemplate the
urofperity and happiness which is so gen
erally apparent throughout the State—
this should unite to perfeverarice in mea
sures calculated to preserve and promote
the general welfare.
If any grievances ekift which require
legislative remedy, if any alterations in
.lie present laws, or any new laws are ne
peflary, they mutt be known to you as
Representatives of every prt of the State.
By a reflation of the Legislature pair
ed the lad year, an inventory of the tax
,bles was required from the several towns
for the purpose of making a new propor
tion for taxes throughout the State,
The adjustment of this butinefs will re--
-rfre considerable time,aid you will de
%nine whether it (hall be completed in
the prefect session—The conffitution re
rabres that it should be done within the
~font year : and if you ihonld think it
^t to postpone the business until another
^r%. permit me to fugged whether it
mi/M not be a conffderable laving of time
,^ ", petite to appoint a committee who
fynbi 'dfeub!e a Sufficient time previous 1
jyour next meeting for the purpose otl
arrange the returns from t'ie several
towns, niakuig a LAuuie of toe hi ne.am
fich remarks thereon us the, mivjudge
proper to be laid before you at the com
mencement cf the fehicu.
A letter from the prevent of the U
nited States refpeftan the militia, witn a
report of a committee of Congtefs on t &
feme finject received with tie icrer wit
oc laid before yon, and undoubtedi; re
ceive Lach utturthm as the importance o'
the hi jet'e requires.
Trine is one sentence in this tetter
which I i..ke the liberty to quote, nalnely,
" None bur an armed nation can ai/pvje wan
a fla'nWiu^ array." This sentiment it i
presumed accords with tuofe cf every well
informed man in our country.
The futjea of crur militia has been fre
qaemlv mentioned 111 my aadreffes to the
L^ifiature and particularly at the fe'ffion
in November, 1797. Believing that the
LegMlatnte and our felfowxitizens of the
alate at large,are perfectly united in their
I le res to avoid if possible forever, the
e.edity of a handing army, permit me
to recommend to your coutideratiou the
adoption ot such further measures as you
may ibirik proper for the encouragement,
irm'rtg and difciplming our militia as the
bed meats to prevent that necessity.
The prefect afped of affairs a
ihorig fotne of the European nations is
such as to make it very uncertain whe
ther they will preserve peace for any
conGderable time. It is hoped that our
country will not take Ir.y parfhx,their
quarrels, but be inclined and able to~
preserve a ftrift and honest neutrality ;
but violent conreßs between those pow.
ers With whom we have important con
nexions will affeft our iriterefts in a
greater or less degree; and to be pre
pared to guard and defend our rights
is at ill times necUhry-— The truly be
nevMttt toind would desire that man'
Should cease from being the foe to hie
fellow man, and that each Should do to
others as he would that others should
do to him, But in legislating for dates
and nations, Urcumßances should be ,
considered as they really exift.l
The United States are increasing ra
pidly in Timbers by natural population j
and by large importations of persons 1
from other countries. Can it be wife,|
is it fafe, under such cirtumßances,thatl
I the energies of our national government
;fhould be lessened. Would not such
I conduct rather tend to the injury of
1 that real liberty which rs so dear to us, t
;and ultimately to the deßrudion of the|
j present system of Government ought
I we not rather to Unite as a nation, and
j endeavor to preserve in full vigour ev-!
: ery branch of it, whether Legislative, j
Executive or Judiciary. ,
Our state Constitution which is given
Iby the people as a general rule of action
for their Legislators and Magistrates
has assigned many important duties.
It is declared among other thing, to be'
their duty to cherilh the interests of li
terature and the Sciences, seminaries
and public Schools, to promote Agri-!
culture, rts and Commerce—to incul
cate the principles of humanity,general
benevolence, honesty and punctuality.
Indeed, the particular article under
which these things are found, Contains
so many excellent precepts, that it can
not be too frequently called to mind by
a people who are justly and Strongly
attached to the principles of a free gov-
!ernment, and who at the fame time be-'
lieve that general information among
the great body of the people, and virtu
ous conduct are indispensable xequifites
I to the support 6ffuch a government.
Whatever may occur to me as necef-;
I fary and worthy your attention Shall be
:communicated by Separate messages, .
Be assured, Gentlemen, that it will
lafford me great Satisfaction to unite
Iwith you in meafuces calculated to pro-
Imote the general welfare.
JOHN T. GILMAN.
State of Ne^ Hampfoire,|
June 2, 1803. j
o
Voted, That Mr. Chamberlain, Mr.
Bowers and Mr. Cutts, be a committee
to draught an answer to his Excellen
cy's Adgrcfs, and lay the fame before
this House.
^ — -
Government of New-Ham,Wf.
—c—
\Governor.
JOHN T. GILMAN, 12,263
JOHN LANGDON, 9,011
Scattering, 43
Counsellors. ~
Rockingham. Whole number, 5,068
Levi Bartlett, 2,883
'Strafford, Whole number, 3A74
William Hale, 2,0301
Hilfborough, Whole number, 3,939!
Benjamin Peirce, 2,200 |
Cheshire, Whole number, 2,954•
Samuel Stevens, 1,573 1
trafton, Whole number, 2,492|
no choice !
Daniel Blafdell, 1,152|
R. C. Everet, 739
Daniel Blafdell was elected by the
Legislature.
Secretary, Joseph Pebrfoh:
Treasurer, Oliver Peabody.
Cemmifarj-Genera/, George Gains.
Senators,
Diflrid No. 1, Clement Storer.
7, Ezekiel Godfrey.
3, John Bell.
4, Richard Jennefs,
5, John Waldron,
6, Kathan Taylor,
7, John o,r,
8, Jame, Fl. nders,
9, *Seth Payson,
do, Ezra Peirce,
11, Amos Shepard,
ra, Moore Russell,
* grreneGufy inserted Robert Olcock,^ tbe
Oracle of Miy 21.
Lift cf Representatives will be inserted next
week.
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Foreign Articles.
LONDON, ATKIL 14.
FATAL DUEL.
ON Wednesday, as Col Montgomery, of the
9 h regt, and CaptMacnamara, late of tfie'
Cerberus frigate, were riding in Hyde- Park,
their Nevrfoundlaud dogs quarrelled —Colonel
QM's dog being the ftrotiger of the two,appear
ed to have the advantage, when C^pt Macna.
mars defined the Colonel to call his dog off —
To this the Col. made no reply, but soon after
said, " if your dog hurts mine I'll knock him
A/own."—Capt. Macnamara replied, "Sir, if you
k.iockmy deg down, you meti knock me down
also :" Colonel M. then said," why did you
not difnount, and take, your dog away." —
Capr. M said, "I am an officer in His Majesty's
navy, end tnaccuftonied to Tach arrogant lan
guage." Cel. Montgomery immediately re
joined, "Sir, if you conceive yourfelf injured,
you know where I live." He then gave the
Captain his address, adding, " You ought co
take care of your dog." "I Ihall do that with
out frour, permiffor," said Capttain M. —This
was the eorfverfacion, as depbfed before the Co
roner's inquest.—Capt. Barry, of the navy, im
mediately waited on Col. Montgomery, and it
was agreed to decide the dispute in two hours,
at P/imrofe. and with pistols. Sir William|
Kier teas the Colonel's Second Both gentle-;
men rode with great [peed to be on the ground
firfl. The fighting distance was iz paces ; and
the parties being accounted excellent foots, it
_was agreed that they Ihould both fire together, I
They did so—and "Colonel M. received his an-1
tagbnift'sball bk&een the 6th and 7th ribs,!
which were broken, ^od the ball afterwards ex-I
traded frem bis left fhohlder-blade. He fell
without uttering a word, but rolled over two ,
hr three ,titnes, 4nd groaned—He was carried !
to a neighboring house, where he expired in a 1
' few minhret. Cfyt. Macnamara, was also
iwounded —the Colonel's ball entered his right
' Efe just above the hip, and passing through the
I left fide, carrying part ^ he coat and waistcoat
I with it, and carrying away part of his leather
I breeches, and the hip button, on the other fide.
;They were both officers of diftinguilhed bravery
;,nR reputation. The Colonel had served in
I Holland, Egypt \nd Malta; and Captain Mac
namara fought two or three brave actions dur
' ing the last war. Colonel M. was reckoned }
I one of the most handfomc and genteel men in|
t the Kingdom, and was a great favorite of the ,
i Prince of Wales and Duke of York. He was !
I in the 28th year of his age. — Capt M. is about 1
36 ; and was on the eve of marrying a young :
1 lady at Cork, with a for uhe of 10,000 pounds. 1
lAprill April 16 Mr Heaviside, the surgeon who
attended at the late duel, has been committed
j to Newgate, for trial, landing charged with
j aiding and affixing in the murder of Colonel
Montgomery. Capt. Macnamara frill be re
moved to prifoo the moment hs wounds will
permit.
April 13, The 'Grand Jury have flung out
Ithe bills presented against Capt. Macnamara,
and his friends, for murder ; and he will only
, .be tried for manfhughter The bulletin of his
furgepn states, that he is on the recovery.
I. April 22. Vefterday Capt Macnamara took
I his trial at the Old Bailey. To the charge of
manslaughter, he pleaded not guilty. The
witnesses did not mention any fad not already
known.
At the elofe on the part of the profecutibn,
Capt. Macnamara was called upon for his de
fence, requeued the indulgence of the Court, in
a very low tone of voice, while he read from
a paper what he had to offer in his defence,
which was instantly complied with. The Cap
tain then proceeded as follows :—
" Gentlemen fibe fury,
" I appear before you with the con
solation that my character bas already
been delivered, by tbe verdid of a
Grand Jury, from the Locking impu
iration of murder ; and that although
the evidence against me was laid be
f®re them, without any explanation or
evidence of the fenfatir ns which bro't
me into my prefect unhappy filiation,
they made their own impression ; arid
no charge of criminal homicide was
found against me I was delivered at
once from the whole effect of the iridid
roent. 1 therefore now stand before
you upon the inquisition only, taken Be
fore the Coroner, upon tbe view of the
Body, under cifcumftances extremely
affe&ing to the minds of those who were
to deliberate on the tranfadion, & with
out the opportunity, which tbe benigni
ty of the law affords me, at this mo
mCT, of repelling the inference of even
sadden resentment against the deceased,
which is the foundation cf this inquest
of Manslaughter.
$ "The origin of the difference, as you
fee it in the evidence, was inliqnifcant.
The heat cf two persons, each defend
ing an animal under bis protection, was
natural, and could not have led to any
;ferious coofequences., It was not the
I deceafed's defending his own dog, or
I bis threatening to destroy mine, that led
I me to the fat^l cataftfophe ; it was the
:defiance uhich most unhappily accent
;panied what was said ; words receive
I their interpretation from the avc wed
, intentiori cf tbe Speaker. Tbe offence
was forced upon me by the declaration
that he invited me to be offended, and
challenged t^ to vindicate the offence
by calling upon him for fatisfaflion.—
" If,ou are offended with what has pas
sed, you know where to find me." —
I hefe words, unfortunately repeated
and feittrated, have over and over, and
foveUgain bedn corrideied by Criminal
Claris of Justice a,Sufficient to support
.an indi&mept for a challenge. The
Judgments of Courts are founded upon
the universal under Landings and feel
ings cf mankind, and common candor
must admits that an Offices however
'uirous'o iVutJ a quarrel, cannot re'
'ale to undertund what even the grave •
fudges of the Law mull interpret as a
provocation and a defiance. I declare,
lerefore, most folem, : ly againtt the de
cealed ; nothing, indeed, but infinity
could have led me to expose my own
life tAfach immetye peril, under the
impulte of p:lhon Trotn lo inadequate
a caule as the evidence before you ex
hibits, when lepai atec from the defiance
which was the fatal iource of mifchfef,
and I could well have overlooked that
too, if the world, in its present state,
could have overlooked it also. I went
into the field, therefore, with no deter
mination or desire to take the life cf my
opponent, or to expose my own. I went
there in hopes of receiving some sooth
ing fausfaiffion for what would other
wise have exposed mein the general feel
ings and opinions of the world. The de
ceased was a man of popular manners,l
as I have heard, and with a very gene-;
rat acquaintance. I, on the other hand,
was in a manner a ftrangef in this great
town, having been devoted from my
infancy to the duties of my profeffion
in distant seas. If under these circum
stances the words which the deceased
intended to be offenfive, and whicli he
repeatedly invited to be resented, had
been passed by and submitted to, they
'would hz^ passed from month to
mouth, have been ever exaggerated at
;every repetition, and my honor meft .
I hive been left.
“ Gentlemen, I am a Captain m the
British Navy. My character you can
iohly hear from others; but to maintain
Imy character and Ration, I must be re-
I fpe&ed. When called upon to lead 1
' others iriro honorable danger, I mutt
not be supposed tc be a man who had
I fought lately by Submitting to what
; custom has taught others to confider as
a disgrace. I am not presuming to urge
any thingagainft the laws of God or of
this land. I know that, in tbe eye of
religion arid reason, .obedience to the
law, though against the general feelings 1
bf the world, is the firft duty, and ought
to be the rule of action. But, in put
ting a conftru&ion upon my motives,
; so as to afeertain the quality of my ac
;tions, you will make allowances for my
,fixation. ' It is impossible to define in
; terms the proper feelings of 2 gentle
'man ; but their exigence have fupport
j ed this happy country many ages, and
ihe might perish if they were loft.|
"Gentlemen, I will detain you -0 .
longer : I will bring before vou many
honorable persons who will freak what
they know of me in my profeffion, and
in private life—which will the better
enable you to judge whether what I
have offered in my defence may fafely
be received by you as truth. Gentle
men, I submit foyfelf entirely to your
judgment. I hope to obtain my liberty
through your verdift ; and to employ
it with honor in the defence of the liber
tiesof my country."
His charader was highly spoken of,;
by Lord flood, and Lord Nelson, who j
after bellowing praises on hi s bravery, /
said, " as I now stand before God and I
my country, I believe him to be incapa-!
ble of insulting man, woman or child;"|
Ld. Hotham, Ld. Minto, Ad. Sir Hyde 1
Parker, Captain Trowbridge, General
,Churchill, and many others. After a
short charge, the jury retired, and re- I
turned a verdict of Not Guilty. , The!
Captain was much affeded, and was 1
borne out of court by two of his nume
rous friends who attended the trial.
0
, LONDON, APRIL 10.
The last received Paris Moniteur
contains a very lengthy account of the
presentation of General Brune, Ambas
sador of the French Republic, to the
Grand Seignior, on the 4th March.
The ceremonies were in the utmost de
gree splendid and solemn At the au
diance of the Grand Seignior, General
Brune begun his address, as follows :
" Most high, most excellent, most pow
erful and tpod magnanimous and evin
cible Emperor efthe Mutfufmans, Sul
tan Selim in whom thine forth honor
and virtue ; the molt great, most pow
erful and most magnanimous First Con
fol of the French Republic, Bonaparte,
fends me to yoAr Sublime Porte in'the
quality of Ambaflador; and charges
me to teflif, to you how much the most
magnanimous First Cohful rakes an in
terest in the glory and prosperity of
your ft'©." . And chides, by praying,
“ that for the happiness of your people
the Almighty may prolong your days,
free from pain and trouble, and that
he may spread the renown of your glo
ry and your wisdom through the uni
verie."
The reply of the Grand Vizier was
iffeaionate and concilitary ; arid the
Ambatfador was presented with a horse
richly comparifoned.
_ _~-4B Q
Matthew Lyon, late of Vermont, has
been appointed Agent of the United Sones
tor furirdhlng fopplies to the Weilern Ai
my .' ! Thus it is, that while men of vr
rw , talents and patriotism, are driven
To n oCce, and left, in the afternoon of
Lie, to ack new employments tor subsist
ence: such exone beings as Lyon, are
provided « itb the molt lucrative offices,
and the people's mon , profusely advane
cd them in anticipation of tier drafts.
— [Bolt.Gaz.
The Hon. John Rutledegl bas arriv
ed at Newyork from Charleston.
BY MAIL.
WASHINGTON, MAY 27.
mr. consul e^ton.
Since my arrival in this city I have
seen puhlilhed andnymousExtracts front
two letters, said to be from officers of
toe United Stares Ingates the John
Auams and New York, whicli convey
allertioijs deeply injurious to my repu
tation, calculated to excite public mif
trull, and to exh bit me to the world
in a character which I am conscious oi
not having intentionally merited. But
those alfertions are erroneous in matter
of lad and Rill more Io in conftruftion;
charging me with fetponfibility for
injustice and outrage which ought to
fix on an unrighteous Barbary tyrant,
and under which I myfelf have been &
principal fufferer.
I lequeft tbe public will suspend their
opinion until a candid investigation
may be had on the Subject, and a fair
exposition of facts may enable them to
corred firft impreiiions. In the mean
time, let it not be deemed airogant,
when I effort that if the honour and the
intereß of the U. States have not been
suitably Supported on the Baiba.y coast,
the event mull be traced to causes be
yond the influence of my agency there ^
that inßead of aiming to defraud m,
country, 1 have embarked every thing
dear to me in her Service ; and that, if
'Tnealcres wlrch I have embraced, in
Which 1 have persevered, and which
have received the approbation cf ever,
intelligent American citizen acquanted
therewith, had been effectually support
ed by the force employ ed for that pur
pole ; the United States would m6.±
probably, ere this period, have obtained
an honourable peace with 1 ripoli, and
left favourable im prefli ns ofour ener
,gy on the other regencies. To the
justice of this observation every Com
madder in the 'navy, who has served
, on that coait, will bear teftiniony.
I It is hoped, aid believes, that tbe
objed aimed at by those measures is
hot re I°^*
William Eaton.
B^tfingtor., May 24
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, WASHINGTON, JUNE ,
SPANISH ^UARAN-r/XE.
A letter to the Secretary of State
from Mr. Yfnardy, our Consul ac Ca
diz, dated . pril 20, 1803, Rates that
| the Court of Madrid had iiTued orders
1 faperceding al! QU ^RAN TINE ves
sels coming from the United States,fur
nilhed with certificates from a Spanish
Consul ; —and providing that veffeis
without such certificates, ffiall be fub
jed to a quarantine of but a lew days,
to the discretion of the board ofhealth.
~ Arrived in the Eaßern Branch the
United States frigate Chefcpeake.
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CHILLICOTHE, (Ohio) MAY 21.
This morning, about three o'clock^
rin express arrived in town from Old
Chillicothe, with information, that
I yeßerday afternoon Capt. Herod, while
! at work in his field, had been shot and
I scalped by the Indians, and who was
I not dead at the time he was difeovered
;by his family, but was able to relate
' some of the circumßances, and died
soon after, having had two balls thro*
his head. A body of upwards of forty
;Shawnefs from Sandulky, had been for
I several days lurking between Weftfalt
iand that settlement, and who, immedi
; ately after the murder, went to the
praire, drove the horses over the creek,
took as many as they wanted and made
off. On the alarm being given, the
citizens of this town immediately turn
ed out a company of Volunteers, who
left this about daylight. The alarm
through the country being general, we
hope to give a good account of them
in our next.:
CHARLESTON, MAY 26.
The schooner Lydia,Capt. Patterson
25 days from New-Ofteans, anchored
off the bar this morning.—Captain Pat
terson came up to town in tbe pilot
boat ; and informs that at the time cf
his failing, (May 1) the port had net
been Opened for deposit; although great
quantities of produce was smuggled a
shore. The Spaniards were in hopes
the Kentuckians would crime down Sr
take priffeffion of New-Orleans,previous
to the arrival of the French troops
The general femiments of the inhabit
tarit; although not openly expressed,
being averse to a French government,
The sloop of war which brought out
the Prefed and h'is family, had failed
for France. — -—
FtWYORrf MAT 1%
Anot^br removal — Mr: Granger ra 4 now
removed Capt Burnet firm the P o st Office at
Newark, becaufi be is a federalift. This in
ftarce of perfection affords another r eftof
jefferfonian finer rity in declaring, that removals
from office should be "thrown as much as p o ffi.
ble oh anti revolutionary adherence to our c n°
erriesU Capt. John B^nr, w o has now been
replaced was one of our brave revolutionary
officers ;he wa ^ found in the field ready to
devote his life and facrifice a ll fr, comforts and
convomencies to the favice of his country
when Gideon Granger, the fcrvile instrument
of an unworthy p^hon, was an
g glnfant
“ Mewling and poking in 'he nurfrs arms"
Capt, Burnet was one of the oldest poftmaf.
Pts in the United Status, and Superintended
the office when its probes would not yield 3
compenfetion fur neceffar, lent ces; ngw, when
it has become somewhat valuable, R is taken
away fiom him to reward a good den ocrat'.
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