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A slave named Harris was arrested in Chataoue
county, New York, on the 31st ult He was to
have bearing on the 1st inst.
-Four other fugitives, for whom warrants were
issued at Buffalo, had made their escape to Cana
da
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DUKEDUM, KY, April 2, 1851.
GENTs-Your Vermiflre has been performing such
wonderful cures in this npiohborbood that cannot
refrain from -ritiro +o ,,o, and if,r1; mr., Won, If ono
that has occurred recently A grown negro woman
who had been unable to work and was IN poor health
for several months by adWce took two Tials of YER
mfuge, and in one day-Within twelve hours after
wards-she began to void worms, some of enormous
size. The number passed would scarcely be credited
by any one who did not know the facts: her master
thought there was certainly one hundred and fifty or
two hundred VIM TAYLOR
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The following, we believe, first published in the Du
lin Nation. No matter when and where published, the Sc
tments divine We say, the enthusiastic pers
did, after uering eloquent harangue; My brethren,
these sentiments not in the Bible they ought to be
Some OF countrymen have been shot down like Il
a strange land, where they had perled their lives
the Of freedom But what if they have persisted
The fttest place where men can die
Is where he dies for man.
THE PLACE WHERE MEN SHOULD DIE.
How little recks 1t where die,
When the moments past,
In which the dim and glazing eye,
Has looked on earth, its last;
Whether beneath the sculpured urn
The cotiined tOrH shall rest,
Or. in its nakcdness,
Back to its mothers breast.
Death is a common friend or foe
As different may hold,
And at its summons each may go
The timd end the bold.
But when the spirit, free and warm,
Deserts it. as II must,
What matters where the hlelcss form
Dissolyes again to dust2
'Tware sweet indeed, to close our eyes
With those cherished near,
And waited upwards by their signs,
Soar to calmeT sphere:
But whether on the sCatold high,
Or in the battles van,
The fttest place where man can die
l. where he dies for man.
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PickensviEle Female Emssitute.

d EPORTS is, understand, in general circulation
II that the price Of board has been raised at "The
Pckensvle Female Institute" This report is alto
getber false. The price of board including washing,
lights &c, is $40 per month, the as heretofore
r. BRADSHAW,
Oct. Is, 1851 38:3t Principal.
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NG1icP.

r HAVE appointed Geo. NJ. Barksdale my Attorney
in fact to transact all business with which may
be connected H is authorized to receive and receipt
for monies due me, and to pay those to whom | am
indebted. REUBEN ROBINSON.
Oct. IA, 1861. 5S:6t
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THE TRUE WIFE.

The following is as beautiful as true:
She is OF gentler nature, softer dearer;
OF daily life, the active, kindly checrer:
With generous bosom, ace childhood shielding,
And in the storm Of life though moved. unyieding.
Strength IN her gentcuess, hope in her sorrow,
Whose darkest hour some rays Of brightness borrow
From better days to come; whose meek devotion
Gains every wayward passions wild couuOti0u:
Bold from affection, if by nature fearful,
With varying brow. sad, tender. anxious, cheerful
This is meet partner for the lo!tinst mind,
Wi;L crown OF helmet graced-yca, this IS womankind
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Notice of Insolvency.
THE STATEOF MISSISSIPPI,

LOWNDEs COUNTY.
To all persons Aaring Claims against the Estate Of Jesse
Speight, deceased:
VOY are hereby notified to present your claims duly
| probated and allowed, to the clerk of the Probate
court of said county, to be filed for examination and
apportonment by the first Monday in January A. D
1852, they will be barred. Said estate having been
duly declared insolvent.
L. S.--Witness, the Honorable Nathaniel z. Good
win, Judge of the Probate court of said county, the
first Monday in June A. d. 1851.
Issued this, 9TH day of June, A. d. 1851.
1927 DANIEL WILLIAMS Clerk
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THE FINE FgRSr fL4&S P4558&GER SFE,tEEP,
Kenny LIND, Gro. w. CLoro.s,:l 1- Il =
i Master lIebRY IAyEE, Clerk zz--z.---s----s
will run az regular packet during Tie season.
mencinr WITH the first rise IN the rvar. leaving Mo-
bile every "Wednesday evening at O'clock, arriving
at Coiuli bus on FrGey nin@. ite:arn n.r.li i'll
leave Plymouth daring iI.e night Of Friday, Wes:por;
Saturday at O'Clock g. n, Columbus al IN, and
arriving il MJ5,la, Tuesday morning.
The J-apy Lind IS frst class boat, has been fully
oycrh3uicd tic past -alcr and prt in complete order.
This steamer being in the Interest Of the planters,
all engagements for freight passage may be re,
\ plan of the cabin viii be kept al our office
where berths can be engaged.
HALE & MURDOCH;
Columbus. Sept. -, 1901. 3.s Agents.
FscguE:sr IEogIi:c Packet.
THE FINE FIRST Glass PASSENGER .STEdNER
TORREST MONARCH, IL. BUch-f III -
II LEY Master GIBIoS b. MASSEY. - -
Clerk, viii regular weekly packet during the
season, commencing with the first rise in the river
leaving Mobile every Monday evening at 5 O'Clock
arriving at Columbus "Wednesday evening. Re-
turning-wiIl leave Plymouth during the night Of
Wednesday, estport Thursday at : n. nj olurn-
bus at a. m, arriving in Mobile Sunday morning.
The Monarch is I first class boat, having fine a.
expressly for this trade and
owned in the up country. This boat being in the in
terest of the planters, viii be expressly for their
accommodation, and all engagements for freight or
passage will be promptly filed. plan of the cabin
viii be found ~ Office, where berths can be secured
HALE & MURDOCH,
Columbus, Sept. 81 1851. 3Js Agents.
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PickensviiEe, Ala, Female EnstFtute.

r. BRADSHAW, A. NJ, PRINCIPAL.
THE exercises of this Institution viii, with a fun
Corps of well qualified teachers, be resumed on
Monday the 9th. of October. Catalogues containing
every necessary information, with respect terms &C.
be had by application to the Principal the Board
of Trustees JAMES NJ BECKETT,
Priacipalof the Board.
September g. 1881 80 st Printers fee 81, 90.
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Frankfort, KY, 1851.
STAFF.

-AN7-A1I1NII = y " \.
Col T. 7 P ALLEN, a. NJ uocriah i7. and Pesrssor Of
I'm 6 aRi Nlfsroi AcsP
Col Z, v. MORGAN, Joat Sgcriandat end Professor Of
.lfsctaRcs and Ese ltsertsg
1t. Col T. 4 II tTT 4 IL Professor e iRct I1Hsros s.
VI. AUGUSFE CtiPPINS Frq'iyeor Of lladrR L4asGaes.
JACOB T. Dc kINSoN, NJ D. Sarg,o, and freSSot Of dn
aoglg and. |kysstgp
Carr r l. ADCOCK, A. g. assistant Tr:j q lilf9 matte
f. H. TAYLOR Esq. T,taSurfr.
MAJ X. n ALLEN, Cyurcr Muster.
NAL JOHN NUUfRSTr III gsrai ard .IcnsngIGat
WATSON x PLY THAN, ConSsLiRs FkgSictGns
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DIR. J. BROWNRIGG,
Dznctitio11e,. of
MEDICINE AND SURGERY:

OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of
" Columbus and the surrounding country. Office
opposite the west front of Jones' Hotel.
Columbus, Miss, March 20, 1851. 292in
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SCHOOL.

n S. BROWN viii resume his school on Monday
y. the 18th of September in the basement of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
T'pitioa Fee-SaSsion fre HoRths
Lower English branches. Sl5 90
Classics and higher Mathematics. .......... 30 90
~ B-No remittance Of teition from the time of
admission to the close Of the session.
Sept Is, 1851. 3a:lt
TEXAS MUSkEET GRASS on hand and Tor sale
| by LAMPkIN * WHITFIELD. !,
Sept. 90, 1851. 34u
9000 9DS. OSNAHURG. Twiiled aud Plain,
q UDJ just received iroia Puiasks. Tern ard for
sale ny HADEN & READ
August SO, 1871. Ss;Rtss
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ADMINISTRATOR Notice.

r ETTERS of administration on the estate of James
| SneI ST., deceased, having been granted TO the
by the Probate court of Lowndes county,
Mississippi at the July term 1851 all persons having
claims against said deceased are notified to present
them within the time prescribed by law, aud all per-
sons owing said estate requested to make payment
to REUBEN IL. SMELL,
July s, 1851. 24:6w. Administrator
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4 CoxrRAsr.-On Sunday last, the Rev. Mr.
1,vitcbeIl in his sermon, made most striking di-
erosion which, by the by, listened to by the
CONGREGATION with deep and brethless attention.
It was in substance as follows, viz:
Some few years since, an outbreak occurred
IN the city of Mexico, in the progress of which
several persons, whose supposed political often
Gees had marked them as the victims of an incens-
ed and terrific mob,--fed closely pursued to the
house Of the American Minister for protection
All appeals, or attempts to stay the vengeance of
the assassin crowd who assoied his residence.
were vain, when, with prompt presence of mind
and true American courage, the American minis
ter appeared on the balcony, and gracefully un-
furled to the breeze the flag of his country. At
the sight of that glorious emblem of liberty, as If
struck with universal electric shock the intur-
ated northumberland back dispersed
retired to their homes That minister was j. II.
Poinsett., a native of South Carolina.
"Oh that the American Consul at HAVANA
had had the courage and presence OF mind to
have unfolded the same emblem OF liberty, the
flag of his country,-dsplaye 1t to the murderer
Concha demanded access to his unhappy and I'M
fortunate countymen, and over them spread the
ample folds of its magic protection-'' The Stars
and the Stripes then would those ffty-one
brave patriots have been saved Alas he was
an unfeeling coward unworthy of the name of
an American. - Breathe not his name. -
Pardon me, my brethren, for this DEPRESSION -
Ask no pardon for that, " whispered an aged
gentleman who sat behind me, g say amen.''-
v o. Delta.
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TIE EEyTTeET MILITARY INSTITUTE is under the i'm
mediate direction and entire control of the Board Of Wis
itors appointed by the Governor of the Commonl ealih
The course of study adopted, and which will be re-
CURED in order graduation. is that usually taught in
the best Colleges, except that but an suage is
CURED, atin French) the tine usually occupied bv
the second being devoted to more extended course in
Mathematics, Mechanics, Natural Science and English
Literature
Irregulars will be admitted to such selected studies
from the regular as, by request of parents, may
be approved In addition to the latin or French Of
the regular course, Greek, Spanish and German will
be taught. Except for French substitute for Lat
in, an extra charge of $50 per viii be made for
each modern language There will be no other extra
charge.
A plain dark-bue uniform viii be made subserviant
TO neatness and economy. Sudeas supplies, for JONI
ing, should be chely.of under-cloths.
In respect to all the ''materik for liberal educa-
ton of the physical, mental and moral man. the Kcn-
lucky Military Institute may claim equality with any
institution in the West.
May 10, 1851. I5:4m
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Z Q00 DOZ. FACTORY THREAD, Nos. 4, s.
j .UUU and 7, just received from Pulaski, Tenn.
and for sale by HADEN & READ.
July IS, 1851.
ayers Cherry PICTORIAL.
most beautuEGnd ralpae Preparation for the cure Of
Coughs, Colds, Consumption, AID all diseases Of The
throat and lungs.
THIS is a new compound, in this place, but is ey-
identity one of the greatest preparations ofthe age
for diseases of the lungsar Superior to Jaynes pre-
paration.
JAS. BLAIR Sole Agent.
Columbus Feb |, 1880.
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w. W. MCGUIRE, one of the editors of the Mo
bile Herald and Tribune, is a candidate for Mayor
OF Mobile. Mr.. Mcclure would make an excellent
Mayor, ifelected, and we think his prospects are
good. Success to him.
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Gen. Scott is no longer spoken of in New Eng
land as the wing candidate for the presidency
The wings chiefly for Webster, and he will, il
Is said, be nominated by State Convention OF
Massachusetts on the last Tuesday in November.
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New, Cheap, and Elegant Assortment OF
DRN SaA0RS

DEsH GOODS.
T1HE undersigned now receiving at their Store,
on Main street, between the stores of Hale & Muir
dock and J. j. Sherman & Co., an extensive and gen
eral assortment of
FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS. HARD
WARE, CUTLERY, BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS. CAPS. READY MADY CLOTH
ING, CROCKERY- WARE, &c, &c.
Recently purchased by Mr.. Lampkin in New York
and Philadelphia, which they will sell "a reasona-
bic terms articles Of similar quality can be purchas
ed in this market Call, examine, and purchase if
pleased. LAMPKIN & WHITFIELD.
Columbus, April !, 1851. loft
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The population of Rhode Island, according to
the official statement is 47, 544 and that of Geor-
gIa is 524 ,318 free, and 381 681 slaves. The pop
ulatlon of Alabama, is free 428, 779, slave 342,
49, Total III ,671.
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-11-01

Messrs Editors-In card published your paper Of
yesterday, Mr. H. ID. Hewitt, Piano DEALER No. % Camp
scrutin statement Of few past, in Ten.
ton pianos, and admitting Their high niah compares
them thoss manufactured By Peyei Erard in
Paris whose universal reputation places them the head Of
all the faction in the world in doing the gentleman makes
diffsrea, Of 400 francs against me.
Does the gentleman deny that amateun and fashionable
people pay for the and that although
France and England. factors whose instruments
equal Pleys h Eraris. the latter will commapd
in high e price superior any other by rancs
The gentleman eel dsplsased at the idea of blaming
his of panos, and declares my invoice
pianos. with price equal to those Of the great
of our art
But will, in his relative 10 the piic
Of pianos repeat my assertions, that such hav,
entered lately be had at at from $3.50 $50
cash, though have and will, when have chance, Sell
high and further offer to the gentleman mattel
square piahO Of my manufacture, American pat
term and included in last invoice, and which would sci
for hundred and sixty dollars cash. against any like plan
of New York Boson manuactu be found in stor
here, and selling on average OF t300 to $350.
The ehsapness OF article abroad. although coming int
competition with national manufacturer, reason why
should be 90 valued render its importation eney i'm
possible. chiefly between the citizens Of friendly nations
whose sole rivalry in the field of industry commerce ant
fine arts.
To this rivalry. eoueously invits the gentleman, wthou
attrbutng him, any othes competitor, though
that could SAVIOR Of envy rancor.
Respectfully.
nj 1t J. FAIvRE. Piano store, IS Royal street.
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Father Mathew preached his farewell sermon in
NewYor on Sunday week Since July 4. 1873. whsa he
his American he has enroHed Ovef 0VVU
names and since 1887 when he began his labos In tn lem
pesancs cause, over 6,AJWJ.
The steamer Lady Franklin, on her recent trip
from Louisville, brough, Jefferson Barracks l0 recruits,
under the command Of Lieut. Calhoun. son Of he great
statesman Of that name. These recruits were enlisted At
Newport, ny.
The women of Ohio, at a recent Convention at
ton repeal Of all constitutional provisions and legislative
enacimen which difference in the priysges Of Id
divduals in consequence Of differences in Sex
The slave population OF our city, says the 81.
with al present No than three have made known
the police Office the flight of their respective slaves within
the past hours benoves the poles 70 be on the
lookout.
AT Boston, on the 22d instant, an insane woman
named MARY Carey. eaped ont Of window At the Emsani
Office and fell upon another Irish woman, who was pang
The unknown knocked oown and stunned, and
feared seriously injured but MIS- Cefey du not appear
to have received any hurt.
The City Marshal Of Louisville went to Indian.
apos Ia. few days ago, to arrest fellow who had OBJ
tanned goods under suspicious at tne loem
place. but the Governor Of Indiana refused TO issue the war
rant the plea that was not IN due 10r anu tnat the
were not sufficient grounds for his arrest.
My son, hold up your head, and tell o., me VIII
was the strongest man. Jonah. % Why 60 Caus
the whale couldn't hold him after he got him down
~ hats a sOn-yOu needn't study the catecnlsm an
| more al present."
The steamer Josiah Lawrence, on her last triI
| to St. Louis, encountered snag which entered the lowe
slaEboard guard forward of the Wheel passed through u
boiler deck, social hail. and out through the hurricane roo
raising the pilot house several inches hOm It's position
serious damage done. The principal loss being the smashn
OF the front pannelng. and gass doom Of the social hail.
i A gentleman from Missouri was robbed on th
large sum Of money. Burt Macksy and two other nooiou
| sc0undrels were arrested on suspicion.
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Some thing for Everybody.

The Hon. David M. Foreman has been elected
Chef Justice of the Supreme Court Of the Cherokee nation
The majority against secession in South Caro-
INA, at the late election, was 6U6.
large number of persons from Iowa have it in
contemplation to remove to Oregon in the spring
The residence of Mr.. Crozier, on Wilkinson
eet, Mobile. consumed by fire Tuesday night last
The Rev. Archibald Alexander, distinguished
divine died at Princeton, N. j.. ON the 23d ult.
An Irishman cautions the public against trusting
his wife Ellen. because he never married to her at all
MulIoney says that the people who don't believe
in purgatory, may 20 farther and fare worse.
There were sixty deaths in St. Louis for the
week ending The soth INST
The Bloomer pedestrian ut St. Louis completed
$50 miles of her arduous task on the I'D inst.
The Government of the United States has pur-
chased 81 zoo, 900 of its own stock.
Ice sold at Panama recently sold for one dollar
per pound.
The Supreme Court is now in session at Monroe,
Louisiana.
The election in Mississippi takes place Oh next
Monday.
Goodwins soap and candle factory at Peoria,
Ill., was buried down the 18th ut Loss e600O.
A canal boat loaded with ice, reached ST. Louis
last week. from Chicago.
The walls of ST. Luke's Protestant Episcopal
MsTs blown down By the gale on The @
The furniture inside the building was destroyed.
The Jenny Lind Juror in Toronto surpassed ever
that which was witnessed in NewYork. Not half Of TIL
applicants could obtain ,eats at her concerts.
Guano has been used successfully on the worI
out tobacco lands Of Virginia. This matte! of
siderable thousands Of acres OF the Old Tobacco
lands in Virginia may be reclaimed
A splendid quay, the largest in South America
:, s .a Ss q
railroad win extend to its extremity. 30 that ships may dis
charge their cargo direct into the cars.
The California papers announce the arrival OF tn
distinguished cantace Mile Caoska from the grand Boz
deaux theatre. We never heard Of her before.
The San Francisco Herald states that Messrs
Marshall and McCorkle, Congressman elect from California
are both orthodox on the Compromise question:
Mr.. August Celina, Of the city Of NewOrleans
was married to Senona Emile Marie Lons Of Rio Janeiro
nj San Francsce, California, on August w.
Another fugitive slave was arrested on the %
nit at Philadelphis and remanded his master in Bait
more the next day.
In the Philadelphia Circuit Court, on the %
nj, the Grand Jury returned thirty true bills again
the Christana prisoner. Each indictment contains seSe
counts. =.
"Mr Smith, you said you once of1icia,ed in
mint: do you mean By that that you preeched 2? y.
4, hsid The light for the man what did" All!
snurt aodertood you differently. Thsy supposed frer
az isnsusgs that the discourse came fronyou." NJ
-. Only thiow'd . hnls light on IT,"
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Two new sts.neu, the Texas End Northern
G run Ss ws;r I'D Ts1a' and for
The gin house oil. L. Dslee, near Clinton, La,
posed to have been Ut On fire.
The crop Of tobacco in Kentucky this year is
6tats.
}. s. Hendrix, Esq., one Of the gallant defenders
Nsw Oresa. in 1915. died on the 18Th ut at Clinton.
Major Jack Downing, a real Yankee, says the
Americans understand the copyright law TO mean the right
A lady, purchasing secondhand waiter asked
the broker whsthsr would "Yss. maam," 10
piled he. &c without question"
An editor in the West, who served four days on
jury says he's @ foil 81 law that had to keep from
Large numbers Of emigrants, says TIE Little
Rock ann, * sHsh that Places bound for The
Lambert A. Whitley, one of the editors of the
Mr. B. h. Johnson is his sSecsssor.
Madame Bishop, during her late tour to the
a.ss w.s very succsssfu having cleared $4,000 per week
The Norwich and Worcester Railroad receipts
Tor Ssp'sp6es were sSe Or u per cent more than the
receipts Of the zane month last year.
George w. Stewart, who murdered Thomas
fenced 70 the Pentsntisry fo1 years and months.
The Michigan Southern Railroad receipts for the
<XaUlV
mors than In the corresponding months ofl66O
There were sharp frosts in the vicinity of Mont
somsy on The ga ga and S1th ult which. says the Al
snd: p''''' 'n''''' 1''d Inc cotton On Inc 10"
The store of Mr.. p J. Chany, of Galloway CO.,
Mo-. was DESTROYED BY fire the night Of the 18th 1u II
'f is va 70
Maysvie, KY, seems to be infested with incen.
danes reward Of tive hundred dollar has been offered
q The villains. '''''' anu 1''''N'' ''"'' " '' ''''
w. w. Carnahan, of Vicksburg, Miss, died al
as 90 sso snd .a%s, q.
September.
1t is not always mark Of frankness to possess
open countenance. An alligator deceitfu
act Of taking you in :
Lemuel r. Lincoln, Esq, died at Little Rock
me sS f9 an o oS dn9u. u IN
died universally lamented.
| At Louisville, on the 18th ut., a passenger OF
Ws,ch%en. were obbsd b. sves IL, moi % eSs
| and gsnteel place rs it was
The first batch of French emigrants for Caifor
a s e WI. n. on me s @
and lS4 more expected TO leave the 18th ias.
Capt. Anders: Of the steamer Fashion, was inst
$50 at st. Louis lsst week, for violating Quarantine regn
atona. Il Is thought the fine would be renittsd from pal
! iating circumstances.
A. queer animal, in the shape Of :" horse flesh,
captured ths plains Of Vsasz.ea BY party Amsrica
hunters headed BY the traveller Juan Percy,
Capt, Hail. She fifteen and half hands high. OF grea
beauty and symmetry, and without one particle Of
any part of the body The skin resembles India rubber
| and is as soft almost a velvet.
The women of the East are never without thei
looking glasses In Ba,bary. says Shaw they % ion
that they will not lay them aside on any account In 9th.
parts Of Asia they little looking glasses their thumbs
In Baltimore, on Saturday week, MIR. John
Couk foreman Of the press room Of John D. Toy Esq,
presented by that gentleman with beautiful g0
mouned and bearing appropriate inscription, o testimt
NAL OF his esteem. Mr. Cook has been in his employ Il
| thirty years.