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AUDITORS SALE.

AO0lIO16 bAA6s
Section 10, Jennings Township.
pursuance OF law, I, William NJ. Bell, Auditor In
and for Putnam county. Ohio, will offer for sale, on
Saturday, the 9M day of October, A. d.
1859.
at 12 O'clock at noon at the door Of the Court house
In said rounty Of Putnam, the fo'lowi " descIibed
lands beng part Of section 49, In Jennings Township,
In said county set npar for Schools therein to wilt.
Section number 10 township two south range five
ens 10, number one. containing 40 acreb an IS hun
dreds--appraised at $3.50 per acre.
Section 10 town twp south ranee five east lot mum.
her l2, containing ~ and $500 acres-valued at
S2.00 per acre.
The above lands win not be sold for less thnn five
dollars per acre, less than the appraised value.
WILLIAM M. BELL,
Auditor
AuDiToR's oFyIcE. PurNAM Co, OIL
Kalida, August 2lst, 1852. sos
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DIED,

Ia this village, on Tuesday. the 25,h inst
MRS, ABIGAIL HILL, wife Of HARVEY
HILL, aged So years
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ANNUAL EXHIBIT
or THE
RECEIPTS & EXPENDITURES
OF rM
PAULDING COUNTY, OHIO;

For the gear ending at he Jhne Session
of the County Commissionsifss, A. y.
1852.
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AUDIToR's OFFICE,
PAULpJNG CoUNTy. Onto

a. srrv j. July S, 1852,
thereby certify that the foregoing is 4 full.
true ant, tprrect,exhibit Of the Rec eiRts and
Expenditures Of said county for. the year
ending at the Jahe Session Of the Comm,s.
sioners, A. D. 1859.
A. sANKEY .LATTY.
b94 County .Auditor.
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Democratic Congressional Conventor

Democratic Congressional Convention
The Democracy of the 5ih Congress
slonal District, composed Of the counties
of Hancock, Wood, Lucas, Fulton, Henry
Putnam. Van Vert, pauiding, Defiance
and Williams, are requested TO send dele
gates 10 the Convention 10 be hold al
Defiance,
On Wednesday the lst day of September
neat, for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for Congress 10 be supported
by the Democrats Of said Distric, at the
ensuing October election, and for the
transaction Of such other proper business
as may then and there be deemed neces.
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Aug, "a, 1852,

~V. B. PALMER, at New York, Boston
ana Philadelphia. is our only agent in these
cities for advertising and subscription pur.
poses. All arrangements made with him
on our account, will be treated as il made
directly with this office.
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TUST RECEIVED, and selling VERY
q CHEAP, an assortment OF GOODS, for
the Spring market, among which are:--
Kossuth and Palm Leaf Hats;
Kip Boots, warranted. So 50;. ,n1
Women's Calf and Kip Bootees and Shoes !;
Women's Goat Skin Shoes;
Mems Cloth Gaiters;,- 81.
Mems enameled Congress Gaiters* T.,
Mep's and Women's Indian Rubber Shoes;
Coffee for 10 and u cents;
Rice. Spice md Pepper;
Col den and Sugar House Syrup;
Sugar. Tobacco, God Fish, &C., &c.
Call, and see, and buy. a.
Kalida, May 26, 1852. 49,. 500
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Besides, the Shareholders who sGspec.
ted him, heard that Gen. Scott had au-
ihorized certain distinguished men TO de
clare and that they had declared on the Re
serve, that he would rather lose his righ,
arm than 10 extend slavery farther. Ru.
NOR pretty well authenticated, affirms
that an article Of the Portage Wing Civ
ing 10 this hearsay the semblance Of re-
atty, found its way TO Washington, and
there upon, the Mississippi delegation
called upon him for an explanation. He
give il; frankly and like a man; and that
delegation reports HI the following Off
cial account oflhe interview, and in Gen.
Scotrs own words ,ha. expldnation:--
He said, 81 was, in point Of .iihe, the
fourth or fifth man who declared for the
Omnibus Bill. Clay and Foote are the
only men who remember 10 have pre.
ceded me. Afterwards and during the
progress ofthe various Compromise bills
sanctioned and sustained each, as il came
up, in all lis length and breadth. have
on average, ever since, at least FIVE times
a day, declared the same sentiment.
declared for these measures as early
as lst Of February, 1850.
Mr.. Clay visited me on the day or
ihe day after their passuge, by Congress
and ! may say embraced me as brother
aud partner in their SUCCESS
] am Surprized al, and cannot acsoun,
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sS:Ary the daily use of them often gives ri.e n
iSrse, ana leads to poverty, misery and death y
Inc use OF alcohol is detrimental 70 bnmsb
heaith and life and must be viewed ne one Of tha
most deadly agencies ever vet EMPLOYED to a.
PoPuiate our earth. The truth Of this rernafk
"ili appear by the facts which shall soon ,tb.
strong drink has occasioned an ;noraasoS So u
ndncy in many of the diseases with which ms Z,
mas been afflicted; while it has produced disessss
peculiarly its own. diseases
:, I'm glasgow, according to DR.. Cleland;s Tablos
tnere has been very great increase in tbe no.
tahty =. since 1922, the year in Hheh the di,tv or
olstlled spIrlt was reduced a=laaf---s---'..si ~
per oi Began to operate, the mortality
rose to 4627: and in 1924, it amounted to 1870,
being an Increase, in the former year, Of no less
than 9S7. and in the latter Of ESQ deaths, COIN
spared with 1922
= Let every man who inddlges in the use Of
spirits, ponder well on the declaration of acotn.
rnittee of one of the most enaiRhtened inediSsl
socie.le le S'sr lsnd. Beyond comparison, great
er Is the risk OF life tnderyotse In nearly al dis
eases, OF whatever description, when they occur
IN those unfortunate men who have been pre.
7iously d;sordered by those poisons. Such tpet
too, 1t may be added, are much more liable to
the attacks OF disease than those who totally ab-
stain from alcohol. In both these ways there
fore, the use of spirits even in the greatest mod.
GRAFTON, tends to shorten life. PROF. Hitch.
cocks Address
"Of33 persons found dead in one city, 20 were
killed by intemperance.
"Of "a persons found dead in different places;
the deaths of 67. according to the coroner's in.
quests, were occasioned by strong drink.
'Of "a adults, who died in one cty, in ons
year, the deaths Of more than one third were.
according to the testimony of the Medical Asso:
citation, caused, or hastened, directly or indi-
rectly, by intemperance"
These are few, of the many facts, by which
the truth of my position is fully sustained.
close this number in the words of another.
''Facts justify the conclusion, that Alcohol hos
within the last thirty years. cut off, in the Uni!
ted States more than thirty million years of hu-
man probation and ushered more than a million
OF souls, uncalled, and in violation of the COM
mand, thou shalt not kill" into the presenos
of their Maker
This subject will be still pursued in my next.
Yours respectfully KNOW.
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terms q words VIII suffer: won w;l
very reaail understand me dive -,
hours ou laughter shall beconrs 'nu -,
wife, and q soldiers shall be sent fro35,
Never boaer would I die tha,s re
sand deaths an render up nv vsSf
child, ny Be ltifA Josefa. to so bl,cI oI'y J
villain
Then. I not
Ex 70 cfummate the crime vo,r
black heart 9 planned, isuttered II :
voice at row, that makes the lon;a.
- as il stung by a seor-
sword hitSS9 the next inStant It falls,
as if palsied, p hisside for there in the
chamber, moi three feet from him, stands
the young American. the affianced hus-
band of Donj Josefa.
What, hd with but the shout dies
dn his foWFd lips as Francis Burnet
dFaws re vef from his bosom, and
points it W bin foot OF, his forehead.
| rWouldsf foln your brave soldiers, Don
NAteo Erhaps by their aid you may
| beenablet 10 add myself to the number
Of -FOUR vltims. Come, senior let us
to be dinhg hall.
&dde4y he filings wide open the door
to l inner apartment, exclaiming
stourbravs dragons, Colonel Alvaro
ToAs, alias Mateo Aquino, thief and
muh herer! d you recognize them p
Rely, you kan scarcely rely on YOUR
bral fellow n your murderous purpose, ;
and the ydng man points to twenty
kn 4ling f4es, in the dimly lighted sa-
Loo on th9r knees, while by the side
of Och stage determined looking man
hiding afRelver within six inches of
bT Rbrissok ear. y
E1ow1 Fllain THE wretch sinks to
IDeli4 4raEely, Frank Burnet, takes a
, slpng Prd from his pocket and binds
th patedI limbs OF his captive. The
twenNttrange men followed his exam
pt, hfheI valiant officer, with his twen-
= ItyrF4 dragons, lay bound and help
: less n Die floor.
, bms Don Francisco, Cuba is no lon g.
!, er he. In little cove, not three hun
: dr. yaHstdlttant, I have a beautiful
Vel, VI hitting to convey you and your
, 18th, II land of freedom. My friends
v Aasslst yfbr removal, and ere to-mor-
= = re will be far away from
Iranny and blood. I had
ut2R7cV -acsls.aas;<ss and-eanae
81 | Ten. slater, joyous party assem-
hs I'd in Ie gorgeous drawing-room ofar
~ BtocJic mansion in Charleston, ane
ID braj Frank Burnet led the lovely
! Jofa 1 tbs altar.
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| TH E PROMPT CLERK.

|, Eons KIN wv q young man (said an
20 ena facher the other day, in a
Aonb ydng men) that was commen-
Aiftb IS aperk. One day his employ
e'kid bhiS Now tomorrow that car
g eco lon pst be got out and weighed,
and Ae husAave regular account OF
He as hng man Of energy. This
was The first he he been intrusted tc
4 execution of this work
he madeis arrangements over night
gpoke toae In about their carts anC
, orses, a5-re living to begin very early
/ the msnin he instructed the labor
RS to betnerI at halfpast O o'clock -
they 1t toRork, and the thing wa
-one; ana abat 10 or II o'clock hi!
snasI coAaesb, and seeing him sittinE
IN countinshouse, looks very black
vv5uP Ping thathis command had not beer
s.exsFed.
lughtSsaid the master, you wer
/ reqpe to setout that cargo this NOR
ning
'nall 2oie,' said the young man
and e is tts account of it,
! 4ie er looted behind him from ths
nor RneveIl His character was fl
; ed, eoence was established. He wa
fonnd e the nan to do the thing wit
:, promIs. He very soon came to b
r. - onetbuld not be spared--he was :
eal,ne cessto the firm as any of, tha~Rar
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TNoR1D's FAIRlAT NEw YORK
Tbsr York papers contain an official
ans, .ment that The proposed Exhlbl-
t;oTI6e;ndustry II all Nations, Will
onsb,bat city onEhe ID of May next;
and ee is giSenthat the association e
Is psssay 10 telesive applications from
tbol.ho desire become exhibitors.
The,ober of sQare feet, whether 2
wall. .Soff-of coiers required by apH
cants 'o,,sese stA, and all communica
t;onssnsfbe adj dBsed to "the Secretar,,
Of If ,bf Associate flor the Exhibition G
the i, 1dnstry of Nations, New York.
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Tl as;,a= EnDincinnati Sun says, he
onoon - i Il streets of that city, re-
saw SAW woman ~Do,htnns'aahed were adorned with a
luxurious m "a of 4skers. They were none
If ,SA,'s rs',s srti dsls, t natures own work
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was able TO less bis cnll. y.
} qg Nipple fortune. Hs Wa va ss she
sf0I;lS He eyes, nor vinegaF so 49,
teslsa lust the contrary 0''.'o''
YoWastructor.
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Tens Us later, joyous party assem-
I'd in Ie gorgeous drawing-room ofan
ktocJic mansion in Charleston, and
lbraJ Frank Burnet led the lovely
hfa / the altar.
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ANOTHER DIkMoED-The so1tor OF
charlotte Whig says he was shown tne
O.er. ~e;abing four ounces; found BY J. W:
/ wead .,good Of Mcdowell county, whilst
ar~ ,aorE;og a gold mine, about FIVE miles
VIZ. W.. &c Charlotte, on what 10 called she
-lTodd Branch
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-06-11

FAMINE IN THE LUMBER COUNTRY From
private letters, we learn of great sufFtrings from
The want Of provisions in the Eastern part o
Crawford and in warren counIes-lhe long win.
Ter having exhausted almost every species oil
provisions. No, only bread and meat had be.
come exorbi.anhy high. but potatoes iurnips
beans, &C., we're scarcely TO be Obtained al any
price. The scarcity Of meat also had compile.
ted The general deslimlion throughout that lum.
Der region losuch degree as TO arres, operations
among great part of the lumber men before
half completing their stocks.
There was. Of course, an equal scarcity oI
food for working cattle. All kinds Of grain
have been at enormous prices during the great.
er part Of lasI winter, and hay could not be
procured in some parts for love or money. This
we learn is more Immediately confined to one
line Of .hu. country, some 40 or so miles wide
visited las. June by destructive hails.orm.
destroying all the grain and meadows in The
range Of It's sweep Pittsburgh american.
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TERRBLE FIRE ON THE RAILROAD. THE
trains on The Atlantic and 81. Lawrence road
and also on the Walerville, were detained yes
'erday afternoon, in consequence of raging fires
in the woods, which had extended to the banks
Of the railroads. The WaterviIIe train was dc.
ained an hour between Green and Lewiston,
but linalIy 60. through and reached here about
O'Clock, P. NJ. Tho fire was also raging ON
The Atlantic road, between the Empire Station
MnoI) and Mechanic Falls. II had communi.
Gated To the railroad wood on the line of The
roads, and il is estimated that two thousand cords
had been burned. The Atlantic road wall lose
thousand cords,
The fire was so fierce, extending about three
miles, from the empire Station To Mechanic
Falls, that The train could noI ge, through. The
passengers were taken in carriages round The
burnt district, and took The curs this side of the
fire, and reached the ciiy at 8 P. NJ. The cross
lies on The road for half mile were burned
aud the heat was so mlense as TO expand the
iron Of the track so as 10 form vertical curve
in several places. s..-POriland argus, 26ih.
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OVERLAND EMlGRATloN To THE Pacific
letter in The Journal Of Commerce. daIed at 10,
wa Civ on the 7lh inst, in speaking of the
constant emigration through all parts Of the
State of Iowa Tor California aud Oregon, says:
Judging from the Wagons crossed at the
ferries over the Iowa at this place. the emigra.
ton is over twice as large as it was in The spring
Of 1850, when six hundred teams passed. while
already iva of three lerrlers here where nc.
counts have been kept, report twelve hundred
and twenty eight wagons; aud the third ferry.
that has no register of the number crossed, To-.
geIher with tho teams now daily crossing will
make the emigration of this season probably
fifteen hundred teams, or over; and the teams
will average about thee persons including men,
women and children, aud about five animals at.
lached or loose. 1t is absolutely piIiful 10 see
such mass orhuman beings and animals fast
approaching 10 great scarcity of food, il not
starvation, before the immense emigration on
The way shall reach lis destination. Ii is conf
DENLY affirmed that neither The persons nor
their ANIMALS, in such uncountcd numbers as
ore pressing on to California and Oregon. can
survive the passage by land, and that, 100, by
men who have once been through. Ii is ap.
pretended that the distress Of 1850 will be-
nothing in comparison with this years caam.
ty; and that neither United States Government
aid nor California assistance will prove adequate
to prevent untold misery and death on The route.
Time only can tell the result
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There are two DJiges in the Senate Of the
IlaileJ States, but there have been a great ma
ny m IRE 10 The 0iio Legislature, The pro-
vision Of the new constitution of Ohio, requl.
ring 'he printing 10 V let to the lowest bidder
wasjljged -lhs provision requiring biennial
sessions has been lodged the provision cut
ting of all perquisiIes has been dodged-Ihe
provision reqiiring an equal distribution Of the
public burdens bv assessing taxes equally on
oil men has been dodgei i-nnd our Senator. who
i, sal 70 be the father Of the tax law lodged
II, BY refusing 10 swear
The legislature reminds US very much Of
one John Diwkins, the arifu dodgsr. who fig.
ures in Dickens "Olivrr Twist" lie was
not eaughtby the police until he became grey
headed 10 crime, but every successive dodge
got him Into a more narrow limit unIil finally
there was no moro rom for dodgug and he
hudlo 'come down"
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! 1t was understood that toward The close of the
session some half dozen Or more of these cx
lras were discharged. 1t will also be remem.
bered that the present l., gSlalure has raised the
wHges of clerks, assistant clerks, SergeanIsal-
arms and assistant sergcanIs. from three To toUr
dollars per day. Not knowing precisely how
many, or At what time any portion OF this stand
| ing army was discharged, we cannot give the
precise figures for this item, but from what We
I learn from others we are assured that il will
amount Of itself 10 over TWENTY THOUSAND D0L.
LARS. Add to this the mileage OF me mbers. aud
the sum total will amount To about ninety thou
sand dollars. Let il be remembered that This
does mol include the expense for stationery i,
printing, &c. II is confined entirely To the com
pensal0n paId To the members. the clerks; &c
BY comparing the price Of This Legislature
with Ihal of the Wing Legislatures as ohnve ii
will be seen that the session Just closed. has
cost The people Of The Stalo over THREE
TIMES as much as they did when under Whg
control.
] here will be some beautiful Developments
hereafter. abou, the items for printing during
the session. Tho bill for this purpose will
probably be between ftoeniy fire aud thirty thou
sand dollars. Some time since the Statesman
Office had been paid iweniy thousand dollars on
the bill for this work, aud il is rumored that the
Auditor was shameluly abused because he de-
clined To give orders Ior further amounts ill
bill for the work done was presented. When
the item mud that FOR paper, &C. is all ascertain.
ed, il will be found thai The fISt session Of the
frsl legislature of Ohio under the new consli.
tuition, will cost the people Of the State about
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY. FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS The session this
fall and winter, will probably swell The amount
10 fully too hundred thousand dollars.
A heavy item in the total of expenses, has
been tho amount paid to extra clerks, and extra
sergeonls al arms. This has been enormous,
fu7 beyond all former precedent. We sincere
~ trust this abuse will bo checked in future. as
the tax payers hove been badly imposed upon
in this branch Of the public service.
We present those facts and figures to The tax
payeIs Of Ohio. We ask Them to examine
them. and then determine The question whether
il is for their interest to be longer humbugped
and Rued by these pralers about economy, re.
uenchmenI and reform Stale Journal.
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IMPORTANT STEP Mr.. BeckeI. The Demo.
cratic member Of The House, from Montgomery
county, has written letter 10 The editor Of The
Dayton Empire. wherein he demonstrates IhaI
the tax law so far as it applies TO banks, is un.
equal and grossly upiusl, lie closes by an.
nounclng his resolution TO resign his seat, and
thus give the people a chance to elect some
one who is in favor Of the present lar iaw. as
he says plainly he is not:
"llaviog differed 10 opinion with the mass OF
tho representatives. Of the party with which
am associated, on the consliIuuonaIy of tho
tax law, (in believing that it did not carry out
those principles Of uniformity and equality re.
qalred by the constulion,) propose al an ear.
ly day resgnng my seat IN the Legislature;
thus giving The voters Of this county an oppor.
mny Of selecting person 10 fill my place
whose opinions may be in accordance with
those who voted Tor the lax law and other mea.
Sures that did not receive my support; or a per.
son whose opinions may coincide with tho
course TT have pursued. D. BECKEL."
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Mr.. GoLnsCHMDT. A romantic paraprnph.
credited to The New York Musical World. is
going the rounds of the papers, 10 The effect
that Mr. GndschmidI is The son of a wealthy
banker in Ilamburgh. 1t is entirely untrue.
Although his family name is that Of bankers
we'll known upon The Continent, Mr.. Gold.
schmidt is the son Of merchant Of moderate
means. and has made his waV entirely by hi%
own merits and efforts. Before coming 10 ,his
country, he enjoyed an enviabe reputation as
an artist in his naive city, and to some extent.
in Germany, aud his situation was so aRreea.
Bile to his tastes, that it was not until after dTecI
aud personal solicitation from Mile. JENNY
Lind that he concluded TO visit the United
Suites. where, as he had none of the ad captan-
dun talent which is sure o! popularity, he had
no very glowing vision of success. Ia every
best sense OF the word. Mr.. GoIdschmid. is a
Igeutleman,- man Of so unusual cultivation in
ART and literature, and Of so genial character
and manner, that The warmest friends of JENNY
Lind could have wished her no lairer iurluno
Than to become Madame Quo GoIdschmidl.
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"WnY PREFER ScOrT. ~ few DAYS sinee
we inquired Of an old and consislant Whg as
TO his choice for the Presidency.
"Win6eld Seoul" was the promp, and en-.
phOtc reply.
"And who was the secoudl"
"NOne!' was the brief but meaning rpjoin.
der.
"Ynu appear quite decided"
"Only after maIuro dellbeTaiiOn."
We asked him for The benefit of his political
reflections, when he stated the following sound
and wpghly reasons for his decision:
"Winfeld Scout is a true Whg-nol in the
narrow, parlizan sense Gf the word. but in its
most liberal and patriotic accepIaon. His
Nationality" like apyramid, lays its base on
he Atlantic and the Pacific, the Gulf and the
Lakes.
"He is not welded, soul and body. to the
slave holding interest, to lhe uuer neglect and
abuse Of the rights Of all other portions of the
country.
"He is not shackeled by pledges, he will ney.
er become the tool Of cliqueS or designing and
selfish men.
"Ile has been "lried," and like pure gold.
has wnhslood every test aud scrutiny. His
glowing Gguraliye language to the American
Legions when they stood for the first time on
the Plaza of the city of Mexico, will apply with
full force to himself: "You have been baptised
in fire and come out Steel"
If nominated. he can be elected; and the as.
pee, of affairs both at home and abroad, point
10 him as n man qualified in every respect to
Gil the station with credit TO himself aud honor
10 his country.
"He has claims on the grar nde Of the Amer.
lcan people, for services in camp and council,
such as no other living mln possesses. and in
no other way could Americans more honor
themselves than 10 honoring those claims"
L9ckpOrt Jour.
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STEAMBOAT DISASTERS. - An account in the
ST. Louis lnIelligencer shows that since the
ls1 OF January there have been twenty five
steamboat accidents, from The following cpuses:
Whole number Of accidents. 25; caused by
sinking. 10; explosions, 0; burning. six; col.
lapse. 2; boats so'ally destroyed. 10; whole
number Of lives lost, (eslima.ed) ESQ. The
lnss :" property we have no means Of learning;
but, judging from The number aud nature Of the
accldeu's, il must have been great indeed.