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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-09-02

4 BLAcE REPUBLICAN SLAVE DEALER.-Ihe
Ohio Democratic papers are having fine pick
ings At the expense OF Judge Ghoson, formerly
of Mississippi, WHOM, the Republicans have
nominated for the Office of Supreme Judge, in
place OF the late incumbent. Judge Swan, who
proved to b. TOO honest for them, having per-
sisted ia conforming his decisions 10 th- Con-
stifuli0u ami laws, and therefore was snP-rse-
ded by the Nominating Convention and Judge
Gholson nominated in his stead. The Demo-
cratic papers publish aihdavits and bills Of sale,
showing that Judge Gaolson while in Misss-
sippi was a Shareholder and that be sold his
slaves before leaving the State. The following
are specimens:
KNow ALL Mss By THESE Presents, That
We William Y. Ghclson aud EtvIra Gholsnn,
for and in consideration ot Seven Hundred Dol
lars to US N cash paid, The receipt OF which is
Acknowledged, have bargained and sold and do
hereby bargain and sell unto Sarah K DaEgett,
wife OF Stephen Daggett. ONE NEGRO BOY,
NAMED-NED A SLAVE FOR LIFE, aged about
- years, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD IN ABSOLUTE
Property and We WARRANT Tae TITLE AND
souNDNess of'said negro boy.
Given under our hands and seals this 18th
day of Decenl5sr, 1874.
W. Y. GHoLsoN, [sEAL
ELvRA GHoLsoH, f-EAL
Know ALL MEN BY TEEsE PRESENTS, Taat we
William Y. Gholson and EIvira Gho!s)n, for
and in consideration OF Seven Hundred dollars
10 Us in cash paid, the receipt OF which Is az
cknowledged, hqus bqeaiacd cnd said and do
hereby bargain and sell unto Stephen Dlgge,t,
ONE NEGRO BOY NAMED DAVY, 4
SLAVE FOR LIFE, 0geg 9 pe9rS, to aaee
I l. tsfy s
md ue hereJy WARRANT TIE TITLE AND
SOUNDNESS OF SAID NEGRO BOY
Given under our hands and seals this 10th
day OF December, I8tf-
~. I. GHoLsov, [sEAL.
ELvIRA GgoLsoH, seAL.i
These bills of sale ara certified 10 BY the
Clerk of ,ae ProbatessCour, OF Pontooc county,
Mississippi.
In addition 70 the above, says the cleveland
.Na'ioaai Democrat, we have 'he affidavit oi
Hrnry Duke, taken before iar Clerk Of tli- II.
States District Court of Mississippi, that he is
now thr owrer Of another slave sold by Ghol-
son 10 George w. Payne aad by the SAID Payne
sold TO Duke :; and another affidavit, signed by
FIVE gentlemen of Standing in Poniotoc, taken
bsforr the same CLERK, establishing the fact of
Gholson being lhp owner ofsiaves in AIississip-
pi, and of his sale of them.
This is the way, says the Ohio Statesman,
that Judge Ghoison mqnumhted his patrimonaH
slaves. He parted company with these two
BOYS for the sam Of 81 400 10 him an cash raid
aod he Iefl them in Mississippi, starss for life,
while he made his way to Cincinnati with the
money in has pockets. That is what the Ham
iltnn county delegates TO the Republican State
Convenion call setting Ais negroes free, and
by which story they completely captured Old
Gid4inss, and h- gave his orders that Swan
must be defeated, Spaldug laid aside, aad Ghol-
son nominated.
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u The Columbia Democrat, published at
Bloomsbng by Levi L. Tate, puts up the name
OF John c. Bfeckinridgp for President, subiec, to
the decisisn of The Charleston Convention
The Democrat says: ''Tne positive decIfnation
Of Mr. Buchanan, 10 BE- regarded as candi-
date for the succession, renders ii proper and
pxp4dipnt, that his friends should in doe time
select a suitable candidate for the standard
bearer of the American Democracy. That
man, We nave every reason to believe, viii BE-
Vice President Breckenridge"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-09-02

I5~The Democratic meeting on Monday
evening last, was one Of the largest that WE
have ever attended in Bedford. The best feel
ing prevailed and every body present, with the
exception ofa few melancholy AbolltiDnists,
seemed greatly pleased with the proceedings.
The Court room was crowded TO overhowng,
many being unable TO obtain seats. The Demo-
cratic fires are blazing brightly, and, depend
on it, on the second Tues day OF October, The
glorious light ola sweeping Democratic victory,
will beam from every hilltop and IN every
valley of Bedford county
The Abolition Anna lgamation meeting on
Tuesday night, was in strong contrast with The
Democratic meeting The night before. The
crowd was much smaller-the speeches tissue
of falsehoods- enthusiasm, ii such II may De
called, feigned AID spurious. Few country peo-
pie were present, but the members oi thr party
10 the borough, were drummed up, and every
town-boy belonging to Abolition parents, was
brought out to shout and clap has hands, TO give
an air of enthusiasm TO the meeting. We
would suggest that next time they hold NEE
ling, they give the boys lot Of horns and
dinner bells, and tie tinpan TO their principal
orators coat-ials.
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4 Nut For Abolitionists to Craok.

A coored man, William Braxton, manumitt-
ed by the last will and testament of Elijah
Creenwell, deceased, Of Hampshire county, Va.
and who has been enjoying the blessings of free
dom among the Abolitionsts OF Pennsylvania
until he has become heartily tired of the bles-
sing, laiterly returned TO Virginia, and has Pc
ltioa~d the county court of Hampshire to per-
nit him to become the slave Of Mr. Samuel
Hou 81, of that county.
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Baltimore RufiianS-A Newspaper Pre-.
prietor HltaCkeG-The Assaiiant Shot,

BALTsEoRE. Aug 90, Henry M. Fnzhugh, one
OF the ProPrietors OF the Daily Ecchangs. was
aSsailed this afternoon in an omnibus by notori-
GUS rowdy named Paul PlacIde. MIR. Fitzhugh
drssg revolver and fired three, balls, which
took effect in fhe hand and arm oft1e assailsni.
The affair produced considerable excitement
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-09-02

VIslToRs FROM MSowERsET.--lsaac Husus, Esq.
formrrly Senator for the Somerset and West
morpland district ,Sam'l Gather, Esq, Col. j.
A. Gsrmsn, Sami Walker, ESP, and Daah.
Htflsy, E:q., all Of Somerset county. paid -
visit during the present week Thy ar oll
and true friends, WHOM. we are always giad 10
take by The hand.
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N0TECE.

TIE partnership heretofore existing between
the undersigned having been dissolved, all
persons knowing themselves indebted 10 the
dtm. are respectfully requested TO make settle
ment at as early day as possible
B. f. MEYERS,
July 29,'59. &c. W. BENfCKD'
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JOHN SILL,
President.

RALRoAD CoLLIsioN.-Y Yesterday morning
collision occurred on the Northern Central
Railroad. between a freight train, loaded with
marble, comiRg 10, and passenger train bound
ont from the'ciiy, with number Of passengers
aboard, en route for the Shrewsbury camp
meeting. The engineer Of the burden train
omitted 10 take in water at the Relay House, The
proper place, and run to the station. between
Mount Washington and Woodbury.. Anticipating
a train, he sent forward man, with instructions
to stop any approaching train. The messenger
sent neglected to 90 far enough, and Pe- conse-
diienre, the 2 O'Clock passenger train from the
city came into collision with the burden train.
Fortunately the engineer of the passenger train,
Maieolm Hassen, saw the danger in time to
revease the engine, and the damage to both trains
was comparatively slight. Several OF the
freiyh. cars Wpr- broken, AMI 'he rngine Of fhp
passenger train was slightly damaged -Balh-
more Sna, 24th af.
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THE AURORA BOREALts PROBLEM
SOLVED.

DO Sunday night and Monday ror,;r.
there was an unusually brilliant pxhibi,on 81
The Aurora Borsalls, which covered on. h.;r
Of tie Nort1rfa hravsos from East 10 Ws,,
This mysterious light has ever puzzled nst,,.i
philosophers, who have advanced the rnos, Co.,
Trajectory explanations tor the phenomena
Some have ascribrd them to the re(ract;on -
the suns rays from Arctic Icebe.gs o,b.,.
bave brlrved thai the refraction is from Nor.
thern ice or snow, and The tremulous motion .,
be caused BY the perpetual vibrations OF ~.
earth's atmosphere ; bat ihe magnetic telpgranb
has. solved the problem On Sunday even.
ing, when the sky was perfectly clear, the stars
shining and the wind sill, the only unuspaj
appearance being the r-ddening ol the Nor
tnern and Eastern hPavrns, one OF The opera
tors 10 the Harrisburg Office chancrd 10 touch
the wite and was thrown, by the violence Of a
shock which he received, across the room. Az
the same time the Superintendent of tb-
Canadian lines Of Telegraph informs us thai the
line between Quebec and Farther Poini:was ia
perfect working order Yet it proved mpossi
bls to dispatch the foreign n-Ws across the
wires. The Aurora Borrais had 50 charged the
air with electricity as to partially destroy the
insulation. The phenomena Of the Northern
Lights may Therefore be ascFibed TO electricity,
andEal5ng disputed question Of science il def
nittIy explained Patriot & Union.
WoyDaaFrL ESCAPE FROM DRowNIsG.
letter from Norfolk 10 thu Richmond Di,pHch.
states that on Tuesday of last week, Capt. John
Doughty vas washed from the deck Of his sloop
about > o'clock in the morning, when about
five miles az sea, of Smiths Island. The sea
was running very high al the time, and, being
unable 10 regain his vessel, be swan towards
The STORE and attempted to land; the breakers,
however, prevented his doing SO, and hr then
swan around the southern end nt island, where
he made second attempt; this failed also, and
after having passed fur miles along the beach,
he was taken by current and washed in side
Of the cap-s; here he was picked up bv Capt.
C0nsling, after having been swimming eight
hours, and carried into Alexandra, from which
place h. CANE to Norfolk and proceeded to his
residence in Northampton county, where he
vii! appear as one arisen from the dead, since il
was generally supposed that he was drowned
He must have swan nearly fifteen miles, and
that WITH his clothes on, except. his boots, which
be pulled of in the wateF.-When rescued he
was nearly exhausted, and mus! have drowned
IN q t,4W ypinutsS
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OREGoN CaYGli isssIoSAL ELECTIoN.--OFFI-
clAL RErrRNs. last we have the full Official
returns OF the late election in Oregon, and they
confirm our previoni accounts as 10 the probable
result. Lansing Stout, the Democratic candl-
data for Congress, has been elected by majnri-
" of 40 over his Republican opponent, Logan.
This is very unwelcome nrws 10 the Black r.
publican presses of the Atlaatic Sates, which,
for week ~ past, have been 6iied vita t&-
uitani lsadefs Hpo0 @lhalthey considered "the
redemption ol G5vgoa, and '.the d~f-at ofJoe
Lane and Buctlaaan's administration" Some
Of them even went 50 iar as 10 pablish biagra
ply Of Losan, FiioH they iurodic d e taeir
reaiers, Will a1 ar q CREST EHiaph, as e'l1a
r. u5iicln 4 pr5seniasigp. oi .a- aee asaie Of
Oregon" fhry viii have 10 slkr II all back
now. Oregon remains Drmocra.ic Slate. aud
Joe Lane is still "righi side up." Rsodiag
Gazette.
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SCaNFlERE,t,, MEETING.

The Democratic Gonferees from the counties
OF B,dfnfd and SoR9erset, met at the Washing
TOP iIae II, I'M 84dIapd, on Monday, the 29th
of ofseySAs,, l959.g
CNaTotlon, tae5confrrpnce was organized by
the Mantment Of John Sill, Of Bedford coun-
ty, President, and S. Walker, Of Somerset, Sec
reiary.'
The following conferees presented their Gre
dentias -
From Bedford county,-John Sill, Hiram
Lenlz and John Cessna.
From Somerset couafy,-S. Walker, Jos. A.
Garman and Dan'I H,fil-y.
On motion, Gen'l Alexander Fl. Coffoih, of
Somerset. and George W. Gump, Esq, OF Bed
ford county were unanimously nominated as
the Democratic candidates for the Legislature,
for the District composed of The counties OF Bed
ford and Somerset.
On motion, il was unanimously resolved that
we recommend both the candidates just nomi
mated, to the p-ople of Bedford and Somerset,
as men well qualified to discharge the duties OF
The Offices for which they have been named,
and as being in every way worthy OF their sup
port.
Ga motion, ADJOURNED.
6. WALKGR, JOHN SILL,
SEC'Y. President.
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FOR DIRECTOR OF tbs POOR,
JOHN KEMERY, of ScheltsbuFg Bof.
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FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR,
SAML KETTERMAN, OF Bedford Bor.
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a DELIBERATE FORGERY.

The Abolition Ana g2natIonlsts defend IA T.
Williams vote on the Bill to prevent the IN
termarriase OF WHITES and blacks, on lhe ground
that that bill was made 10 apply TO "yello~"
OF "coIored," persons as we'll 9as to The Jet
black negro. Drowning men will catch at
s,raws, aud If Mr.. Williams party friends ale
satisfied with tbs imPoient ezcuse, ,@hey must
be easily pleased. They should bear 10 mind
however, that the pleading OF such an excasr,
makes the admission that Williamss in favor
of the intersaaTriage of tohites and msfoftos.--
Le. this be remembered, that SO far as the r1utds-
tos are concerned, Williams attorney Pleads
guilty. But the assertion that the blls was
made 10 apply to "yeliow," or ''coiored,"
persons, is untrue, and those words are ffaudu-
lentiy .ntrrpolated into the Bill, by Mr.. WIll=s
iams newspaper defender. The insertion or
those words in the Bill, is deliberate forgery,
as we can prove by the Record. There was
an effort made 10 "lack" 40 amendment 10
the Bill, for the purpose OF making apply
to "yellsw, )" or "colored," persons, but it did
90. succepd. The Bill as voted upon by MF.
Williams, related simply to mGi'ss ard blacks.
In proof Of thia we refer our readers to the
Legislative Record, ior the session oil 1859,
page s76.
rThe Bachsnaa Clnb will meet st the
Court House, on Saturday evening next. Sew
esal speeches will be made on thr occasion.
ruts oas, Democrats Of Bedford borough An
naposssut election is draWing nigh, and 1t is
var duty to osgsaize. Come, one and all ]
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FOR coHNIss!oSER,
WM. NJ. PEARSON, of Nj. Woodberry tP
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FOR DISTRICT ATroEszg,
GEO. II. SPANG, CT Bedford Borough.
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NUMBER F5g AGAIN.

The redoubtable Know Nothing Abolition
candidate for Associate Judge, has found
defender in that other redoub,able Know NJ
thing Abolition otfice-seeker, FIR. Jordan. But
such defender Well might Mr.. Taylor
exclaim, sssave ne iron my friends !" Mr.
Jordan's defence OF his Hfriend, as be lacetous-
ly terms Mr. Taylor, does not make single
point in contradiction OF our article on "Num-
Der 1877" II starts out with The declaration
that Mr.. Taylor has ''incurred The political
wrath, and, IF course, the abuse of The Gazette"
Now we deny most emphahcally that we
sa5used" Nit. Taylor in our former article
Instead fdoing So, we said Of Mr.. TAYLOR
that 1ge iiksd hin as nsighbor, and our
objections to him as given in that article, were
purely of political nature. We say nothing
against Mr. Taylor, personally, bal We DO say,
and viii continue TO say, that as bitter Know
>so;hiog and Aboltionist as JoaN TAYLOR, has
no right 10 expect Democrats to elect aim 70
Office. But Mr.. Jordan denies that his 'fFIend,
Alr. Taylor, is an Abolillonist. viii Mr..
Taylor answer The following questions ~ The
negative, if he is not an AboIltIoa'd
Mr. Taylor, did you not, in 1857, vote for
DAVID WILMOT, for Governor, who was
supported by ;h4 Aboiitionists Of Pennsylvania
5or that Office, and did you no: refuse TO sup
port Isaac aAzLEnUnsr, the Straight American,
nt,-Abo!tion candidate Of yonr party
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UOwing to press of other matter, our
local column is crowded ont this week.
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FOR TREASURER,
WM. SCHAFER, OF Bedford Borough.
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FOR AJDIIoEI
DANIEL FLETCHER, Of Monroe p.
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FoR AssocIarE JrpoE,
WM. STATES, of ". Providence tP.
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Flsg.-On Friday night last, between 'he hours
of ten aaI eleven, it was discovered that the
stable belonging, TO Mr.. Nicholas Lyons, on the
lot occupied by o. E Shannon, Esq, was or
FIRE aud fast burning 10 the ground. The bull
ding, with its contents, was totally destroyed.
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COUNTY TICKET.

roR ASSEMBLY,
GRO. w. GUMP, of Bedford county, !
A. n. COFFROTH, Of Somerse,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-12-10
Poetfg.
a Silver Lining to every Cloud.

The poet or priest who told US this,
Served mankind in the hottest way:
FOR II lit up the earth with the star OF bliss
That beacOns the soul with cheerful ray.
Too OFT We wander despairing and blind,
Breathing our useless murmurs aloud
But It's kinder TO bid seek and find
"A silver lining to every cloud"
Mas we not walk to the dinele ground
When nothing but Autumn's dead leaves are
Butsearching benea tn them, and peeping around
Are the young spring tufts Of blue and green.
'TIs beautiful eye that eyer pelceives
'fisa saving creed that thinks and believes
There's silver lining to every cloud"
Let US look closely before we condemn
Bushes that bear not bloom nor fruit
There may not be beauty IN leaves or stem
But virtue may dwell far down at the root;
And let US beware how we utterlJ spurn,
Brothers that seem all cold and proud
II their bosoms we're opened, perchance we might
There's silver lining to every cloud"
Let US not cast out Mercy and Truth.
When Gull is before us in chains and shame
When Passion and Virtue have cankered youth
And Age lives on with q branded name:
Something of good may still be there,
Though its voice may never be heard aloud:
For while black with the vapOrs of pestilent air.
There's u silver lining to every cloud"
Sad are the sorrows that oftentimes come,
Heavy and dull and blighting and chill,
shutting the light from our heart and home,
Aarring our hopes and defyipg our will;
But let US not sink beneath that woe
lis well perchaGce we are tried and bowed
FOR be sure, though we may not often see it
below,
There's silver lining to every cloud"
And when stern Death. with skeleton hand.
Has snatehed the flower that grew in our
breast,
Do we not think of fairer land.
Where the lost are found and the WARY nj
restl 0"i' "'
Oh! the hope of the unknown Future spr;ngs.
~ In IT'S purest strength DER the coffin and shrond
sings WV
There's silver lining to every cloud"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-12-10
MANHATTAN, Riley County, Kansas,)
Nov Dist 1879.

G. W. BRowN, Esq. :-On Friday night,
Nov. 18th, snow, the first this season, fell
to the depth of two or three inches, but
on Monday it had disappeared. The
weather since then has been very pleas
ant. Saturday night was extremely colo,
as you can readily imagine, when / say
that out of two litters of pigs, numbering
twenty-seven, twenty three were frozen.
The prairies having been on fire on the
Republican and Smoky Hill rivers, and
on branches tributary thereto, has caused
the grass to disappear, and with it the
great indigenous monster Of the plains,
the Bisons AmaIcanus. The Buffalo is
now distant somewhere near 100 miles
from Fort Riley.
The Manhattan bridge is thing that
never has been, is not now, but soon will
be; at least, it is so said. Sealed propo-
sails are to be received for its construction.
1t is, learn, to be built across the Big
Blue river, at the east end of Poyntz
Avenue. Of the benefit the bridge will
be to the country, need not speak.
The horse thieves have not ceased to
appropriate other peoples horses, in a
different manner than what the owners
desire. A horse was stolen, few nights
ago, from some person whose name l did
not learn, living within mile of Man.
haitian. Similar offences having been per-
petrated during the summer in this re-
gion, they have exasperated our people
so much that very little mercy will be
shown the perpetrator of the crime, if
once arrested, and every exertion will be
made to obtain his person. If he should
be numerically "horse whipped" and
driven from the country, he would not
be the first man in this region who has
met with similar punishment. 1t is time
that Judge Lynch's court in this region
should hand over all such perpetrators to
Judge Rush Elmore's care, in whose
hands it is altogether likely that more
impartial justice would be allotted, both
to the Territory and the offender.
The Western Land Office has been re-
moved from Ogden to Junction City
The officers, s. B. Garrett, Esq, Register,
and Hon. Finley Patterson, Receiver, SO
far as 1 can learn, render universal salts
faction. The Office is in more central
situation for the entry of unoffered land.
The Manhattan Institute, which has,
during the short nights of the past sum-
mer, been suspended, has again opened
its doors, where those possessing the re-
quisite abilities are enabled to astonish
themselves and instruct the rest of man.
kind. 1t is believed that this Institute"
numbers among its members some intelli-
gent and learned men, and suppose, as
is generally the case, each member is
we'll aware that he possesses at least some
ability. Truly yours, A. M. BURNS.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-12-10

eaton. He proposed to deliver course
of lectures in various parts of England,
and the net proceeds of which were to be
given to carry out Capt. Browns plan.
He is man of rare talents, and power
full and fluent speaker. He is about %
years of age. Mr.. Kagi. believe, got a
letter from some one in England few
months ago, stating that Realf had sailed
for this country, and that he had got quite
a sum of money with him but further
than that, we have been unable to find any
trace of him. Capt. Brown and the rest
of our company who knew him, think
that he is dead.
At the time Mr.. Alstadtt was taken, /
was not at his house, but in the carriage
Euf Col. Lewis Washington, opposite the
house. l do not think any arms were
placed in the hands of the slaves till they
arrived at the musket armory. did not
see any of the spears on our way from the
Ferry to Col. Washington's-there were
none taken out to my knowledge. After
stopping about half an hour at the engine
house to get warm, l was called out by
Capt Brown, and then saw, for the first
time, the slaves with spears in their hands.
l do not know who gave them the spears,
but it was some of our party, probably by
the order of Capt. Brown.
The negro who was with me on Mon
day evening, when left the school house
for the Ferry, was armed with double
barreled shot gun, and l think revolving
pistol of the Massachusetts arms manu-
facture. Who delivered the arms to him
1 do not know. He was under my control
till sent him back to report to Tidd that
the troops were coming up. He obeyed
orders while with me.
Twas commissioned as captain on the
Sunday of the instruction, at the same
time the others were, and with them took
the oath prescribed in article 48 in the
constitution.
George B. Gill joined us before leaving
Iowa, in the spring, as did Stewart Taylor.
Test, JOHN Z. COOK.