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l6A 4Oue4lue S0H5HQs VI MAY &tt3$ 6Ayat
aWe do hope Gov. Magofia u not playing
false to Kentucky, but Gloss watching ean do
no harm.
Wa sre told On good authority, that within
the last three days ke has receiyed dispatch
r, from Mont8one b1 a.hsg informing HI hin a. TIT
Greet, and requesting that q more prudent
man be substituted. 4 long dIspatch was sent
BY the Governor In reply. W1at ssas IL char.
actzf d q *eu aesredited ageat to b appointedf
We are furthermore told that lsrgs sum Of
money has been raised through Gov: ID. f1om
private individuals and sent South. What
point IVES 1t sent to, and for what purpose
Was 1t to take stock in the loan Of the Mout-
gome7y Government, or was 1t to buy arma
for ths use Of the Kentucky Disun1onista-or
what?
The Governor has still been keeping up his
efforts to get loans from the banks on his per
sonai responsibility. We understand tha. the
President Of the Northern B+nk, informed
His Exnellency yesterday that not one dollar
could be had from that institution excePt III
virtue Of legal enactment aud for Legal anu
loyal purposes, and that the, Farmers Bank
haa replied prettr much the came Way"
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vermont Ready Tor the Fray.
Oh the % inst. there were encamped ut Rpt.
land ten full companies, constituting the quo.
t. called for from Vermont by tho Secretary oi
War, all eager for marching orders. Thell
field and staff officers are o. follows.
Colonel-J- Wo1cott Phelps.
Lieut. Co1onel-P. r. Washhurn.
MAjor-H. N. Worthen,
A01utAut-Hlr4m Stevens.
H. Mma4,
Surxeon-E. E &anborn. -
ChSpl4fp-Rev LeYi H. Stone - =.
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ABOUT THE HLOCKADE.

The New Olleans papers are extremely
Indignant that President Lincoln should
declare blockade Of the seeding ports
"ath only ten or dozen ships to enforce
It" Their tone Of remark is quite curious.
some OF them inye;gh against the immor-
u tendencies Of "paper blockades." 9th
as curse the blpekade on legal and consti-
tational grounds, Others condemn it for
in phyatrd disadvantages to European
n1tiqna.: They are aa agreed that the gov
eminent Of the United States cannot mus
ter 4 naval force sufficient to effect block
ade And the PicaS.tne goes 80 far as to
say that if the thing is actually tried,
Great Britain will not only open the said
blockade but close every Northern port as
tight as drum, before six months roll
over.
.nisa : sufficient .nswer to the objection
raised againRt paper blockades, that the
Government has no auch humbug In view.
It PROPOSES to put plenty Of ships, guns
and shslt ii front Of Norfolk, James River,
Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, New Or
19mRnd Galveston 10 ssaz them up. II
shsre is any lack Of vessels to enforce the
Blockade, thai. will not be thing for the
traitors to complain Of Paper blockades
have indeed fallen into general contempt,
but 1t IL not common for the citizens Of a
port subjected to this style Of enclosure, to
satse howl because steam ftigate is not
a1Mzys riding in sight Of their wharses.
We commend The New Orleans journals to
wait patiently. # the Government can
not find vessels enough to hug the whole
Southern coast it can certainly muster
sno1gh % cork up the mouth OF the Hia-
kasippl, So there viii be no ground .of
complaint In the vicinity Of the Bali1e,
whatever exceptions may be taken else
where: a-~.>
So far ~ tho interference of Great Brit
atn is concerned, it may be said that. even
though shs Tere = pro-a1avery instead OF
an Aboaition power; IL. would be Vastly
easier In every point of view for her to
take John Chiaamau BY the throat and
compel him to disgorge years supply of
cation the n to apply that sort Of treatment
to Brother Jonathan. Thep1anetple would
be the same IN either case, md Epglknd
would infaltibly assal thu wssker power.
1.sts a1xices ftom Europe do not show. 4,
= marked aIacrity on ths part Of foreign
courts to ttrowthei1 srn.s around the New
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AN NABscoSDER.---The sudden disappearance
Of Eiwin James, the eminent ba.risfer and II.
F. Of London, is accounted for By stories Of
enormous frauds. Ha was much ia debt, and
his affairs were In the hands Of trustees, who
allowed him s. COO year ont Of his great pro-
600 from young noblaman, who gave bills
for the amount The father of this young
man gave james the money to take up these
bills, but he kept the money and t7d.
, 1861-05-11

We arc permitted by the recipient, citfzen
OF this place, % make the following extract
from letter from d relative Of his IsIng near
Char1eaton-a gentleman, as We are assured,
and as other portions of his letter show Of
wealth and position In that State 1tdlsclGaes
soma faeta In regard to the a1Aughter It, Fort
Moultrie &htt have, not hIthefto been pub
ltahea on such nnaouhted authority. The
1ameatation Of q family over Its dead members
is proof that cannot be questioned. We
may premise here that the bodies Of the young
men a1luded to in the letter ;Were obtained by
= peremptory demand Of the writer. whose
position entitled him to such confederation;
x, =. Mae ,%HAnAssr April 9stb,,:: 1851.
49,: -+ss1:;: i :, :. u: -
.You eannnt Tor moment e1en fniigfaiee tha II.
feets Of secession on us: Thc bett csn nv QY 1t
u that II Will bs lasttng heritage to IN Eoenfur
generations, evsn II it vera done with now !. but
baudaer 1T the future. Many OF 5pur friauda and
4equaintsnses were killed Il isu1ntes, among them
John and William {your cousins). Many more Of
them are now starting North, but you will nol
blame them, As It IL not q matter Of choice what
man wsuS1o here, and few 1noxe lights would de-
poRulAts this STATE. Yet We were only permitted
70 decentlY fntez, or even see but email number
out OF over one thousand k1iied here; and what
*4nWa expect or hppe for tho.e who nowEo North
WeA may you say that Wo have reign of terror v
, 1861-05-11

~"3 - WV N1<su ~ y" 4 ~
A correspondent Of the Phlladelphis Pr<ss
gets Oft this squib:
"a leading merchant In Grand Gull, Miss,
whilst walking the streets, thinking ct hay
ing Southern Commercial Convention In
that city, picked up piece Of printed paper.
proved to be leaf Of Sh4ks peaIs's dramatic
works, the writer Of whom he had never
heard The first words that struck his eye
were: " Base Is the e1ave that Pays r. TIE
vtgor Of this expression 50 pleased him that
he intends, as soon as tho direct trade with
England Is opened, to send ont for cory OF
Ghakspeare,s works, regardless Of expense"
, 1861-05-11

MANUFACTURES OF AKMs IN EoxsEe11cUT.-
The manufacturers OF arms are busy through
out Connecticut At HaIt tford and New Haven
meats In the country for making rifles and
pistols. The ironwofks Of Litchdeld county
are nakfrg cannon Small arms ars making
ut Norwich and in the: Naugatuck Taiis7,
Percussion caps ara multiplied At Waterbury,
and powder; is ground at Esdaldt: 0sher
equipments, clothing, tents, cantetnE; w5g@l~s,
are being turned CT as fast - e1pzzlenca ann
ospita7 ean RiVe form to the rude mater1al8.-
Ne7o York Tribune. Sc r. -:
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tTEaa1s1n TIMES n TIE CoTros States. -
oeaasiona. travellers from Alabama, 1Ilsslstip.
pa, Georgia and South Carolina, bring iIfqa IL
alton that there is fearful condition Of things
financially, socially, and politically, In that
quaItsE1e Evafy eHoEt i..nhde to co1ceal taa
1.et, bit bankruptcy aad bsggzg are inesita'
h}s!-E2i|qdssphsa 2i|q Hess, ....
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: ..sKasAT1oR rAIuatsazs-Wa learn ftom Va.
r1ouS sources TINT the most a6a1fid stories 10
eare1Isssd throughout the: :coantr regard
We ysRrasf pleasnFe g. bsina. able to state
that -v14itots % the' e1ty ID ssIseably sur.
ptsted 1t the exeellent order which prevails In
eyefJ portfonuf ouelinafta:i Tie oecaAloral
outhEeaka Of d.sordarly men are .asa IN nun
bsL than daEi4s tn sraiasEy ,peasetul tlnsa,.
military aath Just a6psSd VII ensure
themost perfect ordsr TINT It IL possible 70
p.:ee1Ye:-Rsttasat 1lses.sx. -: :. l:tl:11;
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Fatal. Accident.

- HA1HEMoRE, Msy :, 1851.
Pnyate Lloyd Of the New York s:h ReeI-
nent, was drawing 9 load from his rifle, wiaen
the charge exploded, the ball entering his
thfoat, Killing him instantly. His body was
sent TO New York this evening,
, 1861-05-11

The price Of third common plank, such al
was used In the construction Of cantonmeEts
at CamD Harris, is ten dollars per thousand
feet We are told that the Government paid
seventeen dollars per thousand. What thief
has the seven dollars thou sand In his pock-
ct s-fineinnnK 1o4,4 r = S'-
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: John BrOwn II

= - John BroVn 3F.
The Boston correspondent Of the n. 7.
Tr{buns says that John Brown, Jr., ia in Boz
ton, ~ follows:
II knew that the project Of encouraging In
dependent armed movements IN Virginia has
besn discussed here, but the men. clasaed 81
"tauatics do not give II suT countenancc at
present; John Brown, Jr., arrived here on
dount, to visit the scene o1 his 'father's ex=
ploits, be fnllr that ;au expedition OF
This Kind would be unw1.e Iust now. The re-
port ~ to his camp Of 1400 negroes, in Ohio
or Pennsylvania, ara wholly destitute Of truth.
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Cbifaqp G,t;iiIt,&tte, il


ryrrt;rs ~ e. .. u.
SATURDAY MAT II, 1851.
HON. WYE HAVE HKkN GOVERNED,
f.I.oak at the manner in which NJ have
Nad, snd the exemptions we have enjoy
Hi When the Presidents call to arms re-.
sonnded throughout the country, it found
The people prepared. They sprang to their
duty with ready ready zeal and patriotic cour.
age; hnt only to find that they were pow.
esaess hr attack or defence. They had no
arnas aFhe Government arsensls, 80 pro
found -Wss the confidence Of the ruling
power Ia the peacable Intentions and steady
tss Ut the people, were empty. The
bkate azurs-the donation Of the Govern
#g4ssnt-had g4sz been scattered and destroyed
hY neglect Private armories there were
noae. No city had . supply ofguna to out
ut bsttalion Of men. A few rifles and
sAce~guns alone remained in the peoples
haRda TAeg7sat 8kates Of the North West,
qeatasasng population Of 1iae ,ni9lion souzs,
~ '.oI 4'e s9aep"'e'sS una MUNITIONS me-
~ ~. pa4 . .ss."'e4 j'om eoea :" k@@ field!
as1 asssa,za.a 49, -: ~nea more 'nan any 9TH
the govsrnments Of the Old World. More
s4'4-s. '1 w .aos1 1eaineo argument or ingen-
fbus Comparison, it viii show to rs and
.h ma1nkind' q the benefcent character Of
Y. uosefumeht which We have created,
Au1 enuer WHOSE protection We haze en-
!" %ae peace ana prosperity such as
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What In Doing Thers-.SfFonx Under-
:. current or Union Faei1ng.1Feak
State or Fort PalaH1ki--fK1Eh Price
So Ut EroV1Rlpua.
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ARREST OF LIEUT.. FAuN7LERoY.- BA1r1.
MORE, May T. -Lie1t. Fau5tleroy, United
States Navy, WAS arrested thia morning ut
Harper's Ferry, by the Virginia troops, 1htle
On his way to Washington.
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I'D g. haT = 1ss7 ~ :. -:
rt.=cf u ksz:s: .'.s :;*.s y: RI >. :.
5sf E.sttz; Es:sS =au Fl :s.:'.., :: s.t.'xH
%c-:J3. -+.-, AI.-9~-asi.4- j ~ y ssA-
, 1861-05-11

RHODE 1gKAND HAs VERIFIED Ir,-"A
little one shall become Thousand, and q
small one strong nAtiou.'
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NAonHyuLsA Conn. Eth 81, Eaa.
An sHAlDua, -
Ein:-T hare tried yoW Cepha1n P!ua. AID I 1[xA
THzX 80 WILL that want yo1 to sAAd ms kw1 de1hm
~etsh more
Pktt Of these a{e for tho uetgnhsxs to whom Sxy1
4 fBw out Of Che Ar1t box got kom yeu.
EH11 tho F1s1 oy mAil, aud chaISa
{cur chedtant 9eESAat
JAN9 Z KENNEDY.
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From tie Dsmoczat St Cloua. hnn.1
II you aro or hare been troubled With III hesAseha
end t1r box. Cepaalc Plus1 70 tast JoR m1Y haT3
th6a IN cz8a ct Rn xst2tk,
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GI.A7z.;. q cYj4s GIG Is
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E:s ss s5efs;. I, I'll u -. g. -
+ E.A-ls1R sa l. a<.a :: =: I'D 10 't-.:G:.-
Wig S+i:icA, --7 ---"- ~
= ~ 1:4s5s = 81. 49, -. =. .-.
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ssaerat Ha1d hi t5ssd ee,.ah.t Is sss ~ ops~
eesets ssse eo.s1,zs4sf'1 W1tlt thu ssa<8 8pangIed
esansf 1aoaad* b. ta3sad io1scs aaalin 9VcS fhe
3ofts md Other properly atals4 III ii tsbSls;
, 1861-05-11

R1yHoLps7uxa, Franklin County, unfo
HAKKy C. aFALpna,
No. e Cedar street, Il, r.
nzAa st1-1uclosed dnd twenty. .dys caaM, CD h
Which Re1d bog Of 'Csphasic Pt1l& Eend to 1a1fu9
cf Rev Via c. Filler, Reynoldaburs. Frankhn C004
y, Ohla- -
AGH1 ALMOST IasTAITNk,
Truly YourA
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l11oza ths E1zudn&f. Nox4oIk, ykl
1asy have beer tested IN nera a&a <houasal
c7sea, with eottTa 4uecaaa
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-04-27

cealed boards. One of his crew, whom
he had called dog, was provoked into
exclaiming, in an agony of remore,
Yes, am a dog, but it is you that have
made me so.' Kidd, in fury, struck
the man dead.
News travelled then very slowly from
the Eastern Seas to England. But in
August, 1867, it was known in England
that the Adventure Galley, from which
so much had been hoped, was the ter
ror of the merchants of Surat and of
the coast of Malabar. 1t was thought
probable that Kidd would carry his
booty to some colony. Orders were,
therefore, sent from Whitehall to the
governors of the transmarine posses
sion of the crown, directing them to be
on their watch for him.
He meanwhile, having burned his
ship, and dismissed most of his men
who easily found berths in the sloops OF
| other pirates-returned to New York
withthe means, as he fattered himself,
of making his peace and of living in
splendor. He had fabricated long
romance, to which Bellamont, naturally
unwilling to believe that he had been
duped, and had been the means of dup
ing others, was, at first, disposed tc
listen with favor. But the truth soon
came out. The Governor had done his
duty firmly, and Kidd was placed IL
close confinement till orders arrived
from the Admiralty that he should be
sent to England.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-04-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
CAPTAIN Egidd The Pirate.

IFrom Nacaulay's History of Eng.,-new voume.l
In 1905, Richard Coots Earl of
Ballamont, an Irish peer who sat in the
ENGLISH house of commons, was ap-
pointed governor of Now York and
Massachusetts. II g was a man of emil
nently fair character, upright, cour-
areous and independent. Though
decided whig he had distinguished him
selfb by bringing before the pnr.iment at
Westminster some tyrannical acts done
by the wings at Dublin, and particular
" the execution, if it is not rather to
be called the murder of Gafncy. Be
fore Ballamont sailed for America,
William spoke strongly to him about
the freebooting which was the disgrace
to the colonies. 4 send you, my lord,
to New York; he said because an
honest and intrepid man is wanted to
put these abuses down, and because |
believe you tobe such II man, Bailamont
cxerted himself to justify the opinion
which the king had formed of him. 1t
was soon known at New York that the
governor who had just arrived from
England was pcnt on the suppression
of piracy, and some colonists in whom
he placed great confidence suggested to
him what they may perhaps have
thought the best mode of attaining that
object. There wus then in the scttIe-
ment a veteran mirincr named William
Kidd. He had passed most Of his life
on the waves, had distinguished him
self by his scammship, had had oppor-
tunities of showing his valor in action
with the French, and had retired on
competence. No man knew the Eust-
ern seas better. He was perfectly ac-
auaintcd with all haunts of the pirate 8
who prowlcd between the Cape OF
Good Hope and the Straits Of Mulacca;
and he would undertake., if he were
Entrusted with q single ship of thirty or
forty guns, to clear the Indian Ocean
of the whole race. The brigantincs OF
she rovcrs wcTo numerous, no doubt
but none of them were large; one man
ofwar, which in the royal navy would
hardly rank as fourth rate, would casi
w deal with them all in secession, anC
the lawful spoils of the enemies o
mankind would much more than dcfral
the charges of the expedition. E'la
mont was charmed with this plan, ano
recommended it to the king. Ih'
Il J l.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-04-27
a Ghost Story.

Who has not heard ghost story!
What child is there who does not shrink
when directed to go into dark room?
And how few there are who, in
greater or lesser degree, do not believe
all that they hear related, of phantoms
seen and unseen? The imagination
deceives people into believing they
have really seen and heard the things
they relate. The story flies from
mouth to mouth, each one adding
something to enhance its marvellous
character. 1t is sometimes romantic; /;
more frequently ridiculous; but the
more improbable it is, tho more people
are delighted with it.
Here is a veritablo ghost story, from
the Memoirs of Monsieur Verdac.' >
Once when he was travelling in Italy,
he arrived at night at the city Of
Plaisancc, where he took lodgings i'll II
hotel, the landlord of which had but
recently lost his mother, who was worry
aged, and had been long time i'll.
| Having attended Mons. Ncrdac to his
apartment,t to supcrintcnd some arrange
mcnts for his comfort, he directed one
Of the servants who was III waiting to
90 with all speed to the room of his
deceased mother, and bring henco a
chair, or washstand or something OF
that kind, for the use Of his guest. In
Il moment or two the man came flying
back, breathless and pale. When he
had somewhat recovered himself he
exclaimed:
'Oh, have seen my mistress She
is there lying in bed, looking just as
she used to do!' The landlord, incrc-
dulous and vexcd at the fellows
foolishness, sent another scrvant-whC
had the reputation Of being very cour
ageous-for the article he noticed
but 10! in u few seconds he hurried
back, pale and agitatod, only to con
firm the wonderful stcry. The master
Of tho house, who wa1 secretly trou
bled by the strange account, although
he pretended to make light Of it, deter
mined to 90 HIMSELF and learn th
true cause of their alarm. BY thi
time many of the inmates Of the house
; attracted by the report of gho-
; being visible, had gathered around
inpatient for tho dcuo"cmc"h om'
awaited with much anxiety the land
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-04-27
The ter and the Types.


Perhaps there is no department of
enterprise whose details arc less UNI
dorstood by Intelligent people, than
the art preservative-the achievement
of the types.
Every day their lives long, they are
accustomed to read the newspapers, to
find fault with their statements, their
their looks--to plumo v
themselves upon tho discovery of somo
roguish and acrobatic typo that gets
into u frolic and stands upon its head,
or some word with waste letter or two
in it; but Of the process by which tho
newspaper is made, of the myriads of
motions and thousands of pieces neces-
sary to composition, they know little
and think less.
They imagine they discourse of IL
wonder indeed, when they speak of tho
frail white carpet woven for thought
to walk upon from tho rags that hut-
terday.
But there is something to us moro
wonderful still. When we look at tho
hundred and fifty-two little boxes that
compose IL printer case, noseless OK
cept tho clicking of the types, us ono
by one they take their march in glow
ing lines--we think we have found tho
marvel of the art.
Strewed in those littlo boxes are thin
parallelograms of metal, every one good
for something that goes to make up
written language; tho visible ot-print
of thought upon u carpet of rags.
We think how many fragments of
fancy there are in tho boxes how
many atoms of poetry and cloquonce
the Printer cnn mako here, and if no
only has u little chart to go by, how
many fucts in small handfuls, how much
truth in chaos.
Now ho picks tho scattered elements
until he holds in his hand II stanzn of
Gray's lIlegy, II monody upon Crimes
cont all buttonod down boforo. Now
he sets up puppy missing,' and now
'pnrndso bost.' Ho arrays u bride i'll
small cups,' and sonnotin 'Nonpa-
roll He announces that tho anguish
inp live, in one scntcncc-transpos
the word and deploros the days that nro
'cviP in tho next.
! a Door lest ticks its way into the
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-04-27
CITY Or CARROTTTON PARISH OF JEFFERSON, LA, SAT-

addressing himself to an Able who
was present, invited him to accompany
him to the presence of the ghost.
i am willing and ready, monsieur
replied the Able, smiling, provided you
go first Every one now desired to
go, and attended by all tho company,
Mons. Verdac and the Able led the
way to the chamber of tho deceased
woman. Mons. Nerdac drew back the
curtains of the bed, and, sure enough,
there lay the figure of an old woman
her face was dark and wrinkled, and
her head-dress frizzled and decorated
in the most ridiculous and elaborate
way. She coughed necessarily, and
made the most frightful grimaces.
DO you recognize your mother ih
that spectre 2 asked Verdac of the
| landlord.
| 'Oh, yes!' exclaimed he, with tears
flowing from his eyes, it is undoubt-
edly my dear departed mother!' upon
which all the servants united in n chorus
of cries and lamentations, saying: 'lt
is indeed our dear old MISTRESS
You arc priest, Monsieur said
Verdac, addressing the Abbe, question
the spirit
The Able advanced, questioned the
ghost, and threw plentiful supply of
holy water in its face, upon which,
feeling itself moved to action, it sprang
from the bed, and leaped on the Abbo's
head, and struck him several times
over the face and eyes. The whole
company fed, except Mons. Verdac ant
the priest, who were engaged in q
desperate fight with tho ghost. ll
the scuffle, the head dress of which we
have spoken fell off, and Ncrdac per
ceived that the ghost was, after all, ii
monkey. This monkey had frequently
observed his mistress arranging he
wig, and decorating it after sho ha'
fixed it on her head; and having go
by accident into her room on this partl
cular evening, the mischievous nnma
had taken the wig out Of its box, iiXc'
it on his head precisely us she "so'
to do, and then got into the bed whcn
, she used to sleep, and where she h"'
, died. The ghost story resulted il
nothing but laughter. If people "nl,
had courage to examine into what n
a first sight alarms them, and reduce t.
; their proper value all improbabl
, reports of ghosts and other maryclIou
: things, how many thousands of mer
women and children would be eXcmpte
il from al! those petty alarms which ron
t der life II burden when indulRcd III