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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-06-07
WASHINGTON.

RENEWED EXPORTS TO DIsPLAcE GEN. SHERIDAN
LETTER IRON GEN. BUTLER ON TIE WASHING
TON ELECroN-TIE TENNESSEE MILITIA TROU-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-06-07

sCKMlT@rags ATPoINTED-TTB ADJOURNMENT o"lS.i"N
HEEpARATIOE or BUSiEESS-TIIE CoE'HNfIoN AZ
!OUKRS TO MONDAY.
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proceed to Washington, ID. c., and
represent to the President and Sec
retary of War the starving condition
OF thefreedmen in large number of
the counties ID his sub-district, due to
the ruin and bankruptcy of cotton
planters, and the absence of corn or the
means to buy it; he will report the
absolute necessity of some provision
being made by the Government 10
feed the armed freedmen and avert q
war of the races in such sections, as
are without food. a. 5 5rrHg5W EaG3a
General Gillian will take with him
such reports and letters on file as
bear on n-this subject SIR III 5
By command of Bneyet Major GEN
eral Ord @. ID. GREEN, A. A G. j
He also issued, onthe 18th instant,
the following important order: The
commanding officers are directed to
notify the leading colored men, and
take such other measures as may be
necessary to give general publiea-
tlon of the fact, that all freed
men who are liable will be
required to earn5o their support
during the coming year, and to 20 to
work upon the best terms than can be
procured ,leven Shouldn't furnish only
q support and thus prevent their be-
coming. a burden to the Government
All freedmen who can, but will not,
carp livelihood when employment
can be procured, will lay themselves
liable to arrest aud punishment as va
grants. ~ a
The cooperation of Sheriffs, Con-
stables, and Police Magistrates, is re-
in the enforcement of this
order, aud any just action of theirs
under its provisions viii be sustained
by the military authorities. /.
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praying Congress

CoQFentlon. praying Congress to
adopt such measures as will enable
the Coa3entioh to remove out of its
Way all obsructions to the successful.
.reenn7tEuction of the State. The
memorial sets forth that there is
body Of men in the South skilled In
the. art of political intrigues, who are
doing all they car. to intimidate and
.oppress the, loyal men-espeeially.
their former siayes-and deter them
from ratilying, at the next election,
the Constitution which the Constitu-
tional Convention may adopt. 1t also.
asks at the hands of Congress the
power, yacating the. present offices
Of the government Of Virginia, mary
Of which it is alleged are filed by dis
loyal men, and filing the same with
persons who may be acceptable to the
body Of which the memorialists are
members. IF this can be effected in
no other manner, Congress is, petit
toned tc convert the State into a ter
ritory. f.a-..
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NEW 70 x.
aeIatlVe to Collector
Shocks Seizures Of BGguS Cham
pagme@Ham Drowned = Discharge
Of Lab0rers at Mills and Factories.

! NEW York, Dec 21.-The investi-
cation proceeds relative to collector
Shook s5seizures of bogus champagne,
and enough has been developed to
prove that, for the advantage of the
revenue. the benefit of legitimate i'm
porters and the protection of the
people. from the Importation Of a
spurious compound, the seizures were
not made day too soon s.s-..T. e +
Mr.. Alfred Taylor was drowned, on
Friday, while fishing off the Stetson
House, Long Branch. his boat having
been upsetin the breakers.
Many of the employees of the
Washington Iron Works were dis
charged, on Thursday, and quite a
number were discharged week ago,
and the wagessreduced. Further re-
ductions are anticipated ~
The factories and mills. at Trenton,
n. j., having recently discharged
many operatives, and more than
three hundred families being depend
ent on the Poor Department of the
city, most of the influential citizens
met last night to organize means for
their relief.
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EVANsN Ntsl.t. md, MONDAY, DECEMBER % 1856.

some collins, and will, after the SER
vices, be deposited in the vault at
Forest Lawn Cemetery, subject TO the
inspection and order Of friends.
BUFFALO, December Gilt is be
lieved that john w Chapman. con
neeted with the firm Of Manneng &
Glover at Bostpa.b1is lamong the
burned; a,S0I G Caafies. Lobdell, of
LaCrasse. 4lseonsi a4a He was an as
sociate edjtqr on the LaCrQsae De,n-
ocrat, and a ring has been found
which. it IS believed, belonged 30 him.
ft2is thought. that j. G.s2K biting. Of
Chicago, who was injured severely,
will recover. fa
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MOBILE.
Trial Of Mayor Horton Concluded
a Verdict of Guilty Rendered.

MOBILE. Dec. 20.-The trial of
Mayor Horton, Gen. Pope appointee,
Bill in the case of Chas. Archie
terday. The trial was occasioned by
the alleged illegal banishmeat Of said
johnson from the city. The case was
fully and ably argued before Judge
-, Of the United states District
Court. 1t being a precedent case and
having provoked considera ule discus
sion and interest among the people,
it was regarded as fair test of the
protection afforded by the bill, and
resulted in verdict of guilty rendered
a few minutes after the jury retired.
Sentence will be promulgated to-mor-
row
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BUFF ALO
More about the Great Railroad Bis
aster-MOFe Persons Recognized.

BUFFALO, December 21-Among
the rubbish of the burnt car was
found bunch of keys marked Elan
Porter, Cincinnati, Ohio" and an
English gold lever watch. number
1,424. inscribed, Presented by John
Abel to A. Johnson;" also, gold
ring with stone. and marked, II. L., +"
supposed to have belonged to E. l..
Mattison w. H Moore is not dead
as reported; the remains of G. T.
Metcaf have been recognized; r. W .
Gibbs, Of Texas, and John w. Chap
man, Of Boston, are known to have
been on the train; Robert Mccarthy
and wife. of Princeton, Illinois, who
were injured, were brought here yes
terday afternoon. The chances of
their recovery are good.
General services of the unrecog-
nized bodies of the victims will be
held in the Exchange Street Depot
tomorrow Sunday, at o'clock p.
NJ. Rev. Dr. Lord and Hotchkiss
will ofieiate sons the occasion. The
bodies have been deposited in hand-
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CHICAGO.
More Mysteries and Probably MUIR.
derS-A Comedians Married-IOWa
Democratic Convention.

CHICAGO, Dec. 20 During the
past week four persons in this city
have mysteriously disappeared. Three
of them were residents here, and the
other a Michigan man. Tive are
known to have had considerable
money with them, and fears are en-
tertained that all have been mur-
dered. ~ tl 8
About a week ago Ivor Alsberger.
a young man, was found on the street
dead, and the Coroner's jury returned
a verdict of death from cold and ex-.
posure; but the relatives of the de-
ceased have had Louis johnson ar
rested on. suspicion of having mur-
dered Alsberger.
Joe Jefferson, the comedian, was
married here. this afternoon. TO Miss
Mary A. Warren, niece of Mayor
Rice.
The Iowa Democratic State Con-
vention will meet in Des Meines. Feb
ruary 26th, to elect delegates to the
National. Convention, and to nom
mate State officers.
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J. Ne DEtIS lESilF- IAGA E4 - IEC Fl
inst. states that Soinave had repulsed
+ HT9caces The Government was.
Carried on byiByazEeh, #he1 was att-
ing as President during Solnave' 5 ab-
sence The black Generel Ulysses
was causing general alarm BY meas
ures. Of couseription. "A reign of ter
ror was inaugurated. and the people
were concealing themselves. The
| Pecquets, udefsav6gss from the inte-
rior. had arrived at the Capital The
despotism Of S0lnave caused much
opposition 6nzthe House 0fsRepFese sen ].
tatiyes. The British Consul had
asked for protection.
The Supreme Court has rendered7a
decision in the Gafdiner- Tyler will
case, setting aside the verdict Of the
jury, at Staten Island, and ordering
new the1castsL 10 abideS the
event. The decision is in favor of Mrs.
Tyler, and from it, it appears that the
finding of the Staten Island jury was
not justified by the evidence. -
Francis Harrington, alias Hattie
Howard, who killed herself by poison,
on Thursday night, In Crosby Street,
confessed before her death that she
had also poisoned her faithless lover,
one Augustus Strauss, who is at pres
ents missing.
IS The Herald especial says: It ap-l
pears the Danish Commissioners
came here. TO. see, about the detailssof
; the treaty for the purchase of ST.
Thomas. but having no-precise con-
'eptIon of how such things are man.
red, seemed to entertain very little
ubt but that the treaty would be
ac -epted and ratified without trouble.
In his respect. however. they have
been considerab bly, deceived, and the
spirit ih,Which the Russian treaty has
been accepted makes them nervous
about the ratification of the purchase.
In anticipation of the purchase of st.
Thomas by our Government. the name
of Postmaster General Randall has
ben mentioned as prospective Gov
ernor of the new pos ession.
The Tribune S special says: It comes
out tonight, from Mr.. Stanton's
friends directly, that the late Secre-
tary, in explanation of his remaining
in the Cabinet after he had discover
ed his continuing there was against
Mr.. Johnson's wish, says that he
would long since have resigned his
position as Secretary of War but for
the fact that he received a letter,
signed by most of the Republican
Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress, requesting him to remain in the
Cabinet, as they alleged, for the good
of the country and the preservation
of the Republican party. faA
Tits understood that the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue is opposed
to reduction of the tax on whisky,
and is of the opinion that any tax. no
matter how high or how low, can be
collected with the proper offieials.
The House Naval Committee have
unanimously passed resolution re-
questing the Secretary of the Navy
not to make the contemplated remov-
ais in any of the yards of the United
States in January, but postpone ac-
ton on the subject for the next sixty
days. This is done to mitigate as
much as possible the distress at pres
ent existing among the artisan and
laboring classes.
A dispatch of over six hundred
wor Is was received from San Fran
cleo this evening urging Congress to
ratify the pending treaty with the
Sandwich Islands.
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NEW York, December 22.-On
Friday and yesterday libels were fled
in the United States District Court
against the steamers Saxona, Hiber-
MIA, Siberia, City of Washington, City
of Baltimore, Nebraska and Britona,
of the European Line, for an alleged
violation Of the Passenger act, by the
improper constructions of berths.
Bonds no doubt will be given on the
part of the steamers as soon as they
have arrived in port.
A Havana special says an Envoy
has been sent to the United States
Government by Dominican author
ity, probably in relation to the sale or
lease of Sonora.
1t was reported at Port au Prince
that the capital of Hayti had surren-
dered TO Cobral.
The finances of Jamaica were much
depressed. A deficiency of fifty
thousand pounds sterling was to be
made up by additional duties.
A negro assaulted the American
Consul, Mr.. Gregg, by striking him
in billiard saloon, but Mr.. Gregg
summarily chastised his black ag-
kressor.
General Lersuadi, the new Captain
General of Cuba, arrived at Havana,
yesterday, and was received with the
most cordial demonstrations of well
come.
A bank, which was being under
mined at an ore bed, at Shafts burg
Vermont, caved in, Thursday, falling
about forty feet, and burying num-
Der of men and two horses. At last
accounts, three dead bodies had been
taken out, and several persons who
were seriously injured.
A Montgomery (Alabama) dispatch
says: A Freedmen's Bureau officer,
who was trying to collect dollar aud
a half piece from negroes whose
contracts he had approved in Ala
bama, was recently tarred and var
nished by negroes.
A negro man, his wife, mother, and
children, were recently murdered in
Baldwin County, Ala.
The Times Panama letter says: /
learn by private adyices from Carthe-
gena that Mr.. Seward shaving de
manded in positive terms that the
officers and others engaged in the
massacre of Confederate officers in
the streets of that city should be pun
ished, several military officers who
were concerned have volun larily sur
rendered to the civil authorities, and
are now, nominally, prisoners. From
investigations already made, no doubt
the civil, as well as the military au-
thorities, either connived at the mas
sacre or were privy to the fact that IL
was to take place.
The Hetdld's Panama letter says
Mosquera sailed for Peru, and that
the guard which accompanied him to
Panama still remained there, much to
the discomfort of President 0larte.
Gen. Salgar had published a pam
phlet defending his operations In the
purchase of the r. r. Cuyler.
Puyto correspondence to November
18th. says the approaching election
for the Presidency was the main topic
there. DR.. Erpuigas seemed to be
rhe fayorite candidate.
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Especial to the Evansville JournaIl
INDIANAPOLIS, December 22.-
During the severe storm of last night,
the ceiling and inner timbers of the
Hall of Representatives, at the State
House, fell in, making general wreck
of desks and other furniture The
estimated damage is ten thousand
dollars.
Senator Hendricks and Represen-
tative Coburn returned this morning.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The Her
ads Havana special says: The losses
sustained by the earthquake at An
tigua amount TO 10000.
Intelligence has been received from
Melbourne to November 1st. A gold
nugget weighing 800 ounces had been
found in Sandhurst. The abolition
of the Constitution was possible.
gings, near NeaFis boro. s =
The United States steam gunboat
Shawmut, Capt Stone, was at Aspin-
wall on the 9th inst. About 100
miles porth of Carthagena the Shaw
NUT lost her foremast and three of
her men. #a . E1z0t
Advices from Panama to the 18th
had been received at Havana. esa.5s
President Prado had gained a VIC
tory at ArequIppa, and the city was
completely surrounded by his di-
vision on the west, and Gen. Basta-
ments on the east. Prado demanded
the surrender of the city within three
days, and if refused he would take
decisive measures.
The revolution in the north had
been checked.
The Chilian Minister to Peru has
asked TO be relieved.
General Mosquera arrived at Pan
ANA on the 7th, en- route for Peru.
General Estrada and a body of 100
men accompanied him to Bogota.
Two Supreme Court Judges were
suspected Of completely in Mosquera's
treason. The Senate, however, ac-
quilted them.
Congress had refused to accept
General Acosta's resignation of the
Provisional Presidency, and commu-
ted Mosquera' banishment to three
years his Ministers were acquitted.
Gen Gutierrez had gone to Guayaca.
He had prevailed on the State Legis-
lature TO suspend the Supreme Court
Judges for eighteen months.
The Cauca State Government had
been disbanded By the nationel forces
under Puyan. In the insurrection at
Yucatan, it appears that some ex-
Imperialists of influence managed to
arouse the citizens and garrison to rise
against the local authorities. but the
affair, however, was a bloodless one,
although Governor Cepeda and his
employees had't take flight to Cam.
peche The rebels proclaimed that
they obeyed President Juarez, but
objected to Cepeda. They made
noisy demonstrations in front of the
American Consulate. Col. Rives is
the new Governor, and villifes the
new commandant 1t was through
these men that order was restored.
Lopez Uruguas has petitioned Con-
gress to be allowed to return to Mex
leo.
The whereabouts of MARQUEE is un-
known.
Augustine Iturbide denies any con-
necti0n with the Empire.
Platona Sanchez, Republican. has
been assasslnated.
The circulation Of Imperial coin,
after September next. is prohibited.
The American man of-war Mar rble-
head. had arrived at Colon.
Intelligence from Tortola, to De
cember 18th, represents that the
people are suffering greater privation
than those of St. Thomas. The dead
lie unburied, and pestileHce was
threatened. only TO be avoided by
burning the corpses.. The inhabi-
tants are almost entirely without
food.
The Tortugas are washed away an d
not the Tortula.
Dates from Surinam to the 18th
nit. report that 300 coolies were ex--
pected there from China.
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MEMPHIS.
order Of General Ord-Relief for
Freedmen.

MEMPHIS, December 22.-General
Ord has issued the following order,
to wit:
HEADo'Rs 4TIH MILITARY DIST.
OF ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI
HOLLY SPRINGS, MISS, Dec. 9, 1867.
SPECIAL ORDER NO. 208-ExTRACT
Brevet Major Adam G. Gillem, Col.
Twenty-fourth u. S. Infantly, Assist
ant Commissioner of Bureau of Re-
fugees, Freedmen and Abandoned
Land for the State Of Mississippi, will
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ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20.-An inquest
was held to-day on the body Of Dem
mis- Lucy, who died from the effects of
blow on the head, inflicted by a
man namedaDeerman,q of St. Charles
The afray occurred in the cars of the
North Missouri Railroad, a few days
ago, Lucy being killed with a stick of
wood. Verdict-Justifable homi-
eide. ID sdne aa 49
Virginia Gregory was arrested to-
day en- complaint of A. s. Jacobs,
she having attempted a black mail
operation with a view of relieving
him of $4,000. Hat~
Adam Moore, a teamster from the
Plains, was relieved of $125 in cash,
last evening, by a colored damsel.
5. Voullaire, who was shot by Isaac
NJ. Ruth, few weeks since, gave his
testimony in the Criminal Court to-
day. 1t disproves many of Ruth's
statements, and makes the latter the
aggressor in the affray.
A. I'll. Lee, the gentleman who
drew the Chicago Opera House. is in
the city. He is spending large sums
of money in making additions to his
library, being ambitious to make it
the largest and best collection of
books possessed by any man in the
United States.
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NEW YORK.

Steamers Libelled - Late Havana
NeWs-AmeFican Consul Gregg As.
Saulted In a Hliard Saloon
Freedmen's Bureau fllcer TArred
and Varnlshed-NegrO Man, His
Wife and Children Murdered Hen
and Horses Buried by the Falling
Of Bank.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Fire at the Village OF fChataque-LOss
S25, 5,OOO-SeiZnre OF Distllleries at
Philadelphia.

OGDENsBURG, Dec. 21.-A destruc-
tive fire broke out in the village of
Chatauque, Franklin County, last
night, burning the stores occupied by
J ohm Hughes. Hall q Childs, A. I'll
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News From Panamai
Victory for President Pedr >
at Arequippa. -e il
NEW YORK sPE GALS,

Havana NeWs-LOss By the Earth
eRakes-LateP from Panama-Vic-
tory for President Pedro at Are
quippa-AbOut the Treaty for tue
Island or st. Th0mas-NeWS from
Hayti-TOcasce RepHlsed by Sal
nave.
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w. P. HARGRAT

ATTORNEY at LAW.
Odfee on Third street, in Washington
House Block.
Win practice In the rafiopa courts q
the Qfrcuif Prompt attention 20 othee
business Edeef d3m
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I UH " N1HH%
ed By the Virginia Convention
influence Of Present iYil Ulcers
Feared in the Ratification Vote.
WAsHISGToN, December 20.-The
President did not, to-day, transmit to
Congress his veto message of the Dis
trict of Columbia Bill, striking from
all the laws pertaining thereto the
word white" The ten days allowed
the President to send in his message
expires on Monday next. According
to the constru ction of the law, the in
teryening of an adjournment before
the expiration of the time allowed de
feats the bill; that Is, if the Presi-
dent refuses to sign it, which he has
done In this case The bill will have
to be re-enacted to become law.
Senator Cole, of California, has re-
ceiyed private dispatch announcing
the election of Eugene Cassily by the
California Legislature, for United
States Senator, In place of Mr.. Con-
ness, whose term of Office expires on
the 4th of March, 1869. Mr.. Cassidy
is leading Democratic politician of
California, and prominent lawyer of
San Francisco.
The subcommittee of the Finance
and Ways Committees will remain
here during the recess to examine
matters referred to them.
The Baltimore papers today state
that considerable of an ovation greet
ed Jeff. Davis last evening, on his de-
parture from that city to Mississippi.
A large crowd of ladies and gentle
men gathered on the wharf, and
cheered him as he weht on board the
boat. One young lady, stranger,
threw her arms around his neck and
kissed him.
A large number of Senators and
members and visitors left for the
North and West, this evening, to re-
main during the holiday recess of
Congress.
In, the Senate, to-day, memorial
was presented from some of the mem
! bers of the Virginia Reconstruction
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EST BLISHED. 1881.

Miller 7 d. Mellinyo r. Mclean
and Dr. George Howe. Loss $25. 900.
Insured Tor sl2, coo
PHILADELPHlA, Dec. 21- Four
large distiliaries were Sc zed yester-
day by C5iiector John Miller, acting
under 0ls.ar9 of the kennne Board.
On the.aharae of defraudiag the Gov
ernmept 3y false. returns, 5l 4.
PoLEg0. December 22.--rhe Mieh-
igan .S8p 9ro and Nqriheyp Indiana
lailr0au f.upany's grain elevator in
this CITY w DESTROYED bF IRE last
night A3 -atf $1,000 abu hels or
grain, u.9zssY wheat. we're consumed
with Il Loss, S30J.09J. on which
there Is Ste insurance of sos, 900
nearly, 1H AeW Eugland Companies.
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Saturday Nights dispatches.


s Gl .o3
Trlahaf EIayor Horton cf
Mobile Fqp u led, =
80 efa7e
Veraies OF Gui4t " Rendered
McraabDus the Great Rail-
roa1 Disaster.
nltsl sl.--- 1-
More Bodies Recognized.
Late Foreig d News. = Fl Il.
News From Panama .
.a -3s aqIe
sf.af ---, y -eaa. T6
Victory for President Pedr )
aC ArequippA. IL
-ed e8ei4a VIC
Investigation Relative TO
Collector Shocks sell 81
zure of Bogus q aa
Champagne. H
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= LE g z AP IT.

For Commercial uasd Riper Dispdtches See
FIFTH. Pege.
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INDIAN AMP Oils.

Effects OF the Storm on the State
HOuse-RetuFR of Senator Hen
bricks and representative CO.
burn.
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ST. LOUIS.

JHstifiable Homicide Black Mall
ing Operation Unsuceessful-The
TOgIlaire AffFay-Tie Chicago 0p-
era House Man Taxing a Literary
Turn, .rc4a Is aqi-5sJ-aT .g.h
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HOWE9 & BURBANK.

Commission Merchants
NO. 27e FROSr STREET,
MEMPHIs. TEHE.
Cash advances made or consignmentA
may2 d3m
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Sunday Nights Dispatches.

Effects of the Storm on the
.T Indiana State House.
fgtsfw .5 sao1
Return OF Senator Hem
bricks and Represen- 81
tatlVe Coburn.
Late News from Havana.
American Consul Gregg
Assaulted by a Negro.
Freedmens' Bureau officer
Tarred and Vanished.
Negro Man, his Wife and
Children Murdered.
Seizure Of Dlstilleries at
Philadelphia.
Important Order Of Gen
eral Ord.
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TrlaMaf Mayor Horton cf
Mopiie F9p Y 3Sd "a