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AND C ARB OLE, CHOCTAW AND TALLAHATCHIE COUNTIES ADVERTISER.
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By O. W.H. BROWN.
Prospectus,
For publishing in the town of Carrollton, Car
roll county, Miss., a weekly paper to be enti
tled the
Southern JPtonecr o
(17 c. V. 11. BROWN.)
UNPEIt the above title of the "Southern Pio
neer," we propose to publish in the town of
Carroilton, a new Weekly Paper, devoted to Politics,
both State and National, Agriculture, the current
lews of the day, and the advancement of the great
cause of Education. This paper will be devoted to
what its conductor believes to be the best interests of
the State and county. It will advocate the great Whig
causa which you have recently seen so signally trium
phant. Believing, that the principles put forth by the
peat Whig party as the tenets of its political creed,
re the only true ones on which this Government was
originally founded, and on which it should be admin
ister, this paper will lend to those principles, when
ever and wherever espoused, its humble but cordial
support.
No man or set of men, will be by us unscrupulously
sustained at the expense of principle, 'Principles
$;t men," Is our mottoby this rule shall we be gov
raed, and in subjecting all to this test, we shall as we
sd them, judge with impartiality, admonish with
cinder, and reprehend with justice. As humble Pio-
ijers in the great cause of political truth, we shall
ever point to the cardinal virtues of a representative
Government. But, the interests of our State, and
more particularly of our county, shall receive at our
kails a constant and an earnest advocacy. While
ur sister counties have been the object of Legislative
action, and Executive patronage, the county of Carroll
has remained comparatively unknown and unappre
jiated. It shall therefore b our pride, as well as our
fluty, to develope its vast resources and point out its
numerous advantages. The cause of education, the
cause of enlightened and progressive civilization, the
only true bulwark of a nation's freedom, shall receive
tut attention its importance demands, in nne, as
tumble Pioneers in the great crusade against igno
nace and error, we shall shoulder our mattock and
ibovel, and taking our place in the great march of
todern improvement, our course snail ever be as lviar
aionsaid to Stanly, ''Onward."
TERMS. The "Pioneer" will be published every
Saturday morning at five dollars in advance, or
j:x dollars at the expiration of six months, or six
jollars nrTT at the end of the year.
(rNO PAPER WILL BE DISCONTINUED
UNTIL ALL ARREARAGES ARE PAID.
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate of One
Boixal and Fifty Cents per square (ten lines) for
the first, and One Dollar for each subsequent in
sertion. The number of insertions must be marked
upon the Ms. or it will be published until ordered
out, and charged accordingly.
Articles of a personal nature, whenever admitted
will be charged at double the above rates. Political
circulars or public addresses, for the benefi of indi
tidual or companies, charged as advertisements.
Announcing candidates for office $10 each.
Yearly Advertising. For forty lines, or less,
renewable at pleasure, each week, $65.
done, and MUST be paid whenever called foe
JOB PRINT1SU.
'fcSrln connection with the Pioneer Office, is a large
iworfmnt of new and fashionable Fancy Type,
which enables us to execute all orders for Job Print-
in? in fine stvle. We solicit patronage in this line,
at prices the same as other well regulated offices in
Mississippi. Orders from Attorneys, Clerks, Sheriffs,
;.c., promptly attended to.
ALL JOB WORK CASH.
Letters cr Communications to the publisher must
. . 1. A."-' J 1 A.
to PfsT-PAiD, or uiey win not ue iaKeii out.
THE "FLUMM1X,"
OR THE MA WITH TIIE FAST HORSE.
A braggart was one day boasting about the
swiftness of his horse, and declared he could
outrun any thing which went upon four legs.
A neignDour oi nis disputed it, ana saia ne naa
a mule which could beat him.
"A mule!" said the boaster; "I'll bet you a
hundred dollars of that."
"Done!" said the other.
"Done!" said the boaster.
"Xow cover that." said the owner of the
nwle. laving down a hundred dollars.
Thej boaster began to be frightened at this
ne thought there must he something more
about the mule than he was aware of, other
wise his owner would not plank a hundred dol
rs, to run him against a horse. He began to
hitch about uneasily. He put his hand in his
pocket; he pulled it out again; and at Jas
said, "I don't know, I swow, about the tarna
mule; he may be mischief and all to run, for
what I know."
"Do you back out, then?"
"Yes, I back out and treat." So saying, he
called in liquor: but declared that his horse
cotild beat anv thine which went upon four
m except the mule.
"Why," said the other, "I've got a jackass
ttat will beat him."
"I'll bet a hundred dollars of that," said the
waster.
"Done!' said the other. '
And "done!" said the boaster.
"Cover that," said the man, again putting
wwa the hundred dollars.
"Cover thntl" exclaimed the boaster:
J ill plaguey quick" taking out his pocket
WOK.
"Well, cover it if you dare, and I'll put ano
cr hundred on top of if Why do vou hesi
f aotfUnow, faith. I never saw that jack.
1 J8,!? jours run," said the boaster, beginning
iiatr -no mntr na in misrniRi. ;i M f l mi
TnaracekrwhatIknow."
vywjlunk out. then?"
tier fornix this time; but by jingo,
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J&ckn "UB Ciau you can unng ejvcepi uic
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the mule but what my horse can
teat."
"Are
you certain of that, my good fellow?"
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HvT laitn
Jon c lV "u ttlc UUfc que certain, i ll Det
outr, 5?-cth!?8 that l-vc Sot a niSger that will
utrunh
Dlgger!"
"Yes, my Tom will beat him."
"I'll bet a hundred dollars of that there
aint no nigger that ever breathed can beat my
horse."
"Very well, cover that.,, As he said this
the man once more put down the hundred
dollars "But," said he, "if you back out this
time you shall forfeit ten dollars, and if I back
out, I'll do the same." '
"Agreed," said the boaster. "I'm sure my
horse can beat a nigger, if he can't a mulo or a
jackass."
"Well, plank the money, if you please.
"Plank it! so I will do you hear that?"
Saying this he once more took out his pock
et book and began to fumble for the money.
"Come, man down with yourdust," said the
other taking out more money "for I'm ready
to back my bet with another hundred dollars
or two hundred, as you like. Come, why do
you hesitate?' Here's three hundred dollars
I'm ready to stake."
"Three hundred, dollars!" exclaimed the
boaster, staring lika a stuck pig "three hun
dred dollars upon a nigger! I don't know, I
swan."
What, man! you're not going to get fright
ened again?
".brightened! oh, no oh. no it's no easy
matter to frighten me but really"
"You mean to back out."
"I declare, neighbor, I don't know what to
hink about it. It's a kind of risky business."
"You forfeit ten dollars, then?"
"Why, yes I s'pose I must," said the boast
er, handing over the money, with an air ot
great mortification, "better to lose that than
more for there's no knowing how fast these
blame niggers will run. But any thing else
you can bring except the mule, the jackass and
he nigger, I'm ready to run against."
From the Richmond Whig.
GEN. HARRISON IN RICHMOND.
General Harrison, on Thursday, visited the
Coffee House to exchange salutations with his
fellow-citizens of Richmond. He was greeted
by a large crowd , but so great was the multi-
ude that it soon became evident that all could
not singly be introduced to him and enjoy the
pleasure of hearing him converse. It was
therefore proposed that he should address the
populace in the street.
He spoke some twenty minutes, with a
clear and distinct voice, and in an animated
strain. He relered to the great cardinal. prin
ciples of his political creed, and then noticed
ffo the numerous charges, which naa Deen
e against him. He had been called an ab
olitionist, he said. In one sense, as he had
old his friends in Baltimore, he was an Aboli
tionist. He was in favor of emancipating the
office holders, and restoring them to the rights
of citizenship. He would absolve them
from the thraldom under which they have been
groaning for years. He would have them to
sDeak and to act up to the dictates ot tneir
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conscience, as he would have all others. He
would break the bandages which bound them,
and set them free. To this extent; and to this
extent only, was he an Abolitionist.
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Whilst uttering these sentiments, his coun
tenance wore a playtul smile, but suddenly u
assumed a sterner cast, as with increased en
ergy of manner, and voice, he inquired: "But
how could a Virginian, wno sees in every
thirirr around him. the reminiscences of his
vouth. be an Abolitionist now coma a Vir
ginian' born and bred on the lower James Riv
er, and in a house noted for some memorable
incidents in our revolutionary struggle, be an
abolitionist? How could a Virginian, whose
sirps rereivpid manv distinguished tokens of
confidence and esteem at the hands of this vir
tuous old Commonwealth, be an abolitionist?
How could a Virginian be so irreverent to the
sacred ashes of his honored ancestors, as to be
an Abolitionist? Could such a Virginian be
called an Abolitionist by another Virginian,
and that other a true hearted Virginian, and
sound to the core? The thing was impossible
The bosom could not be free from taint thai
harbored such a suspicion.
He said he had not given pledges and pro-
mises before the election because sucn a. pre
cedent was calculated to produce mischief,
and to confer the Presidency upon men of
promises instead of men of performances. But
now that he was no more a candidate for the
suffrages of the people, and could not be af
ftcted by their votes, he had no hesitation in
declaring, what had ever been his feelings; his
steadfast devotion to the rights and interests
of his native State. In this connexion, he ad
verted to the heavy debt of gratitude which
had been imposed upon him by the generous
support which he had received from his adopt
ed State, Ohio, the young giant, Indiana,
and noble Kentucky, which nad honored him
with citizenship, although he had never lived
within her borders. But all did not efface
from his mind what was due to his venerated
mother. ' .
He alluded to the report of Mr. Granger be
ing an Abolitionist. He said he had never
been so foolish as to ask him whether he was
an abolitionist or no knowing, as he did, his
nublic life and history. Bat Mr. Granger had
come to him the day before he left Washing-
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ton, and told mm maian arucic m a ivkuuiuuu
paper, wnicn aamiueu . we waaium, mi mo
being an Abolitonist, had just fallen under his
eye. ne OlT.r vr.) uesueu wuii
when he got to Richmond to say to the Edi
tors of that paper, that he was not only no
Abolitionist, but he should expect Gen. H.
CARROLLTON, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY APRIL 10, 1841.
to evict him from office should he ever become
one. . '
When the General concluded; he was urged
to "go on" but he begged to be excused, be
lieving he could, better promote the wishes of
his friends by "going on," this day two weeks,
with the principles he avowed.
The address throughout commanded pro
found silence and has elicited commendations
both for its substance and taste, from all who
heard it.
YucATAN.-This splendid Peninsular has but
recently thrown off the joke of despotism and
misrule of the Mexican government, and in
tends shortly to promulgate to the wprld her
intention of making a formal declaration of In
dependence, and to become incorporated into
the family of nations.
Yucatan has already a population of about
800,000. Her inhabitants differ entirely from
those of Mexico, being quiet, peaceable, hard
working and industrious people. Those who
follow the fisheries, make first rate seamen.
They have built some vessels, which in point
of workmanship and model, will vie with any
ever built in Baltimore; their material of wood
for ship-building is as good as any known.
Several descriptions are quite equal to the teak
for durability. In fact; vessels have been built
in Yucatan that have lasted 60 odd years.
As soon as a formal declaration of Indepen
dence is made, a succinct description of that
interesting country will be made, to invite
the industry and capital of the American peo
ple, and the rights and the privileges given to
emigrants, will be equally secured, as they are
in this country.
In the project of the present model for es
tablishing a Government, the first thing is to
have a free toleration of Religion; that every
man may worship his maker according to the
dictates of his conscience. JV. O. Bulletin.
From the Madisonian.
Taking care of their friends. In addi
tion to the numerous appointments to office by
Mr. Van Buren, in anticipation of the expira
tion of terms, and making the new terms of
service extend even through that of General
Harrison's, the loco-focos are endeavoring to
fasten their printers upon the next Congress,
and certain contracts are closed for work on
the public buildings which cannot be begun
untltne and two years after Mr. Van Buren
has retired We presume General Harrison
will" .appoint .such agents of the government as
heMay.sefect. and will regard it as a matter
lf mif . " " c-Mt as Buren to Attempt
to " aptNiidt iUiein Sot him. The heads of de-
partments and bureaux, appointed by General
-
Harrison will doubtless appoint an these con
tracts for the execution of which General Har
rison's administration will be responsible.
And as for the new Congress, it will as a mat
ter of course and of right, elect all its own offi
cers, and make its own laws.
We have seldom read of so shocking an af
fair as that described in the annexed extract
from the Terre Haute (Indiana) Courier of the
13th ult.:
About 1 o'clock, at night, the house of Mr.
Welch, four miles west of Paris, 111., was at
tacked by a party of five persons, with their
faces blacked and otherwise disfigured to avoid
detection. Mr. Welch received the contents
of a rifle (supposed to have been fired through
the window) whilst lying, in bed; and, when
the door was broken open, the defence of the
family entirely devolved upon his wife and
his son. (a lad of 16.) the balance of his house
hold consisting of children under 8 years of
age. As soon as the party ootamed entrance,
a person, who proved to be Geo. Redman,
a near neighbor, rushed upon the elder Mr.
Welch with a butcher knife: but, before he ac
complished his diabolical purpose, young Welch
knocked him down with a stick of wood, and
followed up his blows nntil he broke the assas
sin's skull in several places. Redman lingered
until Sunday evening, wnen ne aiea oi nis
wounds. Whilst the boy was thus success
fully defending the life of his father, Greenup
James, one ot KedmanTs accomplices, attacked
Mrs. Welch, first by firing at her in bed, and,
subsequently, with a large hickory club, pre-
Dared tor the purpose. Mrs. Welch, with
more than Spartan bravery, seized the tongs,
knocked down her assailant, and, finally, suc
ceeded in disabling him so as to prevent his
flight, and render his efforts at mischief impo
tent and harmless.
During the progress of the affray, three of
the party (two of whom are suppose to be the
son of Redman) fled; and young Welch (leav
ing his mother to take care ot U. James, and
prevent his flight) went to Paris, and procured
medical aid tor his lather, who was nearly ex
hausted from the loss of blood caused by his
wounds. Mrs. Welch, in the meantime, at
tended well to the safety of her chargef para
lyzing his efforts at flight by applications of
her trusty weapon.
Thogh" badly wounded, it is believed the el
der Welch will recover, as the ball has been
carefullv extracted. Mrs. Welch and her son
(through a singular interposition of Provi
dence,) are entirely free from injury. A
young son (a boy of 7 or 8) was wounded in
the head during me anary, oy one oi me assas
sins, although not dangerously. This shock
ing attempt to murder a whole family, origin
ated, it is supposed, in a misunderstanding, or
family quarrel, ot some months, standing.
G James is secured in the Paris jail; and the
officers of justice are in pursuit of the other
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accomplices oi iveaman; ou aitne last ac-l
counts, nothing had been heard of them
THE MISSISSIPPI SLAVE CASE.
The correspondent of the Richmond En
quirer thus states the position of Messrs. Clay
and Webster, in their speeches before the Su
preme Court
Washington, Feb. 17,1841.
The case brought up from the s tate of Mis
sissippi, involving the validity of ail slaves,
carried into that State since the adoption of
the Constitution in 1832, is now under dis
cission in the Supreme Court. Mr. Jones
of this city, finished his argument this morning
when the Hon. Henry Clay commenced his
remarks and engaged the attention of the
Court, at a large and intelligent assembly of
persons, who had been drawn into the court
room, under the expectation of hearing him.
He spoke for three hours, upon the points of
law involved, and in truth demonstrated the
correctness of the principles he advanced.
He set out, after an exordium on the immense
importance of the case the millions involved
with the principles that the clause of the Con
stitution of the State of Mississippi, declaring
"that the introduction of slaves as merchan
dise into that State shall be prohibited after
May, 1833," was exclusively a mandate upon
the State Legislature, to enact laws making it
illegal to introduce them having no obliga
tory operation upon the people of the State or
others, until the Legislature had discharged its
duty under this provision of the Constitution,
by declaring by statute the introduction illegal,
as it intended should be done. If this princi
ple was established in the mind of Court, as I
have very little doubt, without going any far
ther into an investigation of the other points he
made, the decision of the Court will be rever
sed, the Legislature not having discharged its
duty, and the contracts made for the purchase
of slaves since that period, will be made valid
and good. How otherwise should they be?
They have the slaves of the people of Virginia,
Maryland Kentucky, and still hold them as
rroDertv. deriving all the benefits of their la
bor, and yet endeavoring to avail themselves
of a provision in their constitution, which they
themselves had disregarded, by their own acts,
and the acts of their legislature, and avoid the
Davment of their iust debts. Upon the sub
ject, Mr. Clay evinced the nobleness of his
soul the high and manly tone of honor, jus-
tice and fidelity, he portrayed, and said should
characterise States as well as individuals, to
every unbiased mind, carried deep conviction.
that ne stands pre-eminent as an American
Patriot in thought, word and deed.
A LUCKY LOSS.
Graft Schlaberndorf was a most singular
person, a sort of a strange German Coleridge.
more, however of a philosoper and a politi
cian than poet, living like a hermit in the bust
ing history of Revolutionary Paris: misery in
small things, the lord of a small garret, slov
enly in his attire, and cherishing a beard and
generous, even magnificient, on a large scale,
and actuated in all things by motives of the
purest patriotism and the most disinterested
benevolence, a character ready made for Sir
Walter Scott. This man as a foreigner and a
German aristocrat, and also as the esteemed
friend of Condorcet, Mercier, Brissot, and
the unfortunate Girodis party, naturally enough
during the reign of terror, was more than "sus
pected ot being suspected," and sat tor many
days in the Conciergerie, and then in the Lux
embourg, in constant expectation of the guil
lotine. Heescaped, however,atteraII, strange
ly enough, saving his own life by losing his
boots! Varnhagan Von Ense relates the circum
stance as follows.
"One morning the death cart came for its
usual number of daily victims; and Schlabern-
doroPs name was called out. He immediately,
with the greatest coolness and good humor,
nrenared for departure; presence of mind in
some shape, a grand stoicism of mere indiffer
ence, were common in these terrible times.
And Schlaberdorf was not the man to make
ungraceful departure, whem the unavoidable
must of fate stood sternly before him. He
was soon dressed, only his boots were missing,
he sought and sought and sought, and the
goaler sought with him in this corner and in
P. P . . i r i Txr.n
that; but they were not to oe iouua. -vven
said Schlaberndorf sharply, 'to be guillotined
without my boots will never do. Hark ye,
my good friend,' contined he, with simple
good humor to the goaler Hake me tomorrow;
one day makes no difference; it is the man they
want, not Tuesday or Wednesday.
The goaler agreed. The wagon full enough
without that one head, went on to its desti
nation.Schlaberndorf remained in prison. Next
morning, at the usual hour, the vehicle return
ed, and the victim who had so strangely es
caped on the previous day, was ready, boots
and all, waiting for the word of command.
But behold! his name was not heard that day:
nor the third day, nor the fourth; and not at
all. There was no mystery in the matter.
n nntnrallv suDDsed that he had fallen
with the rest of the victims named for the or
Inrinnl dav. in the multitude of sufferers no one
.akM rnriouslv enauire for an individual; for
the days that, followed, there were enough ot
Victims wiinoui mm, nu ao ue icummvu
prison till the fall of Robespierre, when with
manv others, he recovered his liberty. He
owed his miraculous escape, not the least
strange in tha strange history of the Revolution
partly to the kindness of the "goaler, partly,
n,nl v in his nood temper. He was a univer-
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VOL. I. NO.
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sal lavonte in the eoaL Fm?ir n
Review for January. y
The Home op the Poor. There is much
truth, as well as deep feeling in the following
paragraph; which we extract from Dicken?'
latest production:
"Oh if those who rule the A
would but remember thisif they would
think how hard it is for the verv nonr to hnvA
engendered in their hearts that love of home
irom wnicn an domestic virtues-Spring; when
they live in dense and snualid m
social decency is lost or never found if they
would but turn aside from the wide thorough
fares and great houses, and strive to improve
the wretched dwellings in by ways, where on
ly poverty may walk many low roofs would
point more truly to the sky, than the loftiest
steeple that now peals proudly up from the
uuuaiui gum ana crime, and horrible disease
to mock them with its contrary. Tn hnlfnw
voices from work houses hospitals and iails.
uiu uuui is pieacnea, irom day to day, and
has been proclaimed for years. It is no light
matter noWcry from the working vulgar,
no mere question of the people's health and
comfort which mav be whistle A vert trt
Wednesday nighv In love of home, tht ' IrtVA
of country has its rie; and who are truer pat-
nuis, ur uieuesun time oi need those who
venerate the land; owning its wood and stream
and earth, and all that they produce, or those
who love their country, boasting not a foot of
ground in all its wide domain?"
A man by the name of Jean Baptiste Dm.
mares has been recently executed in France,
for assassination and theft. Thr frl!n tvinrr
very extraordinary circumstances led to his
condemnation. A report was spread about
the country, the origin of which was traced
that the victim had bitten the assassins. This
report served as an indication to the Magis
trates who caused all the persons suspected,
to be arrested and examined, to ascertain if
there were no traces of bites to be found on
them.
Desmares, who until that time had not been
suspected, was subjected to a visit, and it was
discovered that his arm showed contucions
which were pronounced by the physician,
called to the examination, the result of a bite.
The body of the victim was then disinterred,
the head was taken off, and the teeth applied
to the arm of Desmares, and those who made
the application affirmed that the teeth per
fectly fitted the holes of the wound. This
terrible trial was renewed before a jury, with-
out proaucing mucn enecr, De cause the scar
of the wounds had almost disapDeared. The
scientific men who made the first aonlication
of the teeth, persisted in the opinion which
they had then given, and this circumstance
was mainly instrumental in causing the con
demnation of Desmares to capital punishment.
xcouiuica iicci puuuciy avowed nis crime,
but he abstained from protesting his innocence
in the manner he had first done.
THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.
The only extract from an English paper,
bearing upon our Nor th-Eas tern Boundary
Question, which we have been able to find, is
the following from the London Spectator:
"The most interesting passage in the Presi
dent's message relates to the disputed bounda-
nes; it miorms us, irom the other side of the
Atlantic, what our Government is doing. It
seems that the mode of settling the matter is
still under discussion in Downinc? st. The
President, judging from the desire evinced by
both Governments to bring the disDute res
pecting the North-East boundary to a settle
ment, and from the nature of the points still
under discussion, anticipates a speedy conclu
sion. Mr. Van Buren is not much Versed in
"open questions," and their value or at least
not so well as those in Downing street.
The American Government have also made
proposition for refering the Lake of the
Woods boundary to arbitration, before it be
comes quite so urgent and complicated a ques
tion as the Maine boundary. The proposition
is also under consideration in England.
Rumors had reached the United States of
the arrival of British troops within the disputed
territory. They were sent, according to the
report, by Lord Sydenham, without knowl
edge of Sir John Harvey; and it is said that
they were only passing through, on their way
to New-Brunswick, If there is any founda
tion for the story, it certainly seems indiscreet
to have thus risked collisions and further com
plications of so embarrassing a question.
"What are you hollering for when I am ri
ding by?" said a nabob to a saucy urchin in the
street. "Humph, what are you riding by for
when I'am hollering?"
Marriage or Elle Tree. Ellen Tree is
Ellen Tree no more, having recently married
Charles Kean, the actor The ceremony was
performed at Manchester England. Pic
Ballooning on an Extended Scale! Mr.
Green, the celebrated British aeronaut, perse
veres in his design of crossing the Atlantic in a
balloon. He requires a subscription of three
thousand pounds to enable him to make thu
grand experiment, and asserts confidently his
ability to direct the course of the balloon. His
plan contemplates a balloon ninety feet in
height and fifty in circumference, with a paddle
and rudder apparatus. He insists that he can
in this machine, keep his course westward, and
cross the Atlantic in, at most, six days. rtc
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