The lynx., February 01, 1845, Image 1

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iil- AUTlFUL ANECDOTL2. .
A happier illustration of tho wonder
ful charae'er of iho Iiiblc, and the fu
tility uih which even a child may an
swer, by it, the greatest of questions
and solve the sublimest of mysteries,
was p3theps never given, than at an
examination of a deaf and dumb insti
tuiion, some years ago iu London. "
A little boy v.. asked "ui writing.
X V ho made the world?'' s . ,
Ho took the chalk and wrote undcr-
ni ath'the question, ,
'In the beginning Cd cretted the
heavens and the earth. .
The clergyman then enquired jn a
similar manner," Why did Jesus Christ
ro:ne into the world ?"'
A smile of deligs.t and gratitude res
ted on the countenance of the little fel
low us he wrote,
-This is a fa'uhful saying am worthy
(,fa!l accepta.on, that Jesus Christ
nunc in to tire world to save sinners.11
A third w'as 'proposed, evidently ad
ap'o.l to call. his most powerful feeling--into
excrci-e, "t
v'Yhy were you birn deaf and J'dmb,
when I can hear-and speak ?'' . .
'Never,' ?aid an "eye-witness,"' shall
1 forget the look of resignation, whicii
at upon his countenance; as he look the
thalk and wrote, ;- . ;'
"Even so, Father, for so it seemed,
pood in thy sight. Cin. Gazelle.
Mesmerism.
Mesmerism, or Animal-Magnetism is
vain on the rise. Miss Harriet Mar
'.inoatj has become a convert. In a let.
cr to the Londort Athcneum she tells of
some wonderful things, but none moro
5o than the following: ; '
The next f.fortt!av, Oct. 141 J.tlrii
hot come up as -usual to our seance.-
There was aGHction in live h'oushold.
An aunt of J's. Mrs A, a g;ood jVoinaTn 1
have long known, lives in a cottage at
tlie bottom of our. garden.- Mrs 'A's
on, J's cousin, was one of the crew q
a vessel which was this evening report-.
r-& to have been wrecked near Hull..
This was all that was known excepi
that the owner was gone to Hull to see
aW it. J. was about to walk toishields
a companion . to inquire, but the
"'gin was so temnestuous, and it was
so evident that no news. Could -be obtain
cJ)that she was ' persuaded no-t to go;
utshe was too much disturbed to think
'-f being mesmerised. Nex I morning
tlere no nCws. All. day .thertJ
a3 flying rCports that till hands were
lost thttt all hands were saved but
nothing like what afterwards proved to
truth. In the afternoon no lid
!no's having arrived wc went for a long
'vs and took . J. with us. She 'was
dhusin another ''direction, till- tea
linic;and then on our return, there were
"till no tidings: but Mrs. A. was, gone to
-hields to tnntlirn nr4 if IfMtnrs bad
cme,she would brinr the news in thoj
Ceninjr. J. wrnt n.,t, nn nn'nrrand:
hile wc were at . ion nn nerson in !
fie Place having then anv means of; William Penn, by Wm. A. Alpott. ' s f
lowing about the wreckand onher "A day and place having-therefore
rnshe came straight up to 'uS "for j been appointed, Penn and his friends
ance. Two centlemen were with" -consisting of men, women, andyoung
"l Aat evening nnIVn Ampricn.nnd'
Aftcr froirMho ei;'htor!on 1.
I
VOL. 1.
the moment what -J says; and that on
this evening there waa the additional
of y Ame rican friend, rebeat-
j ,ng to me, on the instant '(on Jhe account
j my deafness,) every wordV ft it. fell.
j J. was presently asleepand her mcs-
. .-. . .
j ;uorist , know ing the ad vantage of ,m-
J troducing Subjects on which the mind
j . i . , - , ,
(had previously been CXClted, and how
j tJle inspiration follows the course of the
, , - - . "
uu., o.cu as. stu.i as nje aiuup
w as trap-enouku. Can - vou teH ns.a-
bout the ivreck? J tranquilly, replied,
Oh! yes, they are all safe, but" the ship
ft all. to ptec'es.
.Were they saved in their boat?. V
. No, that's all to pieces.- J
How then? . r - "' : .'.
A queer boat 'to'ok. them. off, not their
boat. ..' " . : e
Are you sure th'cv are all safe? :
Yes; all that were on board ; but there '
was a boy killed." ; But I don't think it
is my cousin, . ' -
At the time of the wreck? .
No, before-the storm. - .
How did it happen?
' Uy a fJtll.--. ; ;; '.. J
Down the hatehwavs, or how?
. No he fell through ihc rigging, from
theinast. , - . , - t ' .
She presently observed, 'my aunt is
below, 4ellin: them all about- it, and 1
shall hear it when I go 'down.' .
My rooms "eing a selection from two
houses, this below1 meant two stories
lower in the next hous. " .
Sho -continued talking of other things
for an hour longer, and- before she a- ".-."""". , , c,cn anu "1M..no
wkelhenlleraen were gone. -'After i P"30" prT"1 b!!J..? 7 'i8lom
having inured Aether she was re-! i" " ."t?' ?"X T',
freshed hy her sleep, and who.her she ! T l '" ' J
.roamed I N.l . desi red her ,o I V dW.n .'beir .bWS .
No
let us know if she had , heard, news of i
tho. w reck j and she promised in all sim
plicity that she would. In another quar
ter of an hour up she came, all anima
tion, to tell trs that hr cousin and all
the crew were safe,-her aunt having
roturned from Shields with the news.
The wreck hud occured between Hfsin
eur and Goucnburg, and 'he crew , had
been taken off by a -fishing boat, - after
two days spent on the ,w reck, their own
boat having g ne to pieces, She was j
turning away to leave the. room when j
she was asked. - . "
,vr .-n j
fto nil rev-saved all
beat-. - I
No rnam. said she. all who were on i
board at the.ime,.'bul they had an acci
dent before a boy. fell from the'--mast
and was killed on the deck' --'
- .Besides havinn no doubt of the recti-
lude of the girl, we knew sho had not i-bul they .are not prescrvd. We only7
seen her' aunt, 'the only pcrsoa from I know that they promised 19 live in love
whom, tidings could baobtained. Dut I vith Penn and'his children, as long as
to make nil sure,i made an errand . toj lhe suffand moon.:shoulct endure. It is
the co' t age the next morriin., well know- ' to be . regretted thai ' a record of tliis
ing" that the"; relieved mother ypuldi treaty and of allthat was; said,-was .not
pour-out her whole tale. My friend &j preserved.;; It. js one of the most re
l encouraged her; and she told.ns how fmarkable treaties ever irade, . and 'one
c1iy (mt ihrV nows and when she hrourrht !
it to Tyheniouth, just as we knew before."
How glad they must have .: been. ' to.seej
vt&u at ours, Said t.
Oh yes, ma'am, and she declared ro,y. j
landiadys delight. . - . -. ;- N-
. A:td'J said t.. - , .'. -j '-
1 Maim I did not see J,- said she sim
ply "and rnpidly, in her, -eagerness ;to
tell. -Then presently They, told mo
ma'arri thaU J. .was up stairs with you. -
; TsVti "evenings afterwards", - J. , was
r.sked,whr:n in the ileep, wbeiner She
kriew: what she' related" to us by 'seeing
-her aunt telling .tho. -people below? to
which' shc rcp!ie'd? : No;- I saw the place'
rand the people thcmselves-liko ' a vis-.
jon. . , x - ... - .
'Such, was her own idea whaieVCr
may be the conjecture of others. ,
. ; .';-HAiuKT mai(tin0au..;1
Tyncmouth, Nov. 29,- i'
renn"s Treaty .with 'the Indian's..-- .,
" The Treaty! was heli.u,hder .a ' noble
Elm at. Kensington, one of the suburbs
of Philadelphia.: Here ihe Indjan Sach
ems, ai tho .head: of their warriors .a-
waited the arrival of tho Friends, who
soon appeared,. with Penn at their head.
The scerie is 4thus described- ma- neat
book for childrentcfitilledt "Sketches of;
persons of both sexes, . repaired to, tne
spot to meet tne lnaians. 1 um ,t
i Cooquannoc, the Indian namo" for
u wn cb
j Politics, Commerce, Agriculture, A:c
M 12 T, E.R. N A L- . V
I frl I A N C S IS
PANOLA, ML, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1845
I Philadelphia, ' Whenthey arrived- the
; , mmm inwir triucs we;e as
sembling iit sueh numbers that the
wood s see mod to be full of t hem," as fa r
as the eye could reach, They were'ai-
so armed, which must haVe.'tnade "them
look frightful enough to the' whites, who
were but a handful - and as it Is said and
probable, had no we?ponsv:
''But though jhb aslcnbiy was con
vened at Coaquannnc, they did not make
the treaty" thcrd. 7 Tliey repaired to
Shackatnaxon,'a ifuTe out of the city, to
the north easti. tlie present site of Ivcn-singion.--
Hero close by the bank of the
Delaware 'nver, stood an - Elm tree,
which at that time, was very large.-
To this he leaders on both sidles repair
eJj'approaching.eich other unaer its
widely, spreading branches;,: ;l
"As for. Penn, he appeared in his usu
al clothes. He had no croWnno 'scep
tre,;no' sword, ho'halberd. He had noth.
ing to distiuguish .him, but a sky-bbde
sash round his waist, made of silk net
work. 'On TiU Iright'anA left n'ana were
his secretary," and-Va' few - particular
friends; the rest of his people followed
in the cear. " Penn "himself, carried in
is hand a parchment containing the
treaty o be formed. Before him were
carried various articles of merchandize,
which, when they came' near the Indian
sachems were spread on the ground.
.'"The chie f sachem ro v placed on his
own head a chaplet, or wrciith,' ih '. whi6h
was a small born. Thii with the In
dians was a signal that r the place and
rows, ana sea'ea tnemselves round their
chiefs', on the ground, in the form of a
half moon. Then the chief sachem told
Mr Penn, by means of an interprater,
that they were ready to hear what he
had to say.
Tblnk yori'h reader if you can what
a solemn scene this must have been!
Why, ''the Indians numerous as they
were, "conld have destroyed Penn and
his parly in a few moments. And yet
we find them not only refusing to hurt
a hair oftheir hcadsi but silting down
on the ground, under an elm tree, and
making a treaty of peace and friendship
V.enn madcujtc.n long and excellent
speech to them. Then he paid them
for the land, and gave them the- pres
ents he had. brought. ' '
-The Indian chiefs also made speeches
th,t ' was never broken .'
. The elm tree, under- which this trea
ty .was made, was very large, anj'was
standing till the year- 1 810, t, when it
was blown down. " Ita trunk measured
tVenty-fou'r feet in circumfer.ance, and
its age wasascertined after its' fall: to
bo 2g3, years. .
Every branch -and fibre of'the tree
which had once" covered -4he head of 'I
such',a man as" W7iniatri Penh, was of
"course regardel almost.with .vencxa-lion."-
Walking sti.cRs, snuffboxes and
a variety of other articles, made from
ithavc been accordingly" scattered, over
this 'and other countries, particularly
Enn-land. "A large'piece of 'it, sVrtt to
John Penn, of England, w.is; made an
brttament.forno' of his .apartments,
with the fbtiowing insriptiori on it--
"A remnant of-.tfte great elm tander.
whichthe Treaty- was held " between
Wjlliam Penn and the Indians,soon af
let his'l.andlng in Amerjca," A. DJ6.82;
and which' grew- at.' Kensington, : near
PhllauelphWtill tbo .autumn of the year
1810, when it. fell during astornV "
Was presented toh is grandson, John
Penn, Esq." . - 7f ; ' r7"! - 7. -
0 show, bow much the .famous elrh
"1 " 1 T ' 1 .. .' . .' -'l.T 4
tree of w'hich l , have , been speaking,' j
was" reverdd not - only byV Americans,
but by. English men, "it is proper , to say
that when the l3iitish held Philodelphia
in l-7C5,and were often cutting up the
trees in the.country round for few el,
and. the elni tree became somewhat en
dangered,Gen.Simcox ordered a guard
of British soldiers to protect it
a j m si
.THE- PRICE OF tlBUT Y
The ago of ' a tree is ascertained by counting
tho circulaV riug3 in the wood when the trunk
js sawed off.' Oiia'of thos
)-ear. - - '. . '
rmg-i grows every
' ' SV MISS F. II. GOULD. -
Tender Lily of the Vale, - -; ' - -
Lovely, modest, sweet, and pale,"
While a tear the night liath shed,'
Weeping o'er thybeantsous head, -Fo'rms
tlie trembling diadem- - - '
Weighing down thy slender stem; '
. How, in meekness art thou seen,
Like tho lowly Nazarine! ;
. 'Btooping oer the dust beneath,
From the leaf that rose to sheath "
Thine unsullied, snowy bells, " "
Art thou pouring from their celfs,
As from pensile vials there,
Odours rising like the prayer,
When in solemn midnight scene "
-'.-'. '"-..". -.
Kneeled the lonely Nazaririe.
. - -.
AV.hen the blast, or lightning stroke,
.Wrings the willow, rends the oak,
Fearle ss ofthe tempest's pow er,
As a spirit clothed a flower, -Calm
amid the raging storm,
Stands thy frail and silken form,
-With no earthly prop or screen,
Like the houseless Nazarinc
Teaching on Judea's heigb't,'
He, whose words were life and light.
Looked from that far fountain-side
Down o'er eld and vally wide,
For a glory there displayed,
Such as monarch ne'er arrayed;
Then the lily ou the green
Named our Lord theNazarine!
Slate of tK Moon.-The obse r va
tions mado upoastb surface of the
moon by telescopes tend strongly tosup-
port the hypothesys as to til the boo-
ies of space. being composed of similar
matters, subject to certain variations.
Itdoesnot appear that our statellite is
provided with that gaseous envelope
which on earth perfor ms so many im
portant functions. Neither is there
any appearance of water upon the sur"
face; ct that surface is, like hat ofour
globe, marked by inequalities and the
appearance of volcanic operations.
These inequalities and volcanic opera
tions are upon a scale far greater than
any which now exists upon the earth's
surface. Although' from "the greater
force of gravitation upon its cxteHor,
l.he mountains, other circumstances bo
ing equal, might. have been expected to
be much smaller than ours, .they are in
trlany instances equal in height to near
ly the highest ofour Andes. They"are
generally;, of extreme - steepness, nnd
shdrp-of 'outlifier'a, peculiarity which
might be. looked for in a planet deficient
in water and atmosphere, seeing, that
these are the agents -which, wear down
ruggedness on the. surface of the earth.
The volcanic operations , are'-on- a stti
pencTous'scale. " They -are the cause", of
the bright spots of the moon ; while; the
want - of - them isv what" V'. dis
tinguishes." the duller, portions usually
but erroneously, called seas In some
parts,- bright volcanic-matter, besides
covering xn e 1 a r ge" pat c h, r ad ia tes ' ou t
in long streai::, 'which appear studded
with suboriiiup'o foci, of the samekuid
of energ) - - 0;!r objects of a 'most r'ei
markabl'e ry-a'-l : aro rtng'mounlains
mounts, ii: of liiecraters of
earthly-voici.L '.-Surrounded imrii'ed'i
ately by V vast utid--profound circular
pits hollowed under the general-surface
those again being surrounded, by a cir
cular wall of mountain, rising far above
the central one; and. jn the inside oi
w hich-are terraces about.-thq . sanle
height .as the inner eminence. ' The
k well known -brigh'tspoi in the South
east fatter, called Dy astronomers.Ty--cho,
and..which cart be readily disting
uished by the naked eye, is one of these
ring rhouritains. - There; is one". 200
miles in diameter. vwith a' 'pitV.22,000
feeV deen-tfiat is twice .the "height ..of
jEtna.' - It is remarkable that the maps
given by Humboldt1 of -a volcanic dis.
tt ict in South America, and : olo illus
trative" of the formerly volcanic dis
trict of Auvergne , in Franco, present
features strikingly like many parts of
'.the moon's surface, as seen' through a
6""" t"
o
Three Hollars iuldvai.ee.
, - -
NO. 4."
' The Baron Rothschild. The million
aire had been overtaken in the street
by a shower, and, no hackney. '-coach J
presenting itself, stepped into an omni
bus which was passing. Arrived oppo
site the Exchange, he made a sign - to
the conductoi to stop, alighted. andas
walking towards the "temnlo hf Vrl.t
absorbed' in the financial ope rations of
tho day. "Stop," cried;the coodnctcr;
"you have not paid your fare:1', -'Oh!
I forgot? answered the Baron and
comiiienced 'a "search in his pockets,
which proved to beunfbrtunately, emp
y a fact which he announced . "No
hu mbug, farceur,'' said the conductor;
"you must fork over, and be sharp about
it too, fur I can't wait here alb day.'4
"I am sorry I have no' sous, but here is
my card, and .'- The conductor threw
back the card, and cut short the Baron's
apology, with a volley of oaths. . "In
solent fellow, I am the Baron de Koths
childl'V "Cannais pas-I want my six
sous." The banker, and at the same
time amused, drew from his pocket book
a coupon of 50,000 francs government
five per cent slocks, and hating it to
his persecutor, demanded the change
Just at this moment a friend came by.
and, greatly to the relief of the aston
ished conductor, paid the six sous which
as if struck with
remorse, made a low bow, and assured
the baron that, if he was really out of
money, he would. lend him ten francs
'with pleasure. Cor. Boston Atlas.
Melancholy Intelligence. The Nat
fches Courier of Jan. 3d, contains the
following painful announcement: Fran
tis Combs, of Lexington, had recently
festabiished himself on a plantation at
the mouth of Red River in Louisiana
tind gave premise by his deportment, of
luture usefulness and influence. His
untimely and tragical end will be a se-
vere shock to his father, sisters, and a
bumerouS connexion in Lexinrrton who
j C i
have beeii so recently bereaved by the
decease of other members of the fami
ly : Lou. Courier. . '
Vouftg .Mr. Combs, son of Gen. Les
lie Corahs of Kentncky, who was some
months sirice, a prisoner in Mexico and
who was some months since a prisoner
in Mexico, and who has a plantation on
the Mississippi river near the mouth of
Red River, was killed on Tuesday af
ternoon last, by a man named O'Blenis,
who has a plantation contiguous to that
of Mr. Combs. -
The circumstances are aifferently re
lated, and we do not feel ' authorized to
relate particularly any ."'account', that
we'have heard as yet. The parties
came together in the road between their
plantations, Mr. Combs being accompa-,
hied by. a friend, wheii O'Blenis shot
Mr. Combs in the leg and in the head.
O'BIenis immediately lelt, and was in
this place on Wednesday. He is said
to have , left here, on-' Wednesday eve-
': .Pardoning- Power. Governor Por
ter lias pardoned since he has been Jh
power (6. years) 63 criminals of whom
29, were' convicted of rr.u'rder,; t of
manslaughter, and. 16 of burglajry. It
vi3 fiaid the number ol those conviced Of
minor cri ares,'' -who are pardoned," " is
much greater.' ib. 5 - j - - " .
, Ge7i...'Jackson:-t the late Presiden:
tial. election, according to the Mssouri
Rebublicanv,General Jackson presented
his" ticket and said, inas Wiphatie" a
tone, as hewas capable of assuming, "I
vote for PoTk, Dallas and Texas.."; - The
manner and the intent was not lost jupon
n stern old .Whig who was standing by,
and who immediately. presented . his
ticket, cxcla;mihgr;as he did so,- "And I
iMr. Judge, vote -far Clay,-FreUdghuy-.
sen, and tho Union." ' : "t
. ' Economical while Pa i n 1. -Skim-mflk
two quarts; fresh. slacked lime," .eight
ounces; linseed- oil, six ounces white".
Bu rgu ndy pitchy"-1 wb- "punces, Spanish
white three r)ound3 The lime to be
-sfaekqned in vjrater, exposed -to 'l her air,
and-mixed id about' oiie fourth" of the
milk ; the otl in' which the pitch is to be
added a litiTe at a Unie"; theti the. rest of
the mil Ik, and after wdis the Spanish
white. - The quantity --"is sufficient for
twenty-seven 'square yards, two coals,
and the expense a mere trifle. ib.
n
The Duel fougbll Nobody Ilurt.
Correspondence of tha N. Y.Twbun-;.
, -. Washington, Jan. 14, 1 C 15.
The duel between Mr. Clingman and
r. Yancy, carno off yesterday after
noon, about three miles from 'Bladen's
burg. The weapons were pistols, dis
tance. ten paces. Lieut. Iluger, a son.
of Senator Ii ugcr of South Carolina,- it
is sahl, was Mr Vancey's second, and
KEr"Mr. Charles L. Jones, a son of Gen.
Walter Jones of this city, is reported t6
have been Mr. Clingman's second. I
have heard the names of a number of
gentlemen who were present as their,
frieitds, tbt 1 need not make their names
public. Several Policemen. arrived on
the' ground just as ' they we ro "about to
fire. '
Had it not been for 'his which hurri
ed the operation, it might have resulted
more fatally. The word vas "Ready,
fire one. tw.o,thf ee." Both fired in
haste-on account of the arrival of the
police blazing away at the word "fire"
in place of waiting for "one" "two1 and -three."
Mr. Yancey fired by raising
his pistol, Mr.- Clingman by dr'ofplrrg
his. - Mr. C's. ball struck the vacant
air, and Mr. Y's hit the ground! , '
The seconds then interfered. Mr. C
said he nisant n6thing personal to any
member of the House; and Mr. Y. with
drew his remarks, or they fell to tho
ground like his own ball, and struck
nobody. So the gentlemen who were ,
nbtso before they fired, were so after
ward, and the matter wa3 amicably set
tled. Thusends, this foolish piece of
business. -
We had all sorts of arrivals here
yesterday Count L. F. Tasistro unJ
and Major Polk, Robert Tyler, and
Robert Rantou, Charles J. Ingersoll,
John Sergeant. James Hoy, Sr. and oth
ers too numerous to mention.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins had a, splendid
levee last right. A great many distiu
guiahed gentlemen and ladies present.
Mr. Yancey and several of his friends
among the number, I hear.
Yours,
RICHELIEU.
M r. Gushing. A brief account of Mr.
Cushing's travels is given in the True
Sun of yestoday :
At Bombay, Mr. Cushing was the
guest of Sir George Arthur, a former
Governor of Upper Canada. During
the period of his brief stay be found,
time, in company with Mr. Fletcher
Webster,and Mr. O'Donneil, an attache
of the Legation, to make an Intorcstinw "
excursirn into the Manratta country
one which pleased them far more than
they possibly could have anticipated.
The journey was made partly in' coach
es and partly in palonkins. They werii
as far as Pocnah, situated in the south
western part 6f the Deccan, in Centra
India, and formerly the capital of the
Mahrattas. It is somewhat celebrated
for having been captured in 1803 by
Sir Arthur Welleily and the "Iron
Duke." Here the travelers saw tho lar
gest cantonments of English troops in, '
India, and attended a grand review,
where the American Minister received :
the highest military honors. They also .
visited a celebrated Brahmin temple, be
ing carried on the backs of sacred ele
phents; and escorted by the English
Political Resident, Mr. Warden, who i&1
favorably known, to. many of our coun-!
trymen, after whom he Inquired, with
great interest. - -" - - :
"Mr. Cushing resided in China ex acV-i
ly six months to a day , and during the
whole period wa3 constantly engaged
in promoting the objects of his mission.
By the non arrival of the St. Louis
sloop of war, which lay very singular
ly, w long time at the Cape, and t,hrdugh
the' continued obstacle of the horthern
j monsoon he was under the necessity of -
remaing at Mdcatv Until, the Imperial
Government - actually anticipated his. -.raoveiticnts
by - dispatching a-commiS'.
sion to him. ll consisted Tsi Yengv an
'imperial -plenipotentiary ; AVang, trcaa-
lirer -of the two Kwangs, and Pwan arf
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other. high digntlaryof state,- - ". ; -;
'Tsi Yeng is a Tarter of; tho imperial j
blood, and Ihe same person who ncgo
ciated with-Sir Henry Pot linger. His .
name, vo might as well state here, has "
been eroneouly " spelled Kying" in lKd "
English." riewspap'ers.' This personag-3 .
seemed to have the full confidence of hia
sovereign, as he was oppo ntod, with
all the power of a plenipo:eniary,o ne
gotiate, with the F reuch and ,A me r icari .
Legations as "soon. a3 they arrived. ,
; For jvo Wceks'lho two Comtnission
ers .were employed day and night, with
the exception of their meal times and
u fevV hours given to repose, in discuss
ing ani artanging the various questions
in ' cont roversy between the two Glov
emmcDls aiid in negociuting the treaty.
now ' before, the - U. . States It was at
last agreed upon and drawn up in Chi-.
neso and English, VuV finally prepared
n the Tartar dialect, which is the lari
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