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SAIJVT JOSEPH, JI0.,
xC5 firs
A CONTEMPTIBLE TIllK.
The Omaha Herald is laboring des
perately to induce Messrs. II anna and
Maxwell to refuse their certificates cf
election, by the contemptible course cf
asserting that they are men of too much
honor. They are men of honor and
that of too high a standard to be either
wheedled or driven by such sheets as
the Omaha Herald, or by its whining
correspondent from Plattsmoutb. This
correspondent appears to be in some
way interested in getting somebody to
refuse a certificate, althought he ad
mits that, even counting the Roc It Bluffs
vote, Cooper and Ilaona would be a
tie. He says: "Our majority would
have been larger if Lancaster county
had voted for the county ticket, which
it neglected to do." We do not exactly
agree with this correspondent in this
statement, as Lancaster is largely Re
publican ; but would suggest that Izard
L Eau-qui-Cort or the "Northern Pre
cinct"' added to the vete of Cass might
have operated more favorable to the
Democratic ticket. The trouble is that
we have laws preventing Lancaster or
any of the above named counties voting
for our county ticket, and the said laws
also prescribe certain modes ef con
ducting elections in our own and other
counties, and it is ti cause these laws
are enforced that, certain persons are
so grevioIJly. 6fferldedT,"The days-6t
fraud and ballot-box stuffing are ended.
We are ptv coming in as a State, and
it would b i well to leave all such Dem-
t
ocratic ; prap'.ices with the Territorial
swaddling clothes which we cast away,
moiieVf it.
That lha 'Democratic press of Ne
t ' t
braska consider that Union soldiers
have no right to vote, is cow pretty
clearly detnonsirated, even to die tin-
icrsnrntiiug or. me uiD3 tuts iuir;i.
Hear what, the little g. j.'of Omahn
ha to say a'beut it. It calls upon Dem
ocrnts to -confront" these soldiers in
their Mvil ainy." They, have teen
confrontirg" them for five years, and
hare got the . worst of the bargain, Dr.
I he g. f. (alias Herald) charges the
soldiers wi.h fraud, and says:
"We call upon Democrats every
where to cenfront the men who, by the
basest acts 'f villainy, are seeking to
deprive them of their rights,'
AaT "BOSH
The hofd of the Democracy about
th rowing ou -4h R"I-" W'uiFrxotei
all "bosh," to use a western phrase.
They don't say one word in condemna
tion of the judges who act in violation
of the law, neither can they find it in
their hearts to condemn, publicly, the
Democratic judge who was caught stuff
ing the ballot-box in Falls City; but
when a Republican board of canvass
ers, composed of men above suspicion
of doing a dishonorable act, decides
that the returns of a certain precinct
are illegal, and that the election was
conducted in violation, of law, they
make themselves hoarse with howling.
They uphold, by their silence on the
sulject, the illegality at Rock Bluffs
and the stuffing at Falls City. One
correspondent from this city has dared
to assert that "none but Republicans"
were admitted in the room during the
cauvass, when he knows, if he knows
anything about it, that none but those
who had evidence, whether Democrat
or Republican, were admitted. Such
assertions are unbecoming in any one
who wishes a fair and honest under
standing of the whole matter, and is
the very best of evidence that the
whole howl is gotten up for effect, and
not with a view to have the purity of
the ballot box maintained. We stand
on the broad platform of preserving thb
purity of the ballot box, whether it
throws out Rock Blaffs and Nebraska
City or not. We want this matter ven
tilated, want it knewn whether our
election laws mean anything, or wheth
er our elections ar to be conducting
according to the whims of the judges
at each poll. Did anybody find fault
when Gov. Black a good Democrat
claimed and used the power of judg
ing of the illegality of election returns,
and issued a second certificate to Hon.
S. G. Daily on the ground that the re
turns upon which Morton had received
a certificate were illegal? An J did
not Congress recognize the right of
the board of canvassers to decide ss
to said illegally by giving Mr. Daily
his seat, when his certificate showed
upon its face that Morton had received
a majority of the votes as returned I
Why didn't the Democracy howl at
Gov. Black, and denounce him for mal
feasance ? This "great ado about
nothing" is all for effect ; and we call
upon all law abidicg men to frown down
such miserable demagogue practices.
CST Upon the adjournment of the
canvassing board of Cass county, after
the perpetration of the great swindle
of throwing out and not counting the
58 Democratic ujajority in Rock Bluffs
precinct, a certificate of his election as
State Senator from the county of Jas
was tendered Mr. Hanna, and by him
indignantly refused. Jfkbraska City
Jetcs.
The above is a fair specimen of
Democratic truthfulness and justice
It upholds the illegality at Rock Biuffs,
Falls City and other places, and de
nounces Union men for daring to say
that it is illegal to stuff a ballot-box or
'tote it around over the country du
ring the hours prescribed by law for
keeping the pall open. The truthful
ness of the author is clearly shown in
the statement that a certificate has been
tendered to Mr. Hanna, and by him
indignantly rejected. We all know
that no certificates have yet been offer
ed to any one in this couaty, and that
the above is a fabrication out of whole
cloth, calculated to cast seine reflection
upon Mr. Hanna when he does get a
certificate. Tai-ia-4uwM -thaii we
supposed even Democracy could be
guilty of. But when a man or a party
upholds illegality at the polls they ar
capable of almost anything. . !:
JOHNSON VxD CONGRESS.
- Late advices indicate that the breach
between President Johnson and Con
gress is almost entirely closed, and that
harmony will again prevail in the coun
cils of the Nation. The differences
tim.n""ot lAtU-A.,"cVlf,rfsbft c That
Mr. Johnson was notaree fr0wto place
the government in the fc no-of its en
emies has been demonstrated in the
fact that he has in no instance removed
a Republican office holder for the pur
pose of appointing ooe who opposed
the war during its r; ogress ; although
he has removed Republicans who took
sides with Sumner and S'.evens and ap
pointed other; Rej.vblicant who took
sides with him as against these men
and the majority of Congress, We do
not, neither can we, approve of the
r.oUJ's - Mr. Johnson- two". , in &i
22d of February speech, nor in his
apparent favor shown to rebels. It is
reported that Mr. Johnson approves
the reconstruction amendment offered
by Congress. Should such be the case
we may safely conclude that ihe diffi
culty between them is about ended.
This will be good news to everybody.
The Democrat endorse Andy, and the
grass mass of Republicans endorse the
course taken by Congress. If Andy
endorses the reconstruction policy of
Congress, will the Democracy continue
to endorse him that's the question ?
L0!f GEVITT 15 THE UniTLD StATIS.
In I860 there were in the United
States one thousand two hundred per
sons living in the Republic over ene
hundred years old. Of these, six hun
dred and eighty-eignt were black, four
hundred and forty were white forty-six
mulatto, and twenty six Indians. Thus
it terns that the negro race exhibits
the greates number of instances of ex
treme longevity, more than treble that
of the white race, considering the rel
at ve number of the two races, thre
being twenty-six million of whites to
four or five millions of blacks. Of
the very aed people, the females ex
ceed the males in number in all condi
tions of life. New York had fifty
three white inhabitama ever one hun
dred years of age in 1S60, of whom
the oldest, a female, was one hundred
and twenty-six years old ; Pennsylva
nia had thirty-nine ; Ohio thirty seven;
Georgia and Tennessee thirty-two each
The oldest white person in the Repub
lic is claimed for South Carolina a
female aged one hundred and forty
years.
grS1 All goes smoothly with the
new Atlantic cable. It is now coiling
at the rate of two miles an hour in the
tanks of the Great Eastern. The
Amethyst hulk U moored alongside ihe
great ship off Sheerness, while the
Iris is ladn in her turn at Greenwich,
and will supply the Amethyst's place
as soon as the latter is emptied. Thus,
manufacture and stowage go on con
currently, and at the moment one part
of the great wire is receiving its ele
mentary coating of Chaiterton's com
pound, or perhaps spun at Bnmingham,
other portions are laid down in the
great ship ready for the final paying
out.
111 E VOTE IX CASS tUl'M i',
The' Herald of yesterday is out in a
leader on election frauds in Cass coun
ty. The article ba a good deal more
head than body. We ehould think that
all the exclamation points in the office
bad been exhauied. The Doctor
starts off with thit "High Handed
outrage in Cass Co.!"
That accords with the opinion of the
canvasser. Thai's what's the matter;
but the idea of Miller, who is thor
oughly acquainted with the numerous
Democratic friuds which has been reg
ularly perpetrated by his party, ever
since the organization of the Territory,
expressing surprise at the small one
which seems was attempted at Rork
Bluffs, is rather refreshing. His party
has voted on every sand-bar. and stuffed
the box in every jungle from the Kan
pas line to the Running Water, and in
the "said Northern precinct" beyond
our boundaries We are rejoiced to
see these hardened eld sinners and
reprobates seized with one virtuous fit;
but we trust the wonderful change of
heart will not entirely efface the recol
lection of their old transgression.
Do Miller and Morton remember
the vote ef Izard county, which was
made out and returned from whole
cloth? Do they remember that at the
tune of election there was not a settler
in Izard couuty, ana that there never
had been one? Dj they remem
ber the poll of scie hundred and twen
ty eight votes at Niobrarah, and the
proof as to the actual number! Have
they any recollection of the outrageous
fraud and ballot-box stuffing for Mcr-tase-ejoreeatd
"Northern .Pi e
cincl ?" . One hundred and twenty two
straight votes lor. Julius every 'one
of, them illegal-iwhicb elected that
incorruptible bait laud speculator by
fourteen majority?
This same Doesticks abortion mc-
cepted these fraudulent ballots know
ing them to be such and went to Con
gress upon them in open violation of
every principle of honesty and decen
cy. Alortou doubtless procured these
spurious ballots to be cast, well know
ing that the hS'jesi sentiment cf 'be
Territory was samst bun. At the
proper tune we propose to give an in
side view of this Jnile affair for the
special benefit of iboe who have made
themselves very numerous in such mat
ters lately, aud who now, we under
stand, are so terribly shocked at t the
rejection of the vote at Rjck Bluffs.
As we understand the case, the facts
in regard ihe vote in that precinct, are
about as follows :
The ballot-box was removed on two
occasions during the election, and was
in the custody of one man ; one of
the judges had been an officer in the
rebel army ; and the returns were not
signed or certified to by the proper
officers. We have these lacts from a
reliable source, "yerw w?TlicV"Ti'ucbi
for these allegations they will appear in
due time, upon investigation.
A part of the oath to be taken by
the Judges and clerks of election is as
follows : That I have not, either di
rectly or indirectly, given, and wil! not
give any aid whatever, to any rebellion
or insurrection against the Limed
States, "Stc. This will be found in sec
tion five or the election law passed 1SG4.
As to the manner of conduc ing the
election, section fourteen of act pro
vides: "After the po'lls are opened on
the morning of the election, the ballot-
box shall not be removed from the view
of the electors present until the polls
are closed, and all of the votes shall
have been counted and canvassed ; nor
shall two of the judges i.e absent from
the room or building in which the elec
tion is held, at the same time, during
such voting and canvassing,' &c.
Section 18 provides that the judges
and clerks shall sign and certify the
returns, aection 21 provides tor the
county canvass.
Now we concede that in the main.
the office of a county canvasser is min
isterial; yet, can a Board count votes
or take notice of returns which are not
recognized by express statue ? Is not
the law as binding upon the canvassers
as upon the precinct judges and clerks?
It not, and if canvassers are bound by
ihe law to receive and rount all paper
which comes to them in the shape of
ballots, could nota very small minority
of the voters of the Territory obtain
certificates by fraud and hold iho pow
er in the Legislature despite the voice of
the majority of the people ?
We take the position, and under
stand the law to be, that bona fide elec
tors are not to be disfranchised on ac
count of a mere technicality or irreg
ularity. If provisions of the law, which
are only directory, have not been com
plied with, this fact does not necessarily
vitiate a poll. But when the plain aud
essential terms of a statue appear to
have been disregarded or wilfully vio
lated, the onus of proof is shifted to
tho?e, who, upon the face of the pa
pers, appear to be guilty of a positive
offense or criminal omission. When
a ballot-box is hawked around over a
precinct within e'retion hours, in the
hands of one judge ; when a disqual-:
ified person is acting as a judge, and
when the officers do not take the re
sponsibility of signing the returns,
fraud is to be presumed, and it is with
those implicated to purge themselves
by the necessary testimony. If this ba
not the rule, and if everything which
conies to the hands of canvassers pur
portir.fr ts be returns, must be pre
sumed regular and fair, then the elec
tive franchi-e is a farce, and the whole
subject had ut as well be handed over
at once to the political tricksters, p;pe
players, and ballot-box stuffers of the
Territory Omaha Republican.
Did tlie Investment Pay f
There is a crack-brained, glib-
ton gued egotist, named George Francis
Train, who had played out everywhere
etcent with the forlorn rebels of Ne
braska; and they employed him to do
wind-work in the recent canvass ex
peeling him literally to take things by
storm. He went the rounds, advoca
ting a State Government, and the elec
tion of the Copperhead ticket. His
speeches were of the style so familiar
to th country whicn has been so thor
oughly bored by him three-fouribs
self-glorification, the balance a coin
pound of froth-, wind, and disjointed,
nonsensical patch-work. Wherever
he spoke, he would write out a lengthy
dispatch, after the same crazy Myle of
bin speeches, in which the tremendous
achievements of Train was conspicu
ously set forth; these dispatches he
would have some of his enthusiastic
Democratic "suckers" telegraph, at
their own expense, to the Nebraska City
and Omaha Copperhead papers. At
Brownville, 1 rain gave a glowing ac
count of the manner in which he had
"cleaned out" Judge Mason at Ne
bratka City. The Judge, who had
entered ibe room b theory, ramnisten-t
ed to Train s brag." then arose and
fairiy xkinned him alive, until poor
George Francis beat a precipitate re
treat through the back door. Never
theiess, Train sent off bis usual bom
bastic dispatch, in the name and at the
expanse of some slow and easy Dem
ocrat. At Arago, we understand, the
Germans "went for" Train, and com
pelled him to seek refuge on the oppo
site side of ibe Missouri river, olill.
Train's inevitable dispatch, recounting
his wonderful Derformances amon""
Gerntpns-of'Arago, wetjj ove vva ;
- ..... a J W
at 'he expense of an admiring Demo-'
cm! : He must have cost the poor)
devils quite a large amount of money,
for this item alone. Their campaign
with Train has proven an utter failure,
and they are left to cipher up whether
th investment paid or not. We im
agine that he is about as well played
on;, in Nebraska as in every other place
where he has been. But he was in
clover, while he lasted. The last seen
of him, he whs on his way down the
river probably bound for the Fenian
seat of war, to capture Canada, solitary
and alone.
Epitaph "Whoa, January f
Kansas Chief.
The number of emigrants arriving
in New York from Europe is greater
this year than has ever been known.
In the four and a half months from
January, 1S66. to the middle May, the
arrivals have been 65.813. During
the first four months of 1865 the arri
vals were 26 806. and in the same
period of 1864 there were 41.252.
f rom this time forward by far the
heaviest emigration for 1866 is expec
ted, and those who are familiar wiih
the trafic anticipate that fully 300.000
emigrants will arrive at New York
from abroad during the current year.
Cincinnati limes.
A Channel Cotter. The St. Louis
Democrat says: "Gov. Marshall of
Minnesota was in the city on a short
vtsit He explained to us a new model
of an invention by an old boatman,
Capt Bell, which the Governor is de
voting some attention to for the benefit
of Captain Bell. The invention is
patented. It is a floating vessel, pro
pelled by steam, the forward portion
of the vessel acting as a double dam.
At the stern are large water wheels,
driven by powerful machinery. The
dam directs a strong current of water
centrally towards the stern wheel.
We need hardly say that the vessel is
a channel cutter. So admirably is the
invention apparently adapted to cutting
a channel through sand bars, that the
Governor stated in our presence that
every one who has seen the model,
thinks it will be a success."
CST" Among the good results of
Northern effort to promote education
among the Blacks of the South, we
rejoice to note the outbreak of South
ern rivalry thereto. The Marion Com
monwealth ( Ala.,)containsa call signed
by ex Gov. Moore. Hon. J. L. M.
Curro, &.&, for a public meeting to en
courage the freedmen "in their wishes
and efforts to acquire a conmon school
education."-
This is as it should be. Let the
rivalry be stimulated. There will be
work enough in this field for all who
choose to enter it. "If we do not
educate the Blacks the Yankees will,"
is the Southern plea. Let nothing be
said or done to weaken its force. JV.
Y. Tribune.
3"" An Indian out West remarked
upon teeing a lady with a dress ar
ranged over an Empress' trail : "Ugh !
much wigwam!"
Itecmist ruction Amendment,
The Senate on the 8th passed the
reconstruction constitutional amend
ment yeas 33, nays 11 ; and having
amended it in several particulars not
heretofore reported, the following is a
full revision, as returned to the House
for its concurrence:
Resolved, jdc. That the following
Article be proposed to the Legislatures
of the several States as an amendment
to the constitution of the United States
which when ratified by three-fourths of
the Legislatures shall be valid as a part
of said Constitution, viz :
Sec 1. All persons born or natural
ized in the United States and subject
to the jurisdiction there, are citizens of
the United States and of the State where
they reside,. No State shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge
the privileges or immunities of citizens
of the United States, nor shall any
State deprive any persons of life, lib
erty or properly without doe process of
law, nor to deny to any person within
its jurisdiction equal protection of laws.
Sec. 2 Repieentatives shall be ap
portioned among the several States ac
cording to their respective numbers,
counting the number of persons in each
State, excluding Indians not taxed, but
whenever the right to vote at any elec
tion for electors of President and Vice
President, or for Representatives in
Congress, Executive and Judicial offi
cers, or members of the Legislature
thereof, is denied to any of the male
inhabitants of such Stale, being 21
years of nge and a citizen of the Uni
ted States,, or ra .inv wy Abridged,
except for participation in rebellion or
other crime, the basis of representa
tion therein' shall be reduced in the
proportion which the camber of male
citizens shall be to the whole number
of male citizens 21 : years of age in
such State.
Sec 3. No person shall be a Sena
tor or Representative in Congress, er
elector of President or Vice President
or hold any office, civil or military, un
der the United States, or any State,
who having previously taken an oath
- -J.--- t ' r "f"" fca sin oll .
cerotVr:;
of any-State, or as an "laxecuuve or
Judicial officer of any State to support
the Constitution of the United Stales,
shall have engaged in insurrection or
rebellion against the same, or given
aid and comfort lo its enemies, but
Congress may by a vote of two-thirds
of each House, remove such disability.
.. . Sec. 4. The validity of the public
debt of the United States authorized
by law including debts incurred for the
payment of pensions and bounties for
services in suppressing rebellion shall
not be questioned, but neither the Uni
ted States nor any State shall assume
or rJay any debt or obligation incurred
iiljaAct,oL,iaiirr!CUo.ov-. rebUrr
against the United States, or any claim
for the loss of the emancipation of any
slave, but all such debts and claims
shall b. held illegal and void.
CT" A physician says that he wa
going down the Mississippi, some
months since, on a steamer whose en
gine was upon the deck ; he sauntered
in that vicinity to see the working of
the machinery. Near by stood a man
apparently bent upon the same object.
In a few moments a equeaking noise
was heard on the opposite side of ihe
engine. Seizing the oil-can (a gigan
tic one, by the way) the engineer sought
out the dry spot, and, to prevent further
noise of that kind, liberally applied
the contents of bis can to every joint.
All went well for a while, when the
squeaking was heard in another direc
tion. The oiling process was repeated
and quiet restored ; but as the engi
neer was coming around towards the
spot occupied by the doctor and the
stranger, he heard another sqeak. This
time he detected the true cause of the
difficulty. The stranger was a ventril
oquist. Walking directly up behind
him, he seized the astonished jocker
by the back of his neck, and emptied
the contents of the can down his spine.
"There !" said he, "I don't believe
that the old engine will squeak again."
A Crooked River. Speaking of
the Rio Grande, a recent writer says:
"Imagine four of the crcokedest things
in the world, then imagine four twice
as crooked, and fancy to yourself a
large river three times as crooked as
all these put together, and you have a
faint idea of the crooded disposition of
this crooked river. There is no drift
in it, from the fact that it is so crooked
that f timber can't find its way far
enough down to lodge two sticks to
gether; but few stakes, because it is
not straight enough to swim in, and the
fish are all in the whirlpools ia the
bends, because they can't find their
way out. Birds frequently attempt to
fly across the river and light on the
same side they start from, being de
ceived by the different crooks! Indeed
you may be deceived when you think
you are across it; and some of the
b'hoys say it is so twisting there is but
one side to it."
The Memphis Avalanche says,
that "though political positions may be
profitable, they are no longer honor
able." Is that the reason the recon
structed have such an unconquerable
desire to get hold cf, them ?
Why the Tennessee Congress
men hare not been Admit
ted.
The following reason why the Ten
nessee Congressmen elect have not
been admitted to their aeats was slated
by one of their own number, Hon. B.
W. Siokes, M. C. elect from that State,
in a speech at a Republican meeting
in Connecticut :
"Why, then, are these States not
admitted ? Because they have not com
plied with the President's own require
ments. But Tennessee has ; why is
she is not admitted ? I will tell you.
Congress asked for evidences as to
these States, It asked for the procla
mations, constitutions, docamenU, laws.
The President never sent them to Con
gress until March. But meanwhile it
had been gathering proof from other
quarters, andal length it was just ready
to admit Tennessee. Then one branch
of the Legislature was disorganized,
and the rebel element, not being willing
to submit to the rule of the majority,
sought to break up and destroy the
Government. They left the House
without a quorum, anJ it still ia without
a quorum. And i say that while the
Government was in tl.at condition.there
is not man of you who would think that
State skould be recognized. We there
fore do not complain of the delay.
We know that admission now would
destroy the Union element of those
States. Congress ia doing right in
holding them back. When the rebel
armies first surrendered there was ev
erywhere a disposition toward loyalty,
but I stand here to-uight to say there
is nowa feelicg as deep and bitter to- "
ward the Union men of the Southas
as there ever was in I860 or 1861.
And the facts have proven that Con
gress, in its cool and deliberate treat
ment of the matter, deserves the thanL's
ef all the Union men in giving oppor
tunity for the rebels to show their hands.
Time will show that Congress was right.
But all these things will be settled wise
ly and safely ; and when loyal men
get control of these governments, there
will then be no difficulty, and all these
questions will be satisfactorily settled.
Exchange. : ...
' ljrne"iiJ Indians, iw engaged
in hostilities against the residents in
the southern and seutb-eattern portions
of Utah, give as a reason for their
cenduct that the Mermoca killed San
Pitch, their head chief, while he was
in their power that he went to them
upon promises made that he should not
be molested. We are not prepared -to
say how roach of this is true, aside
from the fact that San Pitch was killed.
It is, however, aothorativily stated that
the Utes demand the bodies of six
Mormon Bishops as a blood atone
ment" for the killing of their chief
and they declare, that nothing but blood.
wilt -avenge his ' death. - We rather
think the Utes will wait some time be
fore their demand is satisfied; never
theiess it serves to show the intensely
hostile feeling now animating the Uie
tribe. Vedette.
CaT" A couple of captains became
desperate in a saloon in New Orleans,
a few days ago, and their friends pro
vided them with fowling pieces for a
bloody duel. They stood but a few
paces apart, and both combatants fell,
one covered with mush and the other
with molasses, the second having load
ed the pieces with that sort of "vittles.5
CSS"" A Mexican Liberal army, un
der Corona, recently gained a great
victory over the imperialists at Maznt
lan. A company of American sharp
shooters helped him. One of the
French commanders in the Imperial
army, on taking his leave for Europe,
wrote a letter, staling that he had no
faith in the success of the cause or
Maximilian.
EST" In the year 1853 when the
yellow fever visited New Oaleans,
about five thousand of the supporters
of grog shops died before the disease
attacked a single temperance man ;
and in same year, out of nine hundred
who died of the cholera, only three
were tetotalers. In Albany, N. Y.,
during that year, when the pestilence
awept off one in sixty of the entire
population, only one in twenty-five
hundred of the strictly temperate were
;eized.
Soother Humanity. One of the
rebel organs of Memphis has the fol
lowing :
A grand ball will he given at the
Gayoso House on the 2d of May for
the benefit of the maimed soldiers of
the armies of the Confederate States.
This noble project deserves every en
couragement from our citizens, and
will not fail to prove a grand success.
Feed the Confederates and let the d d
Union people starve.
Indians. We hear many rumors
concerning threatening Indian trouble
in the southern and south-eastern por
tion of this Territory. The noble red
men of the forest hare stolen a large
number of oxen horses, etc.. besides
killing several residents. The only
good Indians on the Plains are the dead
ones. The life of one white man,
woman or child, is worth more than all
the red scoundrels in existence. -Vedette.
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