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L. I---NO. 10 1 WINNSBORO, S. C.. T H UR SDAY MORNlNG, D)CEMBE R 14, 1876. ,d* GEN. WADE_ HAMPTON. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. DY J. WOOD DAVIDSON. From the Yoravillo Enquirer, In the issue of the Enquirer, of date of. January 13th, 1870, first appeared the sub~joined sketch of Gen. Wade Hampton, written for the columns of th3is paper by a talented son of Carolina, who has since removed from the State. It was prepared and published -simply as a biographical sketch of an illus triQus citizen of the State, W1hose ,Lae was an embodiment of virtue and valor; and was not intended to subserve any political or other pur pose. The recent nomination of General H-ipton to the CiiOf Migistracy of the State, again brings his nofae prominently before the people, and attaches a deep interest to the principad events in his past career, We presume our readers will re quire no apology from us for again presentimg in our coluns , the principal events in the life of one so much endoered to the people of the State, and around whose name sa much prosent intorest attacihes. 4 By birth, residence, education and cla;acter, General Wade Hampton is a South Carolinian. Perhaps no better representative man could be found-represontativo in that he combines in himself a fairer share of those better qualities of mind and character, of which Southernors are -so uniformly proud, and upon which the genuine South Carolinian bases his individuality. He is a type or representative man of both section and State. His grand father-Colonel Hamp ton, of Revolutionary fame, and afterward a General in the war of 1812-bore the same name. As a partisan officer of the forces of Marion and Sumter, he was noted for the rapidity, boldness and suc cess of his movements. In the late war-that of 1812-lie received the :Uppointment of Brigadier, and serv ed under Gen. Doirborn in the operations against Canada. His father, Col. Wade Hampton, served as aide. de camp with Gen. An drew Jackson in the defence of New Orleans. Thus three generations havo served with distinction in war. Lieutenant-General Wade Hamp ton, the subject of the present sketch, was born in Charleston in the year 1818. He elitored the South Carolina College in 1835. His graduating speec was upon Tasso. The peculiar character of the man appeared while yet a youth, ii his conduct at a gie it fire in Columbia, where he won the ad mniration of older heads by the coolness, forethought and daring which he exhibited. From his earliest boyhood he was noted fQr his fondness for hunting ; and has enjoyed, from that time,; the repu tation of being the best shot and the niost successful huntsman in the State. He served before the war in both branches of the State Legislature. The memorable puIblic measure th. t lie led, was the opposition to the re-opening of the African slave trade. He was in the Senate at that timo. Gov. Adams, in his message, had recommended the re-opening of that trade ; and the committee to which the subject was referred, submitted a report fdLora leh to it. Senator hampton wvas a member of that commit tee, and was the writer of O, mihority report, which took strong grounds against the action of the majority. His treatment of his own slaves was always humane, of which fact we shall have further evidence ini events Sat have occurred since the wvar. 4e is said to have been the owner of a greater number of slaves than any other planter in his State. He married first Miss Preston, of Virginia, and second Miss WicDuffle, a dlaaglater1 9t pvi McDdfflei .of South Cai'olina. I's home, at Co liunbia, has been characterized as the "abode of splendid hospitality, <1encei nte Uttd~ftbn T was destroyed by Sherman's troops at the same time they burned Columbia, in February, 1865. The house was isolated, and must have been fired separately-oue among the thiousands of' istantees of vIdli tiga of46 a4 ud tights Qt wai, Eiithe Sle'lige~on Qi private proper When the 4Vwdf se son aroh Tay 01is Congaree !ounted Rifde mien, which di oi~eaCals ton dhiWgthe 'dtihtf ort $umter. In April of th year. SAs'd6 id cae m war~I6be was ~iine fo~ rn Tlds 49 e4 lh~ branohenof th 7~ cava ry, infantry and riey~~ ~ known tlE 2km~ -ize ba' with it a banner presented by the Ihdies of his native State, which was destined to wave over many a bloody field. In the First Battle of Manassas, the Hampton Legion held the Warrenton Road against the brigade of Keyes. Overwhelming numbers bore them back a short dis 'sance, but forming on the right of Jackson's Stonewall Brigade, they did heroic service in turning the tide of an almost desperate day. General Beadregard, -in his official report, spoke of the Legion with the highest praise, mentioning that it "aided in restoring the fortunes of the day, at - the time when the enemy, by a last desperate onset, with heavy odds, had driven the Confederates from the fiercely con tested ground about the Henry House." Col. Hampton's horse was shot under him early in the action, and later he was severely wounded in the head with a rifle ball. The Hampton Legion took part in all the battles of the Peninsular, moving with Johnston's army up to the defense of Richmond. In the battle of Seven Pines-81st May, 1862-Col. Hampton was again wounded. Then came the Seven Days' Fight before Richmond, be ginning with Mechanicsvillo and ending with Malvern's Hills, in which he and his Legion -already famous for its brilliant achievements and already everywhere felt to carry with it the prestige of a legion of veterans-took a distinguished part. It was after the battle of Cold Harbor that Col. Hampton was pro moted to be a Brigadier General of Cavalry. .From tbis -time-July, 1862 until the death of General Stuart May, 1864-General Hampton serv ed under General Stuart, who was Lee's first officer of cavalry in his Army of Northern Virginia. At Stuart's death Hamp:no was ad vanced to the commander-in-chief o! Lee's cavalry. But we are anticipat ingithe course of events. Let us return to the winter of 1862. During Decen.ber, 1862, Gen. 1ampton-then a Brig.dier-did brilliant service in three memorable . dashes across the Rappahannock River, which was that winter the line between the Federal and Con federate armies. On the first he made a surprise excursion across the river, in which -hi fell unex nectedly upon two squadrons of Federal cavalry, captured several officers and a hundred men, and all without any loss on his side. On the the 11th, he made a successful dash upon Dunifries; and again, on the 16th, a still more successful one, i i which he brought off a hundlred and thirty prisonei s. In the splendid and eventful but varied operations of 1863, General Flampton did some of the most gal lant fighting of the whole war. In the battle of Brandy Station hi3 command consisted of the First and Second South Carolina Cavalry, the First North Carolina Cavalry and the Cobb, Jeff Davis and Phillip Legions-all cavalry and mounted artillery. The f'git was obet rnate and bloody. T1he character of the. contest and the spirit shown b~y thme Confederates, appear in the striking fact that every field officer to whom the command successively fell was wounded-Col. Baker, of the First North Carolina; then Colonel Young, of Cobb's Legion; then Col. Bl Lk. of the First-South Carolina ; then Lieutenant Colonel Lipscomb, of the Second South Carolina The iinpoitant results of that engage m :nt are a part of history. The limited space at our disposal here does not allow us to present them. in Lee's Pennsylvania campaign, the cavalry had some of the most arduous service ; and the gallant performance of the duties exacted of them by those trying circum stances, established for them that prestige which 'they bore,, into the' memorable warfare around Rich mond and Petersburg in 1.864-a warfare, in its ineumality of forces, and the heroism'd s~aed in it,. and its ends acco'mplise bydarin~g and endurance, unparalletec in history. *In the grsacd drama of Gettysburg -those three July days of' the riot of reddoth-Gear Hansipton took part. -What part he took appears-in the eff'ects upon~tllO,field and, those which followed quekly afder.s Upon thg fAek4 he was tree tirpies wounds e~and.is command so~toka iby; the terr'ifid work that of the twentys three field officers in his brigade, twenty-one Meren either 'r kild. c* ,wounded;,n Soon, after:. General dainpton-uf to this9 time e a lgader.was proznot'ed t9q be a ~or4~euralf the Qogroate, th. oqo'to done was .o. eutat ~egogitigns anid, reward~.-.promo. deigitbe~ny operatiozis ;of p amptna's. oavary fropith the stlu1'morm iesmormemm ofn 5' u"mIsekm naamosmmmemr GM R.1iDDWADD MMEDE/E dor lie and Charlottesville, and d u their railway connections, after w hich he was to move on and capture. Lynch burg in conjunction with Hunter. On the 10th of June, at Trevillian's Station, on the Central Railroad, Sheridan discov ered an unlooked-for resist4 ee. Hampton's troops wore forining aR.oss his route. On the mioring of the 11th, the battle was fought, a battla hardly surpassed during the whole war in its determined and almost desperate daring. Sheridan was severely handled, and his ex pedition thwarted. Rapid move ments on the part of Haimpton brought these coninands again and again in contact-at the White House, at Forgq Bridges and finally at Samnaria Church, where Sheri dan's forces were handsomely routed. This brilliant achievement accom plished, Hampton was returning to rejoin Lee's army, on the 26th of June, after three weeks of Herculean service, when a new task appeared for him. This was to intercept and damage Wilson's command, who were ascertained to be en route from Staunton River bridge for Grant's army. Fitz Leo was to co-operate with an art illory and infantry force placed at Reams' Station. H amp ton found Wilson at Sappony Church, broke his main line of battle, and kept up a hot and em barrassing pursuit for several days. The troops at Reams' Station added rurther to the disconifiture, and the whole affair added laurels to Leo's cavalry arm, and inspired a legree of caution in Sheridan's savalry that they never fully re 3overed from until some datys after the afiair at Appomattox. Hampton Look 800 prisoners. A sumnary of these operations, beginning on the 18th of June-two days before lie inet Sheridan at Trevillian's-is thus given in Gen. Hampton's >ificial report : "Duiing this time-a period of twenty-three days-the command bad no rest, was badly Bupplied with rations and forage, marched Lapwards of four hundred miles, rought the greater portion of six: :lays and one entire night, captured apward of two thousand prisoners, inany guns, small ah'Ins, wagons, horses and other materials of w,ar, md was completely successful in iefeating two of the most formida ble and well organized expeditions Af the enemy. This was accomn [)ished at a cost, in my division, of seven hundred and nineteen killed, ivounded and missing. The men bave borne their privtions with 1heerfulness ; they have fought ad nirably, and I wish to oxprecs, be roro <iaing my m eport, not only ny thanks to them for their good nduct, but my pride at having had ;he honor to command them." This language is characteristic of the man. Candid and generous as lie is brave, nune can be more ready to accord to others their due meed )f praise. Then came a few months of lu'l. Rest there could not be. That 3ternal vigilance wvhich is said to b)e the price of liberty, is a veritable 3ondition of existence in the face f such an enemy under such cir mumstances. Th'le 16th of September is the date >f Hampton's famous Beef Raid. This consisted of first ascertaining that an immense ship'ment of beef cattle had been received by Grant at City Point, and were kept east of that place a short distance and in rear of the Federal army ; and . of mecondly making a dash around Grant's left wing, and driving off four hundred prisoners and twenty live hundred beeves. This was beef enough, one estimate makes it, to reed fifty thousand men for six weeks, allowing a pound of beef to the ration. It was on the 28th of October that Gener I Harnpton lost a son in a battle. Bothis somns, who were in servicewith- him, were wounded in the same engagemnt-on the Dinwiddle Plank, Road-one fatal ly Soon after these ates, as the. winter of 18Q4beogan tocome on, the~ signineance al. direction--- e i. portance and the obj eotive point. Sherpan's movemnt became~ mnarn fest, Ham pton's work in Virginia must be abandoped to. piorforzn a more needed one in, SouthCOaroina. Beoauegara was then in )commarnd inthe. dpartment ~ireetly imenaced by bhierman's ,operahiops.. Hamp ton was ordered south to report ;to ;al hugh~ toaqrrest .the mrhotl. 'drp1 Anny. was known ,m Q.pigle. ,Qhr elswreht Inmipw. .,fere Kha4k opp c~mande af, the a . ~ho a4o e on the Federals, charifed aid drov( thom back in confusion; taking man3 prisoners, and killing, and wound img somoc. In a general estim to of thew military siervices, wo im st not forgel the niagniitudo of the war. It i: doubtless a reasonable estimaatu to reckoi that Gonoral - amipton saw ten times a1s much actual service in tho field as General Washingtoi did. When the war was over, he that had been great in waV, showed a greatness quito as honorable in peace. Temporate in all .his views, earnest in every issue, clear-sighted when most others were confounded, lie has spoken and written words that the future will cherish as words of wisdom, when such words were so few. On the 20th of August, 1865, just after a public meeting of whites had been held in Columbia,' General Hampton advised against any pub hic movement until the general gov* ernmient had indicnted its policy toward the State. He said :"Tho State is either a member of the Federal Union, or it is not. If a member, then not only in it a work of suporerogation for her to ask admis sion to the Union, but, she is, by the Constitution of the United States, guaranteed a lRepublican form of Government, attd she has the right to administer hor govern. ment under such a Constitution and by such laws as she chooqcs. But if she is, on the contrary, ndt a member of the Union, shelmiiust be regarded either as a 'territory or a conquered province. In either condition, the United States authoritios are charg ad with the duty of providing a proper government for her, and I think the true policy of the State is to remain passive until such a gov 3rnmient is given her, or is forced apon her." Ho then procoeded to show that a Convention of the people md an acquiescence in every do inand that Congross might make would not result in rstwring the itate to her proper relations to the 1ederilGovernni-eat-a fact whieh as become patent to a good many silee that time. On the 7th of August, 1867-two years later, when two conventions of ur citizens had been held--he ox pressed the same conviotions. Af ter showing that the faith. kept by the North toward thed@,uth had been Punic, lie says : "I touch on thoso Points only to 'show the mis kakes committed by the Sonth, when ,b comforned to thoso demands of the North which were interpolated nto the conditions after our ~Hurren ler. Our State Conventions wero nistakes; so were the changes of mur Constitution ; greater than all >thor, was the legislation ratifying he am ndxmant of t. e United St. e Uonstitution known as Artile 13. Again lie says "Has this policy of 2oncession to unlawful commands Leen productive of benefit that we still desire to pursue it ? Are we prepared, for the sake of expediency --that fatal fallacy which has lured Las so far on the road to destruction that Trojan Horse wvhich has brought with it an Iliad of woes-to barter away the fewv rights remain ing to us ? Yet this is the course we must followv, if weo accept terms which we knowv to be contrary to the conditions on which we surren dlered, and which are in open and pal pablQ violation of the Constitution if thme United States-of -that (Con stitution which we swvear to support at the very moment we are grossly cutraging its most sacred pro visions."1 His advice at that -junc Lure was : "Let every man register, and cast his vote against the Coni vention." In all his discusstons of the diffi cult problem of the relations be tween the two races in the Sonth, General Hampton has never lost sight of their -identity of interests. In F'ebruary, 1867, addressing a meeting of freedmen in Cohunbia, he said : "Your welfare is inseparably linked with that of the whites of the South. If we are unjustly taxed, yon will suffer ; if we are ruined, you will be destroyed. Your. pros. perity depends entirely on that of your country, and whatevrer fate awaits the white people of the South will~bo yours." These are .words of. wisdom that the unfortunate freedmen have been sedulously'taught to forget ; taught by adventurers who grow ridh supon the ruin of'both races. Upon the abolition of slavery he said : "The -deed has been' done, and I, for onei dot honestly -declare itat I never wisla to see it revoked. I'gTr de JAelieve . hat: the people. of thp Southwould niw rernanddh negro to slateiy~.ft they had the powertodop, a 4. a ~die4dotthe courlse to aptir&ue wnrdsR,.addressed to . his. fes amercompanionis in arms, in the.fl da,8 u.; fAs~a slave,- he Wa's faith AfrMnd. Ieal'with shin 'gly ety Ji .lyd *nyprd ~,V~1I~oeprQ 9Vy~ e courteous, firm, merciful, and1 in al -t'iigs, ahid above all, we have seei him manly and truthful. r In makng this portraiture of Gen H Hampton, we have felt free to ox s press our cstiuato of his public se 0 if vices and private character, 'whicI t fromtho essential nature of th y eso, are inseparable, because he i e a representative man. In discuss ing hin political enemies have dis cussed the South, dnd in abusing e him, they have assailed South Caro > lina. Accordingly, when we demon e strate his title to admiration, ou argument is not personal. but pub lie ; and when we seek to defenc 1 him against malignant misrepresen tation, our aim is to defend whatevei i is pure, true, brave, manly and a chivalrous-in one word, whatevei i ji Southern-in Southern character, Chamberlain's Bogus Inaugural. 3 GENTIEMEN OF THE SENATE AND HousE OF 1EPIRUSENTATI\ES: I I accept the office to which, by the I voice of a majority df the people of this State, I have a second time been called, with a full knowledge of the grave responsibilities and difflcul.. ties by which it is now attended. No considerations, except the clear est convictions of duty, would be r sufficient to induce me to accept this great 'trust under the circum stances which now surround us. I regard the.present hour in South Carolina as a crisis at which no patriotic citizon slwuld shrink from any >bat to which public duty may call uiim. In my sober judgment our prosent struggle is in defence of the foundations of our govein ment and institutions. If we fail now, our government-the govern ment of South Carolina--will no longer rest on the consent of the governed, expressed by a free vote of a majority of our people. If our opponents triumph-I care not under what guise of legal forms -we, shall witness the overthrow of free government in ourState. My chief personal anxiety is that I may have the firmness and wisdom to act-in a manner worthy of the great interests so largely committed to my keeping. My chief public care shall be to contribute my utmost efforts to defend the rights, to guard the peace and to promote the wel fare of all the people of our State. Tho constant occupation of my time with other duties which I could not postpone, has prevented ie from preparing the usual state ments and recommendations re specting our public affairs. At the earliest practicable day, I will dis charge this duty. Our greatest interest, our most commanding duty now, is to stand firmly, each in his appointed place, against the aggres sions and allurements of our politi cl o ponent. Our position up to th >resent :timne has been within the clear limits of our constitution andlaws. Nothing but the coward ice or weakness or treachery of our own friends, can rob us of the victory I state what facts showv, what overwvhelming evidence proves, whe~n I say that if we yield now, we shll1 witness the consummation of a deliberate and cruel coiispiracy on the part of the Democratic party of this State to overcome by brute force tihe political wvill of a majority of twenty thousand of the lawful voters of this State. I have mourned over. public abuses which have heretofore arisen. here. I h'ave, according to the nmeasure of my ability, labored to nage the conduct of our public affairs ho nest and honointe.. But I stand appalled at the crimes against freedom, against public order, against good government, .nay, against government itself, which our recent political experierce here' has #esented. And I am the rmore 'palled when I see the North, th-se pbrtion of our country which 'is socure in its freedom and civil orde, and the getpolitical party whidh has coat fel the republio for' six teen yeare, divided in its symps~thies and judgmnent upon suoh tuestions. It is written in blood on the pages of. our recent national history, that' nb government can rest with s afety up~on thme enforced slavery or d0ea dation of a race. In, the #Il Blie of itbat great example of retribu ibe justice which swept away a half niillion of the bestlives o or40 try we see the Amer'eax! pel dfrided by p irty liner uoi thle question of the disfr snohxae~t and degradation of the same crace whose physical freedom waij -u chaded at such a cost. And, w~ is mate Astonishh 'J stUI fthere~' Roa ondwhoi permit tdrts . S v%~it9znq the $ sitrts his oration at the Georgia Stat Fair in Macon, on the 17th of N< vember. These are -his words : "The negro is undoubtedly botte fitted, from his long training, I phyAical configuration ' and hi adaptability to all the -diversities ( our climate, to make a more efdicier laboror than any other.. Especiall is this true when the labor is to b performed in the more malarial poi tions of our conntry Our objec then, should be to develop, to th utmost, his capacity ah a laborer. T do this, time is reqnisite, and w shall have to exercise great forbeai anco, constant prudence and stead kindness. We must make him feE that his interests are indissolubl bound up with ours ; that hig] prices for our products insure higI wages for - him ; that we have ni animosity toward him ; but, on th, contrary, that we cherish the kin< feeling engendered by early associa tions and old memories. Let. u be scrupulously just in our dealing with him ; lot us assist him in hi, aspirations for knowledge and ai< him in its acquisition. Try to ele. vate him in the scale of true man, hood, of civilization and Christianit3 so that he may be better fitted for the grave duties and high responsibili, ties forced ubon him by his new po sition. In a word, convince hiu that we are his best if not his onl) friends, and when he shall have don this, wA shall not only have placei our labor on a isound footing, bui we shall have gained in the laborer c strong- 'and zealous' ally. On thi subject, I speak not from theory, bul experience -an experience which haE taught me that the. kindest relationE can exist between the planter and his former slaves, resulting in mutu al advantage to both parties M) old slaves are cultivating -the land on which they have lived for years, and there has been a constant and marked improvement in their indus try in each, year. since their emanci pation, though they have not yet attained the same effioiency as labor ers they formerly possessed. I have promised to put up for them v school-house and church, and to pay a portion of the salaries of their teachers. Such a system, if gener ally adopted, wtu'd tend greatly to fix the laboreis t6 -the soil, and would, by adding to their content and enjoyment, result in vast ulti mate benefit to the landlord. Thai kind treatment, just dealing and sin cere efforts to improve their condi. tion, tire not without .effect upoin them, is proved by the fact, gratify ing to myself, that I am on my way to Mississippi, by the request of hun dreds of negroes, besidos my own laborers, to advise them what course to pursue in the approaching elec tion there. I am not one of those who believe that the mere posses son of the rudiments of education makes a people s'ronger, better or happier ; "a little learning is a dan gerous thing," and unless moral eduoation goos hand in hand with intellectual, the seeds of knowledge wvill be sown on a barren soil, or will produce but thorns and thistles; but I do believe that in proportion as you make all labor, other than compulsor'y, intelligent, you render it profitable. If this be true, we should educate the mind, the heart and the soul of the negro, looking at the. question. only, in its. material aspect and leaving out - of considera. tion altogether those highet and nobler'motives which should prompt us to do so. A longer experience of his newly acquired1 freedomn, and his acquisition of higher intelligence will teach him, not only his depend ence'on the whites of the South, but tihe great truth which nb laws can change, --"in every soil, 'That those who think nitit gbvern' those who toll." The old slaves of whom the speaks ocenp)y his planltationis upon 'the Mississippi. Several hun'dr'ea in number-six or eight hundred; wq have heard-theyv have nevet falter:. ed ini their afidelity to. him. When the war was over and they gewre first made~ (ully aware of thgir changed condithio-freodom from slavery-freedour to' go wheever theyr pleased,--'they all, withoutt an individual exceptip. l etomin tt work f6V him sthey had always doneak;J rot: tha tijudph 1' Etas a slave-owner, evof, ~h te history of the world, received ench i tibge oJ loyalty and devotion? A Ed ~why 3dt We hatv4 nb'* see'n Gewi A1'1ai4p ton as a~boy inoted afor "daring/ and ~scao a - aJ~a~ dt s WG loe liI(& ej . Aeld 4ame (dg ,1 of all dangers, in the face of false or 1 timid friends, in the face of open onomnies, to show that we under stand the cnso in which we are . engaged, and that no earthly . sacrifice is too groat to sOcure its ,triumph, 3 The geintloman who~ was my op ponent for this office in the late election, has recontly declared, as I am oredibly informed, that he holds not only the peace of this. city and State, but my life, in his hqnd. I do . not dilt the truth of his state I monts. Neither the public peace nor the life of any man who now opposes the consummation of this . policy of fraud and violence is8sa from the assaults of those who havd enforced that policy. ' - ' ''t |My life can easily be taken.' - have held it, in the judgmenx o.al my friends here,..by a frail tenure for the last three months. .But there is one thing no wuan in. South, Carolina can do, however powrfi,4 or desperate ho may be, an'd thit k to cause me to abate my hatred dr cease my vigorous resiattnce- to: this attempted ovorthro)v and. en slavement of a majority o'f the peo ple of South Carolina. "hbre- I stand ; I can do no otherwise f God be my helper." Wife nd childre, nearer to me than "are the ruddy. drops that visit my. sad heart'-allf other considerations must give way before the solemn duty to resist the final success of that monstrous out4 rage, under whose black shadow wel are assembled to-day. Getting Disgusted. Te New York Tribune, despite its efforts to the contrary. is eyi.. dently becoming diagdsted with the "ways that are dark"'of some df - the party by which it is attempted to, stifle the popular will and count im4. the "Returning Board States" fOr Governor Hayes. It refers to the case of Alachua county, Florida,' where the Republicans i tried -to palm off a spurious return, as fol. lows: "The Flbrida inspector who Is so prodigal of his affidavits must be an mtererting character. . First he* swore ou the Democratic side, then on the Republican;. then he swore that his second affidavit was mado in consideration of money paid to him by a Repiblican, and then goes back, with all the zeal of a new . convert, to his first story. * OrdEimily the statement of a man who .ii abnit that lie has taken hvil;o is not worth tho time it takes to listen to it, but it has boon discovered that the second qj/tdavit was d(at'( three days earlier than. the rfist one which it purported to retract. Sov eral hundred votes turn upon this single cu0111t, aid it is initcresting to reflect that the Presidency of the United States may bo at the dis position of creatures such as this." -Register. Editorlal Cares. From the Cleaveland Lea, r. 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