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|fi|kV)l kMT lhk OMM of *11 her
^ gyiMM him lo take her to Zmphee
gJUt moohe, ud proaired seta to
JFSFKdno iiMDiider?le)/um>#ii
HMilai for tb? txeeailvt terror she
^gUn,tli<^ she found, inalMd of being
mum* ift , '" *s rout, she uw proceeding
r r?fd the rempcrts, outside of the city
? jpBBt, Which the could not wholly orer
Od3h ehe epent the happiest erenine of
v with her husband; and from that
m^WKKUim abandoned het former career of
dMptte4 folly, and became all (hat her
M|ld dtiirto?a gjod wife and aflbc^Sre
have been Instances of persona
listing been confined for many years in
tt^sh houses, mostly by coercion, but
M voluntarily!
An elderly man who had acquired a
competency, alter he had retired from
IwiheasT took to drinking, and that to an
ticssiire degree; during which fits Of intemperance
he made away with his property,
ana showed every symptom of
spending or wasting all he had, and refacing
himself and Ikmily to beggary.
His wife was advised to nlace her hua
land in Verbetering Huis; an act for
which he thanked her, and acknowledged
if was the only means by which he could
1>e restrained from ruining himself
. At the end of fire months* discipline,
in a house where all his wants were supplied,
nnd nothing debarred him but intoxic
at in a; liquors, he was deemed to be
- sufficiently reclaimed; and went back to
hia-ftioase, cured, as he hoped, of a rice
He*had not acquired in his youthful days.
He did not feel the least anger or resentment;
but, on the contrary, told his wife
and sons, if he should relapse into that
ndSnni ?{M. Kw -1- * *'
w ? ..v hwuu mm uabH| auu mere
keep him.
For a time he maintained his resolution;
but by degrees he fell off, and in
less than a year he was become as bad as
ever. His family were grieved, but such
was their fondness for him, they would
not again put'him in a place of restraint,
lest tneir friends should reflect upon them,
and impute their conduct to sordid motives
alone.
One day the old gentleman was missed,
and the night passed witnout tidings.
The next morning the messenger from
the Verbetering Huis arrived with a note,
informing his wife and family ' that, feeling
his own inability to conquer a propensity
that was alike ruinous and unworthy
of his age and former character, he had
Retaken himself to his old quarters, where
<~he was determined to live and die, as he
- Saw no other means of avoiding the ignominy
of wasting his property and making
.Wga rs of bis family.' I
in Holland, the majority of males is
rtwenty five years; and if a vounar aentle
?r o O
man is very incorrigible, his parents or
guardians can place him in one of these
institutions; and the same respecting
young women.
A tradesman's daughter in the War*
xnoe's street, in 1803, formed an attachment
to a married man. Her parents,
with a view to save her from ruin, placed
her in one of these houses for six months.
Solitude and reflection, and the religious
lectures read to her by the minister who
Was appointed to attend, wrought a change
of sentiment; but the shock was so great
"that she died soon after her release?a
victim to her unfortunate passion.
An English tradesman, who lived in
the same street, had a wife who was rather
too much addicted to drinking, and
he placed her in one of these houses; but
whether it was the confinement or some
extrapeous causes, the unfortunate woman
went raving mad, in which state she died.
It was a curious fact that, of the English
who have been placed in these sort of
bonilM. ~~ ? 1
r ? nioMiiitc iiti? occurred
of any radical good being effected,
further than the restraint imposed by the
rules of the place; whilst, of the native
Dutch, in at least one half the cases that
occurred in 1803, a radical cure had been
offected.
All these institutions are placed under
the superintendence of the police; most
of them are provided with dark chambers
for the confinement of the refractory, and
also a gctsstal vaal, or whipping post;
but no one can be confined in the one, or
whipped at the other, without an order
from the magistrate; and the latter punishment
m?1?t k? anrvliorl in il>. ~c
ww III MiV pi COl/IICC VI
the visitors, and not by any servant of the
house, bat by the common executiDner?
which inflictions are not held as infamous,
or even dishonorable; and many instances
have occurred in which the great and opulent
have had their children punished in
this manner.
During the prosperity of the Reltic republic,
these institutions were very beneficial
to the community; but after its de.
dine and fall, and the universal poverty
and depravity which ensued, they became
lees en object of terror, as only the rich
?and they were few indeed?-could afford
to pay for their relatives, to whom
ntieb coercion might have been useful.
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ARISTOTLE IN LOVE,
(A writer on Preneb Novels in the
Southern Review quotes the following
otovy from Mill's History of the Crusades.)
The delights of lore have made Alexjptyfcr
pause In the career of abbition.?
U (4 f> V e- . v*
!HUUu of Knights end itfOM lw*1
dUeoateuted ?i ik# change,end Aristotle
?i the tutor iM geavdiair i?f bis youthful
; course, MdMfoNd to iro?M amy the
i spirit of ths hero. The prince attempted
! no lengthened reply to this appeal lie hie
! chivalry.
"Sighing, alone he cried, at iuly mev*d,
Alas' ifceee men nwseems,have never lov'd.
The grave at are of the sage took root,
however. In Alexander's heart, end he
i abacenied himself from hie mistress. She
1 veiled her late for tone time in eolitude,
bnt at length aaenred that it waa not the
mere caprtcioosaeae of paaaion which
; kept him flrom her, she-forced herself in-1
| to the presence of her lord* Her beauty
; smiled away all b?s dreams of glory from
Jhis mind, and in the fondpess of his love.
' he teeuaed Aristotle of breaking in upon
: his joy; But the dominion of his passion
was only momentary, and recovering
the martial tone of his s<u>l, he declared
the sad necessity of their parting.. She
: then requested a brief dela}^ promising
!to convince the King that his Tutor's
counsel derived no additional recoromen*
dation from his practice, for that he stood
in need of as much instruction as Alexj
ander himself. According, with the first
! appearance of the next morning, the
] damsel repaired to the lawn before the
chamber where Aristotle lay. On ?p?
proaching the casement, she broke the
stillness of the air, by chaunting a love
ditty, and the sweetness of her wild notes
charmed the philosopher from his studious
page. He softly stole to the win*
dow, and beheld a form far fairer than any
image of truth which his fancy had just
previously been conceiving. Her face
was not shrouded by veil or wimple, her
long flaxen tresses strayed negligently
down her neck, and her dress, like drapery
on an ancient statue, accurately expressed
the beauty of a well turned limb.
She loitered about the place on pretence
of gathering a branch of a myrtle-tree,
and winding it round her forehead.?
When her confidence in her beauty assured
her that Aristotle was mad for her
love she stole underneath the casement
and in a voice checked by sighs, she
sang that lore detained her there. Aristotle
drank the delicious sounds, and gazing
again, her charms appeared more resplendent
than before* Reason faintly
whispered that he was not born to be
loved, and that his hair was now white
with age, his forehead wrinkled with study;
but passion and vanity drove away
these faint remonstrances, and Aristotle
was a sage no more. The damsel carelessly
passed his window; and in the delirium
of his love he caught the floating
folds of her robe. She listened to his
confession with a surprise of manner that
fanned his riame, and she answered him
by complaining of the late coldness of
Alexander. The grey-beard, not carina
for a return of love, so that she accepted
his suit, promsed to bring her pupil to
her feet, if she wonld but confer some
sign of favor upou himself* She feigned
an intention of compliance, but declared,
that before she yielded, she must be indulged
a foolish whim which had long
distracted her fancy. Aristotle then re
i u:_ t 1 -e J '- J ? '
ucwcu mo pruicstiuiiB ui ucvuieu love,
and she, in sentences broken by acclimations
of apparent shame at her folly,
vowed that she was dying to mount and
ride on the back of a wise man. Ho was
now so passionately in love, that the fancies
of his mistress appeared divinest
wisdom to his mind, and he immediately
threw himself along the grown in a crawling
attitude. She seated herself on a
gorgeous saddle which sbe placed upon
his bach, and throwing a rein around his
neck, she urged hiin to proceed. In a
few moments they reached the terrace
under the royal apartments, and the King
beheld the singular spectacle. \ peal of
laughter from the windows awoke the
philosopher to a sense of his state, and
when he saw his pupil, he owned that
youth might well yield to love, as it had
power to break even the frost of age.*'
The Disappointed. Anglers.
"AN INDIAN TALE.
In a winding of the river Armidar, just
before it fails into the Caspian Sea, lies
an island unfrequented by the inhabitants
of the Continent. In this seclusion, blessed
with all that wild, uncultivated nature
eould bestow, lived a princess and her two
daughters. She had been wreckdd upon
the coast while her children as fei were
infants, who, conseqnently, though grown
up, were entirely unacquainted with roan.
Yet, unexperienced as the young ladies
were in *the opposite sex,* both early discovered
symptoms, the one of prudery,
the other of being a coquette. The elder
was ever learning maxims of wisdom
and discretion from her mother, while
the younger employed all her lionrs in
gazing at her own face in a neighb ring
fountain. Their usual amusement in this
solitude was fishing, their mother hud
taught them all the secrets of the artv
she showed them which was the most
: likely place to throw out the line what
j baits were most proper for the various
i seasons, and the best manner to draw up
1 the finny prey, when they had hooked it.
; In this manner they spent their time, ea1
sy and innocent; till one day the Princess
being indisposed, desired them to go
> and catch her a sturgeon or a porpoise
; for supper, which she fancied might sit
< easy on her stomach. The daughters
obeyed; and clapping on a gold-fish, the
usual bait on these occasions, went and
set upon one of the rocks, letting the
gilded ht>ok glide down the stream. On
1 the opposite shore, farther down, at the
j month oftbe jriver, lived a diver lor pearls,
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'4 youth. who, by )M| behit in hU trtde,1
was almost frown amphibious; so ihsi he
coold remainlong tithe bottom of the
water witaooi ever fetching breotb. He
bn|msnfd to be tl the very instant diving
when the Indies were fishing with
the gilded book. Seeing* therefore, the
belt* wfihili to him bed the appearance of
reel gold, he wee resolved to seise the
prise; hot both bis hands being already
filled with Oysters, he found himself obliged
to snahet it with his month. The
consequence is easily imagined; the hook
being onpfiteived was instantly fastened
to hie jaw; nor could he, frith all his efforts
at floundering, get free.
"Sister/' cries the youngest princfess,
"1 have certainly caught a monstrous
fish: I never perceived any thing struggle
so at the end of my line, before; come
and help tre draw it in." They both
now, therefore, assissted in pulling up the
diver on shore; but nothing could equal
their surprise upon seeing him!
"Bless my eyes!" cried the prude 'what
have vne got here? This 'is . a very odd
fish to be snre! f nerersaw any thing in
my life look so queer. What eyes, what
terrible claws; what a monstrous snout; it
certainly mast be a Fanlang that eats women;
let us throw it back again into the
sea, where we found it."
The diver in the mean time stood upon
the bank, at the end oi the line, with the
hook in his mouth, using every Srt that
he thought could excite pity, and particularly
looking extremely lender, which is
usual in such circumstances. The coauette,
therefore, in some measure in
IB .1 - + s a a
iitienceu uy me innocence 01 lilt} iooks,
ventered to contradict her companion.?
"Upon my word, sister," says she, "1 see
nothing in the animal so very terrible as
yon are pleased to apprehend; 1 think it
may serve very Well for a change. Always
porpoises, arid sturgeons* and lobsters,
and crawfish, make me quite sick.
1 fancy a slice of this, nicely grilled, and
dressed up with shrimp sauce, would be
very pretty eating* I fancy mamma would
like a bit with pickle above all things in
the world; and if it should not sit easy on
her stomach, it will be time enough to discontinue
it when found disagreeable you
know,"
"Horrid!" cries the prude, "would the
girl be poisoned? I tell you it is a Fanlang;
I heve read of it in twenty places,
it is evory where described as the most
pernicious animal that ever infected the
ocean. I am certain it is the most insidious,
ravenous creature in the world,
and is sure destruction if taken internally.*
The youngest sister was now therefore
obliged to submit; both now assisted in
,1 _ .l- i i- ? -
uiawiug me hook wun some violence
from the diver's jaw; and he, finding himself
at liberty , bent his breast against the
broad wave and disappeared in an instant.
Just at this juncture the mother came
mown to the beach, to know the cause of
her daughters delay. They told her every
circumstance describing the monster
they had caught. The old lady was one
of the most discreet women in the world.
She was called 'The Black-eyed Princess,"
from two black eyes she had received
in her youth?being a little addicted
to boxing in her liquor. "Alas, my children,M
cried she, "what hav; you done?
The fish caught was a man-fish?one of
the most tame, domestic animals in the
world. We could have let him run and
play about the garden, and he would have
been twenty times more interesting than
?ur squirrel or monkey." "II that is all,"
said the young coquette, "we will fish for
him again. If that be all, PI] hold three
tooth-picks to one pound of snuff, I cath
him whenever I please." Accordingly
they thruw in their line once more; but
with all their gilding, and paddling, and
assiduity, they could never catch the diver.
In this slate of sollicitude and disappointment
they continued for some
years, still fishincr but without shitphr? till
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at last, the genius of the place, in pity to
their distress, changed the prude into a
shrimp^^^
Foreign.
The Packet ship Philadelphia, Capt.
Morgan, . (says the Philadelphia Herald
of the 27ih ult.) arrived this morning
from London. She left Portsmouth on
the 27th of December, and brings London
dates to the 26lh. 8he could bring
nothing later, as no papers were issued
on Saturday the 26th, being the day
j following Christmas day.
Liverpool, December 22
| Cotton Market* During the past week
; we have enjoyed a steady demand for
Cotton of most descriptions; the sales
, have bhen chiefly to the trade, and an
advance of l-8d to l-4d per lb. has been
slowly obtained upon the prices of this
day week. In the state of the marltet
the small import cannot fail to strike the
observer, and well grounded apprehen..J-.
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9ivii ?nav uusirucuons 01 a more Chan
ordinary nature will prevent more than
a very moderate supply coming forward
for some time, is the chief cause for the
continued firmness and tendency to advance.
We shall hand you next Saturday
the actual ascertained stock in the year,;
and if it does not exceed our estimates,
it will be smallest taken here in several
years. The sales of the week are 16.260
bags, of which 4000 American, 100 Surat,|
and 160 Pernams have been taken by j
speculators.
Dec. 23. There ha* been a steadv deJ
mind at the same rules as before. The
sales amount to 2,000 bags.
Havre, Dec. 20.
In cotton we continue to have an extensive
business doing, with gradually
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'advancing pried. The sales to-day amount
to about 1,600 baki, at ao advance of
lflr to ?fr per M|ilogr oa the prices at'
the opening of Waek. Porasmbuco, and
other xinds of Braatl* are alpo inquired for,
and they are selling at tally the same
i advauc*.
FOREIGN EXTRACTS..
The Coronation.?We understand
that the Coronation of Queen Victoria,
; which is expected to take place in the
monin of January next, is to be solemn!;
sed with surprising magnificence. The
, late Banquet in the City Itas been accom.
panied by the revival of several ancient
'customs, which shows that the accession
iof a female to the throne has already
awoke the chivalrous and ancestral recollections
of the nation. The splendor
of the late civic occasion^ is, however,
but a faint foreshow of the pomp and
circumatanoe" that will be displayed
when the nobility and commonality of
three ancient and illustrious kingdoms
shall, for the first time in their common
history, assemble to place
' The high imperial type of British gtoty
j on the youthful brow of a beautious and
beloved maiden Sovereign. A coronation,
as fffcvell known, is an epitome of the
genius of the mtonartby, in which every
5radt> and rank of sociey Is entitled to
o suit and service in the' place and state
1 which appropriately belongs to it; and
, upon this occasion we believe there will
:be no lack ol loyalty on the part , of any
class of her Mqiesty's faithful subjects.?
It is reported that there is to be a revival
or modification of various t>ld decorations
and privileges which for some
! reigns have fallen into disuse. That her
| Majesty's sympathies and elegant taste
.accords with the wish that has beCn long
felt for ah improved Court dress may be
inferred from her having fixed upon the
stately trained robe of a former age Tor
Drawing-room occasions; We hope that
the vile menial livery steiel buttons, frilled
shirts, knee-hreflr.lifis. mimna. nnrl hnrra
, 1?i ?"6"|
in which our Aristocracy have hitherto
had to present themselves to the Sovereign,
will forthwith bo banished $rom
levees, and that each degree will have
allotted to it an appropriate uniform.
The Queen has issued orders for Drawing-room
dress. Her Majesty will introduce
embroidered trains, a fashion which
was exploded more than thirty years ago.
This judicious arrangement will give employment
to a branch of the arts, which
has been too long neglected.
Description of the Queen'6 State Carriage.?The
most superbe ever built--the
paintings were executed by Cypriani.
Tiie Front Panel.?Britannia seated
on a throne, holding in her hand a staff
of liberty, attended by religion, justice,
wisdom, valor, fortitude, commeree, plenty
and victory, presenting her a garland
of laurels; in the back ground a view of
St. Paul's and the river Thames,
i TfoE Right Doors.?Industry, and in
genuity giving a cornucopia; to the genilie
rk? l?n<> Int>/1
U9 wi aju^iuilUi
The panels of each side of doors.;?
History recording the reports of Fame,
and Peace burning the impliments of war.
The Back Panel.? Neptune and Amphitrite
issuing from their palace in a
triumphal car* drawn by sea horses, attended
by the winds, rivers tritons,
naiads, &.C., bringing the tribute of the
world to the British shore.
Upper part of the right Panel.?fere
the royal arms, beautifully ornamented
with the order of St. George, the golden
fleece, the ruse, the shamrock, and thistle
entwined.
The left door.?Mars, MinerVa, and
Mercury, supporting the imperial crown
of Great Brithin.
The Panels of each side of left door.?
The liberal arts and sciences protected.
The front and four quarter panels* over
the paintings, are plate glass.
The whole of the c&niage and body tire
richly ornamented with laurels and carved
work, beautifully gilt.
The carriage and body of the coach is
composed as follows?of four large tritons,
who support the body by four braces covered
with blue morocco leather, and ornamented
with gilt buckles: the two figures
placed in front of the carriage bear
the driver, and are represented in the action
of drawing, by cables extending round
their shoulders and the cranes, and sounding
shells to announce the approach of the
monarch of the ocean; and those at the
back carry the imperial faces, topt with
j tridents; the driver's foot board is a large
scollop shell, ornamented by branches of
reeds, and other marine plants; the pole
represents a bun 'le of lances; the splinter
barjs composed of a rich moulding, issuing
from beneath a vaulted shell, and each
end terminating in the head of a dalphin;
and the wheels are imitated from those of
the ancient triumphal chariot. The body
of the coach Is composed of eight palm
trees, which branching out at the top.
sustain the roof, and four angular trees
are loaded with trophies, allusive to the
victories obtained by Great Britain during
the late glorious war, supported by four
Ions' head; on the centre of the roof
stands three boys representing the genii of
England, Scotland, and Irelaud, support*
ing the imperial crown of Great Britain,
and holding in their hands the sceptre,
sword of state, and ensigns of knighthood;
their bodies are adorned with festoons of
laurel which fall from thence towards the
four corners.
The inside of the body is lined^ith
rich scarlet embossed velvet, superbly
laced and embroidered with gold, as follows:?in
the centre of* the . roof is the<
[star, encircled by the collar of the Order\
of the Garter, awTsurmouufed by the imStrial
crown of Great Britain, pendent the
eorge'and jpragoon;*in the corner*, the
rose, shamrock, anV thistle entwined} the
bind longe is ornamented with the 4ba3ge
of the order of 8t.g'Mlchael and 8ft.
. George; on the front, 'the badge of' the
j order of the Guelph and Beth, oramented
with the rose, shamrock, andgthistle.?
The hind seat fall has the badge of 8ft*
Patrick, adorned with the rose,^shamrock,
land oak leaf; and%the*hammockkclotlA>f
I the same costly metals. The harness for
eight hor^s is made of light-blue morocco
leather, und decorated with blue rib:
boas, the royal arm's, and other ornaments
; richly gi)t;,and it is. used5whenl her Majesty
goes in slate, drawn by eight creamcolored
horses, and is kept in the Royal
Mews,'Pimi^ico.
Mexico.?Our' latest'dalcs'fromlMexico
| are of the 22d December?the journals of
Matamorus are entirely silent on the subject
of the invasion of Texas. The pages
of the Mercuric, are^filledjwith articles
on the necessity of a change in the present
government of the Republic. Public
opinion in Mexico appears to be more
united on the question of ajreturn to the
federal administration of '24, than^on^any
other of the numerous causes of commotion,
among the impotent^und capHcious
people. The army above is opposed to
any change?hence in case of a revolution,
the military force ? will be marshalled
against the inhabitants of the the different
states. It is impossible, however, to
anticipate with confidence any alteration
of affairs in that destractcd country.?
Rational liberty can only bfe attained when
unanimity of sentiment, determination to
be free, and above all, an enlightened stale
of intrllprf. ItMvn nrpnn mil lli^m t n fi nnro.
I ? ? > f -*jr" ? ?
ciatc its blessings. Bigots in religion* and
miscreants iii principles arc totally unfitted
for the possession and enjoyment of
freedom.
Nature appears in Mexico to be as convulsed
and agitated as the- public mind*
Successive shocks of an earthquake have
almrst totally destroyed tlie town of
Arapulro, while the: gorgeous city of
M cxico was subjected to - a violent and
prolonged shock; happily* however, in
the latter instance, no injury resulted.?
The details of the earthquake at Acapulco
are frightful. Repeated^shock sol* ex
treme violence and devastation have nearly
reduced the city to a mass of ruins.?
The houses were overturned and dashed
to frugments, the churches irreparably
injured, the walls of the Compo Santo
dectroyed, the whole city thrown into a
slate of deplorable consternation* and tho
inhabitants compelled to pass the night in
the fields and roads adjacent to the town.
When the morning dawned hundreds beheld
themselves houseless aud reduced to
utter indigence. Fortunately for the citizens,
the destruction occasioned by the
shocks whs so gradual, as to afford them
time to save themselves, hence the loss
of life was inconsiderable.
There is a certain coincidence to bo
observed between earthquakes at Acapulco
and those at Mexico. The shocks
at the latter city are invariably felt within
a day or two afte ther first has suffered,
although usually with less violence. The
volcanic chain uppcars to extend from the ?
one city to the other in nearly a direct
line, and the efTect is thus gradually, but
certainly propagated. The spot where
Mexico now stands, was formerly-a great
"volcanic centre, and in the immediate
neighborhood is a large number of extinguished
craters. The famous Papocapetl
is nevertheless open, and smoking,
and there is little doubt that this mountain *
is the embouchure of the products of those
subterraneous commotions, which may one
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day or another utterly prostrate the. magnificent
capital of the Mexican republic.?
N. O. Bce? *
TEXAS.
A slip Irom the ollice of the Houston
Telegraph, contains the following intelligence
of the invasion of that Teritory by
Mexico.
HOUSTON, (Texas) Dec. 25.
\Ve this day present to our subscribers
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a ijnrtstmas gilt, in the form of a Telegraph
Extra, which, although to most of
our patrons unexpected, we are confident
will not be unacceptable; and however
different it may be from ordinary gifts of
the kind, we feel proud in reflecting on
the tumult of joy which it will awaken in
the bosoms of the brave.
TO ARMS! TO ARMS!!
Capt. Rodrigiici has just arrived in this
city: he stales that on the morning of the
20th, about 9 o'clock, a heavy firing of
musketry was heaid in the direction of
Conception, and instantly afterwards n
large body of Mexican cavalry charged
upon the part of Bexar near the public
square. Cols. Karnes and Wells immediately
collected their soldiers into a body,
amounting to about one hundred and
twenty men, and received them with the
most determined courage. Just as the
combat commenced, he was despatched
by Karnes, to procure a horse, in order
to convey despatches to Houston. While
he was thus engaged, the enemy entirely
surrounded the city, and a heavy firing
appeared to be kept up in all parts of
the place: he could distinctly near the
two field pieces of the Mexicans near the
public square: he attempted to get in to
receive the despatches from Karnes, but
being unable to do this, he waited nntil 3
o'clock in the afternoon, to learn tho
event of the contest, but the firing still
continued even at that time,: he concluded
to set out and convoy the intelligence to
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