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Sc EA-GQING VESSEL. IS.
TEXAS AND MEXICO.

-
Il To sail on SU UNDAY, 10Th July, at O'Clock A. n.
.EtE. SOUTHERN STEAMSHIP CONF
SEH BEf1It PANY.For Galveston and Maagorda4 Bay
u. s Mail Line The and magnificent steam-
ship Perseverance,, H Sheppard commander, will sail as
above For9egh OF passage having
apply on board, or to IA u "A @ ~ Ks
.=.7At ll lNs Opposite Steamship Landing,
ETe steamships OF this Line will hereafter pay Lgherage
on Goods from Powdcrorn to Lavaca. N z l5 &s li
Shippers will please provide themselves with the steamers
bills Of Iading No other form will be signed. jyl6
WIN leave OF leT, THpRsRAY s2 J 81 I'll q,Sl.cE
NMfShz4 GALEEsT0M-The New Orleans and Texas U; :.
s. Thompson commander will leave as above
puncnaly For freight PASSAGE having elegant stateIoom
NJ HARRIS, MORGAN & co, foot Of Julia street.
2 ~. 81 y r ?4Els5 opposite the Steamship Landing.
KAll freight shipped By the Nautilus will be delivered to
Captain Kennedy of the steamer Grapus unless otherwise
e8shppers must provide themselves with the steamer bills
Of ladfng. No other form will be signed jylS
viii leave on FRIDAY August LIST. at o'clock. A. NJ
IzE<SEsp FOR VERA CNUX.--U. $. MAIL LINE
M(EFIs The aud magnificent steamship Texas, Thos
Forbes, commander, will leave for Vera Cruz as
above punctually, carrying the U. S. mails. ~ u
For freight passage, having elegant accommodations
for cabin and storage passengers apply to ~ Il
..oaa HARRIS MORGAN, & Co, foot Of Julia street,
4 s.s.5 o. opposite the Steamship Landing.
Agents. lyle
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SATURDAY. MORNING. JULY l9, 1856.
THE =. a .K..E:Ga., l.

81 es;sss I'll
Gh GHHaaEs ana szSfpssTeT 6 direct foF PofsT
On sundays Mondays and gasrays viii lsaye
9on f9mR e. e. s Hss q M a Wha
syHsgss gse ieaye town aaoa sx nSET SeIsSb rop
u s. NAIL HfSE1s Sumner AlrangssnentTfe alT
splendid low pressure packet steamer Cuba, Il.
been s,sasf ai
leave lie Lake end Of e Railroad
ssy s Rs. ssf e s = O'clock sa sepp
ins' Gasn Ea,hs RsIe RRslsa'teipf; q Mobile . . . .
o.,.... Agent 10 Bank fiass.
1bAlzEsRREHiK1hhH "a 6HEH9EsSKE5gsaBHHe 6E9ESEga S1ia
y ssf g u sffs
;Ss s;Ss y sSss i;h 3D. 8
The Railroad n the NJ esfs
asy5sss SsBl4 sFS Nneli5fE w svs
pssr III s1ys p
and It M 4
I Fare 81 meals eS.Es sI4sr :, ], .
isbrg and N MasisoSslle SgNpX il
" Gsf shsf m enable
Fare for BE- s;e ;esesssrss ST. fish breakfast viii provided
For further particulars, inquire OF -
jeT D. G. LoWBER, Agent. 9s Magazine ST.
s4htaHh AMg s1oRH.Hs5FaA.! 1sHo2HH 9AoKET lsEl5E!
rnen--For ocean Springs and intermediate
saa * saSasi
with superior accommodations will leave the pontchartran
Railroad the arrival at the Lake es the cars follows
heayss P9nchat,fnn Railroad Ieases Ocean Springs
THESpAYs; Es sSA 4. y. cars WEnNEspAY EXENING.
1THURSDAYS,.. ga. VI. cars FRIDAY MORNING.
FRIDAYS. 4 ?. N. cars SATURDAY MORNING.
SATURDAYs,...4P ?. N. cars SUNDAY EVENING. 5$
.fE Leaves Jefferson Railroad-=a gss5. n
TUESDAY, s:2o a z y ears SATURDAY, 20 NJ cars.
The steamer CREOLE returning Monday nights and
Louis. s'as}f 5iI5 n TY99l7
days and to these trips must be sent to the
trains, and Fridays and Saturdays previous days
in time for the trains or will be left uI the
trip - &5 g5l955IslsT
% FARE Ses5s 5 n
Cabin passage to Mississippi City Biloxi and Ocean Springs 81 50
Agent ID Bank Place y
New Orleans, June /. 1856 'tft:Ssl' les
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A., ESTIhL SPRINGS, EsT1LI. COUNTY. KEN
EH TUCRY-This fine Summer Retreat is situated near the
L Kentucky River surrounded by wild and noun
tain scenery and is of the most picturesque healthy
ton and accessible by fine graded road Arrangements have
line of daily four horse coaches from Lexnono Springs
that passengers leaving Louisville Cincinnati by
ing Of will arrive Mt the Springs same evening
The place in fine condition and open the recepisn
of visitors Mrs. O, CHILES,
.myg3 -. JOHN CHTLES.
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.- New Orleans, owe mher !, 1855, !
Office N. o., Op. Mnd n. W. Railroad Co. s
Mr. T. Bridge SrIn tn your inquiry relative to the
performance of the MCGOWAN Pumps upon this road
only that they quite equal your representation,
among the variety Of pumps baye in se they
decidedly the best
Yours, respectfully, A. Is. SEGEH, Vice President.
The Pumps and Engines constantly for sale by the
ubscrber, sole agent here for the manufacturers.
ie25 3md&W - ISAAC BRIDGE, q Magazine street.
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SUMNER ARRAsGEAEsT-rRoM lsr APRIL

g AZENAC q BESANDIES.-WE ARE SOLE
- Agents this city for this Celebrated Brand Keep
supply hand Of various qualities and grades viz;
s4S 46 ~ 3, ls5 1907 1925 1885, New York
prices, by &
ol9 iy WM. E. LEyERICH < CO.. 24 Old levce.
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DRUGS, E1EDICINEs, ,PIIRFuNIERY,
~ ETG.-The Subscriber would respectfully call the aen
Niono Planters Physcans and Families his well
stock, comprising article IN his line of bust
ness all OF which, examination will be found FRESH aud
GENUINE During season @ SODA s. WATER and MEAD Of
all the popular Mineral Waters, such CON RESS BLUE
LICK etc. ETC. Bar Rooms supplied reasonable with
PURE HONEY, ESSENCE PEPPERMINT, G0UUEYf BIT.
TIERS, etc. asl
THOMAS RANKIN, Druggist and Apotiecary,
GAL cor. Camp and Poydras Streets
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HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS

REcGOWAN'S Celebrated PLANTA-
l TION PUMPS-Doube Acting Suction and Force Coast
Pumps and Pumping Engines dseargnGg from 800 to 10000
for Cstens and Deep Wells Copper Lined Juice aud Moas
with Brass Ball Valves Hot Water Pumps for Forcing into
Boilers aganstSteam. atl'
McGowans Portable Plantation Steam Pumping Engines for
lifting and forcing large volume of from tile river,
oyerhowng rice lands supplying houses etc. Draining
Engines small Sugar House Engines With lined Metal
Valve Pumps for juice moasse and forcing hot water into
steam boilers Steamboat Doctors and Wreckng Engines POr
table Copper Lined Fire Engine Pumps, worked by brake
capable of throwing from so 10 gallons minute through
a nozzle, distance o, from lU0 to 100 feet.
The engines each furnished with band wheel for driving
circular mill gin stands and be furnished
without pumps for printing houses houses etc.. where
compact aud simple vertical engines are desirable.
No brick work erection of any kind in putting
these engines owork both engines and boilers vertical
and all connections made ny lG
Cincinnati, December l, 1856.
Messrs Geo. D. Wnchell, Bro. & Co..
RGents-rhe Pumping Engine purchased Of for use of
small shop the line Of the Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
hns been in time and given perfect satisfaction
consider it the best pumping apparatus within my knowedge
The engine drives besides the pumps, 30 inch circular
three ahes and drill press and there is TO with
s5 pound the qare inch of the boiler Therefore
cordially recommend It to the notice Of railroad managers and
others. Yours truly,
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FOR RED RIVER,

Will leave on SATURDAY. July 1ath, at O'Clock p NJ
!, r. FOR SfiREVEPORT-Thet tiue fast
s4Ahksa running passenger packet steamer Planter
D. D. Atkinson, master will leave rs above for
Ecore AIeXapn;dria Go1o @ Landing
jy12 LEWIS SNAPP Eco 81 Front street, =
All freight for above Alexandra must be consigned to
1eynn S'1-oNSA ~
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VIII leave on SATDRDAY. 18th inst, at O'Clock p NJ
IT, ~ FOR SHREVEPOI4T-The fine fast
running passenger packet steamer Planter
D. p atkinson, master viii leave above for
Cotie, Alexandria Gorton's Landing and ali Intermediate
landings an Red River For freight passage apply board
or to t.s.7H ,7.t5g2 = =
iy4 7. B. SMITH. 4TchoupitoIlas street
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1Haas PASS CHRISTIAN HDTEL-THIss COM.
modions and eligible establishment is open for the
m reception of visitors and complete arrangements have
perfected for the entertainment Of guests inferior to no
hotel upon the Gulf Coast aGRICE & JAMES, 3Ji5.
jy4 2p3t-Im st7ssfE 7tE SlhsI' ~ ~ Propretors
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Leaves every SATUKDAY- EVENING. at s o,clock
4, Nsas @ y y, MAIL PACKET FRANK
FA9alz LYON-in place steamer Natel,ez egnIar
r. yicksbuIs and Mlliken's Bend Packet
/ Asury master will leave above, for aikens Bend
Vicksburg. Warrenton, Grand Gulf, s Josephs Rodney
Waterproof Natchez Fort Adams Bayou Sara Baton Rnnye
qdaI and al j aeoaf landings o % s regularly
passed accommodations, apply on board or to
LEWIS sNAPP 4 CO., 81 Front street. or to
E.. LAUG HIN, li8 Garondeiet street
p3 All freht for Yazoo River above Yazoo City must be
consigned to some house in Vcksburg w WA 7
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F. o. STATE OF LOUISIANA, Z
Parish Of Orleans, City Of New OrleausS
Be It remembered that the 18th March, 1856 before the
subscriber Justice of the Peace and for the city aforesaid
personally appeared Charles Briggs President and jan
New Greans being duly sworn, according to law do de-
and that the above Just and true and
transcript from books Of the said Company.
.@ zss5,75lt. IA CHARLES BRIGGS, President.
n "a H. F. JANVIER, Secretary.
and subscribed before this 2 day of March
1855. G. NJ. BRADFORD,
Second Justice Of the Peace for the Parish Of Or1ean
The Board Trustees have resolved Six cent in
terest the scrip certificates of 1856 payable and after the
second Monday Of May next and have declared scrip dv
dend Of Twenty per cent the earned premiums Of
the past which certificates will be issued and after
the Of June and they have reserved the balance
Of the profits Of the ending 18th March, 1856 to meet
pending but unadusted claims against the Company.
The Company against the peris of the
and rivers and loss damage by fire. the rates of
premium. 49,. " =1 %
Office. iron building Of Camp and Natchez streets.
5zTsa - CHARLES BRIGGS President.
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LOWER MIssIssIPP1.

Leaves on WEpNEsDAY go inst. al 8 o'clock r. M l
X IT, REGULAR CAIRO AND HTTInT-
PRIs Rds, PAGKET.ghs I,asI 5ne fast running
born MASTER will leave for Cairo Mss Point Nav
Madid Memphis Napoleon Gaines Landing Greenvis Lake
Providence Vcksbug, and all Intermediate landings For
freight passage having accomodations apply on
board ort0 -" ri r SSJITfI' -
.jyl9 t=Zgg gLh No TchouIitouIas street.
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throughout the season, as follows 597@s% a
Leave New Orleans on MONDAY, July 18th, at SPIN
80" THURSDAY, August 18th, at S r. NJ.
The Montgomery s IN point OF speed and
odatons by any boat in the Rooms for any Of the
above trips can be secured on application to " =
apN BELL, BUCHANAN &c co o5 Marazine street.
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a.. THE OCEAN SPRINGS HOTEL WILL
pc opened on The first dag Of June under The personal at
Every energy will be brought bear make the visitors
mi . &c
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of Orleans, City Of New Orleans.
remembered that the 10th January 1856 me-
the subscriber aJustice Of the Peace in and for the city
aforesaid personally appeared Alexander Brother President
and James H. Wheeler Secretary, of the Home Mutual
Company of New Orleans who being duly sworn,
cordng depose and that the above
and transcript from the books of the
said Company. ly A. BROTHER President.
fF. JAS. Fl. WHEELER. Secretary
Sworn to subscribed before 18th day of january
1856 CHAS. M. BRADFORD, Second Justice Of
555 4 eTs3 the Peace of the Parish Of Orleans.
The Board of Trustees have resolved to interest of x
per cash the outstanding certificates profits the
holders thereof their legal representatives and
MONDAY the llth of February next.
Trustees have also declared dividend of
per premiums of the Company
yeard ending 3st December 1855 for which certificates will
Issued and after the 18th Of March next.
EThi Company continues to insure against the peril of the
rivers and loss damage by fire. at the of
premium Office, No. 78 Camp street.
=4'8 ALEXANDER BROTHER, President.
JOHN R. SHAW, Vice-President.
JAMES H. WHEELER, Secretary.
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EI IC1IE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
IL OF NEW ORLEANS.-The following statement Of the
affairs of this company is published in conformity with the
4uirements Of their charter, viz:
Amount Of premiums received for the year ending
3ls December, S548 0aS 20
Amount Of antermlnaed risks, 3lst Dec, 1851 4 60
Total amount Of premiums for year ending 3lst De-
Viz For premiums fire risks. ..... .S27sO76 20
For premiums river risks 269,626 AZ
For premiums marine risks. O., ,599 40
--S64o,3 ,302 20
Less premiums risks not terminated
Slst December 1855 .Sl03,5S7 90 % 3
Returned premiums. ..................... 2,647 20
.g --S1O6,A4 %
Net earned premiums for year ending slst Decem-.
Losses during the same period, viz:
On fire risks. s...,....,................$1 .$146047 80
On river rlsss 20l,5LS bZ
On marine risks. ks........,............ 1873 50
g-....a .....= S543,O99 10
Reinsurance expenses, interest scrip
Issued etc. less interest. disct, etc.. IL, ,64S 81
--s471,743 Ia
sls 1856. Sc
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STEAMBOAT DEPARTUREs.
OHIO RIYER..

= Yzss a. STEAMER NIAGARA, Harry 4,
l6Mfnlhx5ETs SPOTS, lnastcr4-FoR LOUISVILLE
THIS splendid steamer Will leave Louisville
and all intermediate landings the season. as follows
Leaves New Orleans on WGDNESDAY, Jny %, at Pm.
Stae.roons can be secured by applying to II
ap2I BELL, BUCHANAN 81 Co. a5 Magazine at "
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T IFE INSURANCE. STABILITY - SECU-
IL RITY- ERPETUITY.--UNITED STATES LIE E IN.
suRANCE ANNUITY AND TRUST COMPANY OF PHIL
ADELPHLA.-CHATER PERPETUAL.
Assets, january LIST, 1856, 81, ,A2l ,612 AZ.
DIRECTORS OF BOARD.
A. ". Thompson, Paul y Goddard, John Ely
VIM NJ Goodwin James Devereux, Lawrence johnson,
Geo. MeHenry, S. II. Crawford. Gustnvus English.
Benz. W. Tingley,
STEPHEN R. CRAWFORD President.
LAWRENCE JOHNSON, Vice President.
PLINY FIsK Secretary and Treasurer.
N3@New Orleans Branch Office No. 4a Camp street
The underigned General Agent of the above well known
Company for The Southern States prepared appi
cations for insurance the lives of white and
the table md by permission has pleasure in submitting
to his friends and the public the following
BOARD oFREFERENCE:
Il Lechford& Co, A. D. Kelly & Co., VIM NJ Perkins,
North, smedes : Co, s o. Nelson Co.; A. B. james,
Cammack, Sqnres Il West,
John Pemberton President Merchants Mutual ms Company
Thomas Soo, President Sun Mutual Insurance Company
Jules Tuyes, President Orleans Insurance Company
John Calhoun President No. Jackson and G. N r. R. Co..
Henry 7. I4onsdae John ID. Ben, Benjamin Florance,
j.. X. Collins, Thomas Murray, Mark Walton.
Polcies issued direct from this Branch Office, and Leses
paid there. ~
HPamphes blank forms etc.. be obtained at the Office
5osarH EsaaaP BEsssbos, BEsi M r. Medical Examiners.
In attendance, daily, from Il NJ, to 5 P. NJ.
,T HARMON DOANE, General Agent,
N str rect
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-02-28

AsI got on my horse and bade adieu to
my congregation forever, I turned to take a
last look at the old church where l had
preached tho unsearchable riches of Christ
for morn twenty years-and as I gazed at
its dilapidated walls and moss covered roof,
it too, seemed to say-Farewell, brother
Crafford!
As rode down through the village, the
people who poked their heads outen the win
ders, and the servants who leant on their
brooms, all seemed to say-Farewell, broth
er Craford!
AS I passed along down the highway,
through the forest, the wind as it sighed and
whistled through the tree tops, playing on
the leaves and branches, the burden Of sal
walton, it, too, seemed to say-Farewell, bro
ther Craford
As I rode along down hot, dusty lane,
an old SOW that was asleep in a fence corner
jumped out of suddent, with loud broo-
90, broo.oo-she too, seemed to say-Fare-
well, brother Craford
My horse, he got frightened, and jumped
from under me, and as he curled his tail o.
Der his back-kicked up his heels, and ran
off-he seemed to say-Farewell, brother
Crafford. .-LoutsviM Daily Courier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-02-28

how these Hot Springs are said to have been
discovered will tell you. Many years
since, an old Dutchman and his son were
passing along down the valley, where the
road now runs that you see out there'-point-
ing to it through the windcw-'when observ-
ing the spring, they stopped their team to
water the horses. The old man took up
bucket, went to the spring, and dipped it In,
when some of the water dashed on his hand
and scalded him. Instantly dropping the
bucket, he started for the wagon, running
and calling to his sonin the greatest conster-
nation: Trive on hans; trive on; He'll ash
not far from dish place.! At this his audi.
ence burst out laughing-when Immediately
assuming look of deepest solemnity, and
dropping his voice to the low tones that in
him are like muttered thunders, he made the
application, Il tell you, my friends, Hell is
not far from this place. There were no
more smiling in the congregation that day.
Some who heard it said itseemed to them as
if the terrors of the Day of Judgment had
come.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-02-28

A LONG NosE.-Old Uncle Hector was
famous for having the longest in all Cape
Fearregion. He could not help that, though,
but unfortunately his babits gave it a
bright, rosy color, which, withits size, made
it natural and artificial curiosity. One
night he retired to rest after indulging pret.
ty freely all the evening, and waking up in
the course OF the night with raging thirst
he rose and set off for something to drink
It was pitch dark, and for fear he would
pitch against the door Of his room, which
was usually left standing open, he groped
along, took the door directly between his
hands, and received the edge of it full tilt
against the end of his nose. 1t knocked
him over backward, he screamed out with an
oath and agony:
DWELL, always knew had big nose,
but never thought it was longer than my
arm before"
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"CAN YOU EAT CRoWP"

Lake Mahopac, or rather the hotels, were
so much crowded, the past season, that the
farm-houses were filled with visitors. One
of the worthy farmers residing there, it ap-
pears, was especially worried to death by
boarders. They found fault with his table !;
this thing was bad and that was not fit to
eat.
Darn it, said old Isaac, one day, what q
fuss you're making. can eat anything.
Can you eat crow said one of his young
boarders.
Yes, kin eat crow!
Bet you hat said his guest. The bet
was made, a crow caught and nicely roast
ed; but before serving it up, they contrived
to season it with good dose Of Scotch
snuff.
Isaac sat down to the crow. He took a
good bite and began to chew away.
Tew be sure I kin eat crow, another bite
and an awful face. Yes, l kin eat crow,
(symptoms of nausea.) I kin eat crow
but I'll be darned if I banker arter it !
Poor Isaac rose from the crow feast in
something of a hurry and bolted towards the
back of the houses.
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HAs To CLUBS OF Ten, the paper will be furn-
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FIRST TRIP OF THE FIRST LocoMoT1vE
IN AMERIcA.-Wm. Wurtis, ESQ.,, of Car
bondalc, Pennsylvania, communicates the
following paragraph, clipped from an old
newspaper, to the Carbondale Transcript:
Major Horatio Allen, the engineer of the
New York and Erie Railroad, in a speech
made during the recent festival occasion,
gave the following account Of the first trip
made by locomotive on this continent:
"Whan was it? Who was it And who
awakened its energies and directed its move
ments? 1t was in the year 1928, Oh the
banks of the Lackawaxen, at the commence
mont of the railroad connecting the canal of
the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company,
with their coal mnes-and he who address,
es you WAS the only one on that locomotive.
The circumstances which led to my being a
lone on the engine we're these: The road had
been built in the summer, the structure was
of hemlock timber, the rails of large dimen-
sions notched on caps placed far apart. The
timber had cracked and warped from expo.
sure to the sun. After about three hundred
feet of straight line the road crossed the
Lackawaxen creek, on trestle about 80 feet
high with curve $50 to 400 feet radius.
"The impression was very general that
this iron monster would either break down
the road or it would leave the track at the
curve and plunge into the creek. Ny reply
to such apprehensions was, that it was too
late to consider the probability of such oc-
currences, there was no other course but to
have trial made of the strange animal,
which had been brought here at great cx
pense; but that it was not necessary that
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more than one should be involved in its fate;
and that I would take the first ride alone,
and the time would come when should
look back to the incident with great inter-
est. As I placed my hand on the throttle:
valve handle, 1 was undecided whether l
would move slowly Or with fair degree Of
speed, but believing that the road would
prove safe, and preferring, if we did go down,
to go handsomely, and without any evidence
of timidity, started with considerable We.
locity, passed the curve over the creek safe
ly, and was soon out of hearing Of the cheers
of the vast assemblage. At the end of two
or three miles, I reversed the valve, and re-
turned without accident to the place Of star
ting, having thus made the first railroad trip
by locomotive on the Western Hemisphere. "