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THE MINE RS.

MINERS BENEVOLENT AND PRO
N1 TECTTvE ASsvyI TON or THE STATE or
ILLINOIS. INDIANA And MfKpaHRI
GRAND COuNcB
Geo. Kingdom. President, West Bellvte H.: D. D.
Lewis. Vice PresidcnA Bsvier. Macon Co. NO.; John
james, Secretary, BrAidwoOd, WIN Co., III Richard
WAilliscr"ft. TreA@urer Springfield. Iu
MINERS BENEVOLENT AND PRO
WI TECTIVE ASSOCIATION, Of Indiana meets on
the fourth Friday in each month The officers Of the
General Council are President Robert LAM Harmony.
Vice President Samuel Briggs, Treasurer, Hugh Saw
age; Corresponding Secretary, Iohn Scott knghtsve
Hour % meeting. y O'Clock. A. NJ.
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BRIckLAVERs,
DRICKLAYERg UNION NO. OF

DRICKLAYERS' UNION NO. | OF
- MISSOURI Meets the first and third Thur
DAYS q the month. On the =. Y. Eleventh street
and Franklin ST. Louis John Myerscon pres; r. J.
H~nrs, vice pres; Gus Vernow. nm sec Ed Walsh rec
sec. JohJ rnnuI~r sv~~. WIN Delaney cor seu resi-.
hence 6O5 Franklin ave.
DRICKLAYERS', MASONS' & PLAS-
~ TEKERS UNION. No. q. Of Albany. meet At no
state street. on Monday evening Patrick ". Murray.
e. q l-,x XII
4 GO-BRICKLAYERS' ASSOCIA-
~ TON meets at No. 81 w. Randolph street. every
THURSDAY evening at ?. N. DAn1 Gleason, W. NJ
VIM n. Madden. ID. NJ. W. Soper, rec secy
Walden A. Smith, hh Sec; Arch. Sinclair, cor
John MckAV. treas.
DRICKLAYERS UNION, No. 1, OF IN
ID DIANA, meets every Wednesday evening Wash
ington street. opposite the cour- house. indianapolis
President. ames Hoppins Vice President, Daniel till
more Recording Secretary, Edward X. Tomlinson
Financial Secretary, Eli Strckler Treasurer VIM.
Prick; Door Keeper, Jefferson Cleaver Trustees jos
Cassidy, John Harlan aud Vim Dewey. Committeeman
lst dist y. J. Pral "a, Vim. F~cus; 3d. Coney Cur.
nan; 4th, VIM. Dowell; 5th, Chas Salteri 9th, Vim.
Garrett
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II o. s. C.-The following is the list
IN. Of officers Of the International Grand Lodge OF
the X. o. g. c. for the ensuing year.
I. @. s. K.-Jamea p. Wright, Baltimore.
D. l. G. 9. K.-Hosea p. Osborne, Milwaukee
LG. K.-Benj B. sculy, Lynn.
LG. SC. c. Mower, TowAndA, Pa
l @. Treasurer-Rieh&rd Murphy, New York
Trustees-HArry FArquar, A. B. AcLAin, and Edward
c. G. MowRR, l. @. 3. Of X. Of Q. c.,
Bon "a H0DkimAnn, Mam.
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IRON MOULDERS' INTERNATIONAL

IL JHION-Headquarters. Cincinnati, Ohio.
VIZ. H. SAEVIS President, lock box ls45 Cincinnati,
Ohio
Perm J. AkASEv. Treasurer 50 summit a., Brook
lyn,N
Jas. CARROLL, First Vice President. New York city.
THonAs CAsEY, Second Vice President box l76 Mont
gOmery. Ala
JOINS H. DANCE, Third Vice President, box 70s
Toronto, Ont.
L. B. OsLER. Fourth Vice President, boX 592 Sac
ramento, Cal
JoHE y. LKAHY, Recording Secretary, Little Falls,
New York.
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RRICKLAYERs UNION, No. /, OF IN
CARPE NTERs.

A LBANY, n. Y.-CARPENTERS AND
"A JOlNERS UNION. Thos. Flynn, pres Charles
Cripper, lst vice pres James Doyle. I'd wee pres =.
james J Penders, treas John j. Fitzgerald
Richard Dovle nn. sec; Alfred Trayer fin. sec'y
Alfred Guy cor.
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NOOPERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
~ Of North America HeAdquArters. Room 8. No.
91A Seneca street, Cleveland, o.
NJ A. FoRAS, President, Park Building, Cleveland,
Ohio
RosERr scHLLIxe. lst vice-PreSident. Park Building.
Cleveland, D.
BYRoS Porn, Secretary PArk Building, Cleveland o.
THOMAS HKsKsRRRY, Treasurer, 81 Sceft 81, West
Side Cleveland. o.
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NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL
CON

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CON.
IN GRESS-President- Robert Sching, gl4 Seneca
st., Cleveland, Ohio First viee-President A. W. St.
John Carthage Jasper CO., Mo. Second Nice-Presi
de ~ H. Wright ~ n. New Jersey s.. Indianapolis,
Ind Third Vice President-C. kane, 70 Cady st, Re
chester N. Y. Fourth Vice Presdent-O. Z. Powers,
West Meriden. Conn. Secretary-ByrOn Pope, FL
Seneca st., Cleveland Ohio Treasurer P. X. Walsh.
IS Jay st., Cleveland. o.
Meets al indianapolis, Ind. the second Tuesday
In April, 1876.
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MONDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING;

Means for identifying DeposItorsI
Fhen q new depositor first To the savings bank
resolutions TAKEN and records made 90 that he may
ways be identified and that I'm book l. lnsi
he owner thereof cannot be defrAuded.
The business of this institution " confined sxclusive
the receipt and Of savings deposits and funds 81
osited In trust. No commercial or general bankin.
business IL transacted.
certain proportion Of the funds Inv estei b.
pon real estate In ely OF Chicago. In making
hans preference always given applications from q
-tstors Of small means who have accumulated in q
stitution sufficient funds Tay for lot ~ ground.
e>ire borrow something 70 aid thom n erect
illngs ~ be used permanent home, COR theffssss
"a families.
Ezs Money reunited y iraii " rurune ~ t'se~h'
fsr-e.i
THOSE DESIRING TO INVEST their Savings upor
Real Estate security At higher rate Of interest thar
can be safely paid on Savings Deposits should cal al
sais D.sak and examine ts Investment Certificates.
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rNHE HOUSE CARPENTERS EIGHT
HOUR LEAGUE, AND SHOP 40. s or
UNITED MECHANIC5.-Meet at their hall, Az BUS
street San Francesca CA the rSt Monday evening Of
each month. One Uuriah b. Thomas, W. ". :
4 8 Pendleton. LIST Foreman Ham Stewart 81 Fore
man I. M nsen, Treasurer J. W. Gregg. X 5. and
E. o. Andrews. r. 8.
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NIACHINISTs AND BLACKsMITHS

WI INTERNATIONAL UNION HeadquArters-
Cleveland, Ohio. JOHH FEHRKSBATCH. President, lock
box 2 First Vice Pres, Lewis c. Wilcox. Buffalo ~ Y
Second Vice Pres Richard Swami, New Orleans. La. .
Third Vice Pres, William n. Hartman. Altoona Pa .
Fourth Vice Pres james w. Levesley, Toronto Ont !,
Treas Fred P. AcFeely, Midiletown, y. ". Sec. %
the Ins. Dep William y. Upright. Syracuse, n. Nj.
Judiciary Committee Duncan newar. indianapolis, Ind
J. j. Illngworth, Utica, ~ ". Robert Fans, Warren
Pa. James s. Graham, Rochester, n. ". W. d. bal
lantine, savannah, Ga. John Munee. Buffalo, n. y;
S. T. A. Van Solver, NOrwalk. D.
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HEADQUARTERS OF CIGAR MAKERS
H Union No. 20, aa No. 80 Orchard g. New York
citv Meeting nights the first Tue-dAy % every month
Nj D. Plate pres, It2 E@sexst Z. Arnold, vice pre-.
W. Goertelmeyer Reaa- II Baner, rec Sec d. Huck,
an and Sec. liz kizAb-th g.
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L meets on the first Tuesday Of every noath 81 Apol
Gar den on North hisssipp street A. A. Andrews
pres Reinhardt Weber, vieepres. Henry Uh treas
Pred Rebel re-. and nn sec. ChAs Bshr, cor. secy
lock Dor To-
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u,arn's SArnfxfs.

sa,.x. pErs OFT AND CINCINNATI
s.grKpAY. NOVEMBER Is, 1874.
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OFFICE.

Nos. SO 81 sc La sale st
0vrcR HouRs-From 10 A. n. 70 . O'Clock .. n, and
Saturday evening from to SPIN.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA Union No. meets
IL on the second Tuesday d each month At Digen1
Hail. Tenth and Flbert sts. Frank Buob, pres 1906
Darsn st. Fred Hebman, vice pres. John c. MetIgeF
and nm see; Theodore Eberhardt treas. and cor
sec'y. 1870 Germantown ave
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\ TTICA, n. W Union 7 meets on the fourth
" Monday % each month AZ Harugnr hall
SwOrtfager Block, corner Of Columbia and BrOadwA,
Jacob Iron, pres l22 lansing y. A Boyd. We
pres ,. y. Palmer hn &c. Chas. Chbna treas.
LhAs RAdeck. and boz 900
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CT. LOUIS, MO-Union Nc 10 meets Un
~ the Second Friday evening IN every month Ttr-
ner's Hall, No. Is South Tenth Ewd Frey. pres.
box $50 II GohriuE vice pres, VIM Heidmeyur, rec
sec W. r. Zoeilner fin sec, 70l y SIKH st., +. A.
Offer. treas. John II Teibusch, cor sec box 254S
sam sullivan TYLER
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nETROI1, MICH. Union No - meets
IL the Isl FriuAy II every month the Lafayette
Hall. Gratiot st. Henry klei, pres, 25T Hastin-st
N. Rosharh, vice pres. Thomas N. Dolan,
Felix A. Lemkie fin. ser: G. A. Shetland Charlie
ETb, SeEEeant t-Arms. Felix A. Lemkie. cor Sec.
box 5SS
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WORCESTER, MASS.-UniOn No. ~
w meets On the first Tuesday Of each month, in The
Turn versin Hall, sOuthbndgs street. Thos. H. Mitch
ell, pres Vim. Fnksn, vice pres, I'd HsAdmAn, IN.
and rec. Sec, waller PhsAAn, reAs, q. A. UsVSnAar
emma., bon 80.
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M EWARk n. Union l3S meets every
1N second Monday 1t Mr. HaeHy's NJ ~ cor viii
am and HalSey streets Fred Rande pres. @. O.
BottelberVer vieepres. Nna Gutter. an see Gottlieh
karaauf, treas owen McCor by, rec- and ror. sec
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WINDSOR, CONN - mon No. "a meets
Wv on the second Saturday u eAeh month number
Of members, y. D. A GODDARD. pres, w n Franklin
wee pres. samuel Day, treas, A. shannon, I'm and
cor. Sec. boz l55.
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DERU, IND.-Union No. l25 meets on the
IL first saturday Of each month. JOS. Winters pres
X q johnson, vice pres and treas, Julian Wander
heg en-. hn. >. sutEel rec. SCI X M Bappert
err sec lock boz ".
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HARTFORD, CONN, Union ~ This
Ill Union meets the second Tuesday in the month At
WincIer's saloon State President, r ThIrlke
Webb Court; vce-pre~ n Prior. treas., Al Frazer.
James III win rec. n, and secretary, lock box 70
HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CAN, Union,
Ill No. S., meets on the first Wednesday in each
month Harry simon, president. john p. Kelley,
&c president John Hill recording and financial
tAry Richard ShsAn treasurer ~ Flynn sergeant at
armA John l. Lis, ec'y. boz 80
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M ORWICH, n Y.-Union No. 10 meets
~ on the first Saturday o. each month At Mechanic
Hall, south Main 81. p. y. 1redweil, pres. . D. vii
cox, vice pres. George A. Jacobs trees August Kohn
rec, I'm. and cor SCI s., box 1908
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nTTAWA, Ill mon SO meets everu
~ second TUESDAY, in the month Il Turn Hall. Al
Meyer pres. John Shively vice prest Henri stein
myeT, I'm. secyi Wm. Brocl, treas William Keip
shlaiger ssrgeAnt-at arm; jos smith, and cor
sec'y
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M ILWA U ZEE, WIS. -Union No rs
vi meets regularly the lst Tuesdays d every month
a. Meyers Hall, go Fourth &C. VIM O Hoehstein pres
Chas Ewald, vice pres, Henry Toepfer rec Sec 1ohn
Lindner, I'm. sec; joe. Bukonaky treas Louis Huss
cor. John kehrein serRt at arms
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INDEPENDENCE IOWA.-Cniol
Il 1H meets the lst Saturday IN each month IN
Block. Jacob He'lng, pres. John ghateT3
n d. Frank, rec. and John Grnbbe, sergeant
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BOSTON, MASS.-Union No Is meets on
IL the second Wednesday in eacA month at &C Wash
ington st. Thos Sheridan, pres Samuel Marcus,
vice pres Vim. n Fisher, sec, Glen Olds ndrick,
treas. Louis JUNO. I'm and sec'y Edwin Bar
ron, Edward koX, John Driscoll, Tru tel No. S
Chelsea street. CharlestoWn Mass
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LISHkILL-ON- HUDSON Union NO. 1871,
ILL meets the first Wednesday % each month. the
u 8. Club Room Pres. John Gaunt Wee pres. John
Farrell John BSssett, I'm. Sec John McF4rane. rec.
SEE. Charles Wood treas. Jhas Robertson, Thumas
Farrell, Geo. p hahn, trustee John Mott, cor.
sec. lock box 49,
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ERIE, ENN.-Union No. los meets on th,
IA first Monday evening in each month at Alliance
JOS Klein, pres Franklin stone vice pres: Thos. j.
Armstrong, I'm and sec., 5l State Conrad
He's treas
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NJ EW HAVEN, COMMUNION No. 80
last saturday of each moi :, John Carper pres.
Daniel Carroll, vice pres: JeS ,.ings~ee an sec
Isaac Hayes, and cor. sec Aaron Mendoza treas
box l4ST
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OMAHA, NEB -UniOn No 90 meets on
~ the LIST Monday Of each month at Central Hall
J. Erickson, pres. }. Ksmpf vice pres't. J. KAmpf
I'm. J. Hanlon sec O. W stumph treas
Joseph Beckman. cor. sen.. 10y 81.
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THERE are many modes Of getting out Of
this world. Most suicides are committed
by means of whisky, and now and then a
fellow eats to s.Upefaction and swills and
fattens, and finally, there not being room
enough down stairs, his blood rushes to his
head and he is knocked up by apoplexy.
Morphine plays a prominent part in the
drams, and now aud then chloroform and
fumes of charcoal diffuse baleful OdoIs and
hapless wretches iuhale and die These
modes of shuffling off this mortal coil are
commonplace aud il was left for negro inge-
nuity 10 devise mode OF exit from life
wholly original. He lived near Sherman,
his name Bill, his color coal black, his eyes
prominent, lips thick, and feet needed evils
ceratiOn. HIS skull was thick and matted
over with tough wool. He was ehdued
with confidence in the protection that ma
ture gave his Uranium and therefore he tied
himself about the neck to a quiet horses
tail and then frightened the horse. The
animal would have killed himself and the
negro come off scot free, if the frightened
flying steed had not crossed the railroad.
The iron was too hard for Cuffee's bounding,
bouncing bullet head. The skull was
cracked, the wool was sadly peeled off and
when the horse was captured the African
was dead. The case should be recorded.
The originality or the selection of the mode
of exit from life deserves Immortality.
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A SAD CoNTRETEMPs.-Ben Wood and
Sunset Cox are most prominent as Demo
cratic candidates for the Speakership of the
next House. Wood has the most money
and, withal, is an excellent gentleman, of
excellent good sense. He has learned, long
ago, that the way to most mems hearts lies
through their stomachs, and we are 10th to
say that Mr.. Wood is travelling that broad
way to the Speakership. He issued invita-
tions to diner to Democratic Congressman
few days ago. The story has gone abroad
of late that the Democrats were going to
steal the negroes by paying losses incurred
by the innocent dupes of the freedmen's
blessed bank, and by other devices, and the
negro Rancier, having received an invita-
tion to dine with Mr.. Wood, supposed he
was to be victimized at once by the New
York strategist. He exhibited the note in
viting him TO Woods dinner to his Radical
friends, and there was much commotiOn on
that side of the House, which gradually
reached the Democrats, and then all was dire
confusion and dismay. They had all voted
against the civil rights bill and scorned So
cial equality, and here the foremost black
Radical in the House was invited to dine
with Mr.. Wood The clamor was at last
silenced by Mr.. Wood himself, who ex-
planned that the note sent to Senator Ran
som had gone to Rancier. Wood writes a
villainous fist.
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been looking on as one after another parish
was deprived of its chosen representatives
till at last the foul work Of Kellogg Is ac-
complished, and he assures for himself the
retention Of power over the plundered,
savage governed people of Louisiana.
Their patience is exhausted. Warmoth was
endured with his harem aud knavery. Ben.
Butler made even Wsrmoth tOlerable.
But this cold. blooded, phlegmatie, soulless,
remorseless lsnave, Kellogg, hating decency,
and having intercourse with none of the peO-
pie OF Louisiana, consulting their interests
in nothing, having not a sympathy in
common with them, and reigning only to
plunder-is it strange that people endur-
ing all these intolerable evils, even if Du-
rand and his thieving receiver in bankruptcy
were forgotton-is it strange that the pa
tience OF Louisiana is exhausted
Would mankind be amazed il the people
resorted to measures, which may compel
the Congress to set up a military despotism
IN louisiana? 1t is infinitely preferable to
that existing by virtue of negro ignorance
and Kellogg's, WeIis's and Pinchback's viii
Iainv7
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SHORT LINE PACIFIC.

The Southeastern Indez, published at Con
zales, has a report of meeting in that
place upon the subject of building the
Short Line Pacific. From this we gather
that the people of Gonzales are willing to
enter into the enterprise in earnest. One
of the resolutions unanimously passed by
the meeting was as follows:
ResOlced, That the people of Gonzales
look with favor upon the project of con-
structing the Austin and Pacific Short Line
Railroad, and will use every effort to secure
its completion.
''This road, it is estimated, shortens the
distance across the continent by 1900 miles.
While it is 5000 miles by rail from the At
lantic to the Pacific Ocean, by this route
from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific it is
but 1900 miles. Heavy freiRhts will always
seek the nearest water transportation be-
cause of its cheapness.
We have but little doubt that the people
of all the section to be Immediately bene-
flied will feel and express themselves in a
similar manner to those of Gonzales.
While this activity is shown elsewhere, we
hope the citizens of Austin will leave no
stone unturned which may give activity to
the movement. II they will fully conclude
that the Short Line Pacific shall be built,
this determination will be met more than
half way by all the section interested.
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TEXAS FAITH.

Charles Morgan has purchased one hun
dred and fifty thousand more of Texas
bonds, to be taken on the first day Of jan
uary. This will enable the Governor to
pay off the balance Of the indebtedness to
Williams & GuiOn, and leave a surplus to
be transmitted to the State Treasury. Be
sides this complete settlement Of the viii
liams & Guion debt, sufficient money TO
pay of all the interest aecruing upon the
State debt will be in New York on the
same day, to be used for this purpose. All
this Is certainly very creditable to the State
of Texas, and ought to rapidly bring
her pledges up TO par. All the money OBJ
tanned from bonds sold during the past few
months in New York has been used to pay
of the debts piled upon the State by the
Davis administration. This shows the good
faith of our present Democratic govern
ment, and places Texas far above the sus-
plcion of capitalists. Hereafter, Texas
credit, in all money markets Of the world,
should stand as high as that of any other
State or nation. The proud stand which
our State is thus taking should be main
tained and sacredly preserved by all of her
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THE newspapers and people of Western
Texas demand the final settlement, at the
coming session of the Legislature, of the
international Railway question. Several
letters, on this subject, are before US. They
tell nothing new save to the extent that they
vary the mode of stating the plain fact that
Western Texas deems itself outraged by
the eastern counties. Distance has been
absolutely annibilated inthe East, whilethe
poor devils sent hither from western coun-
ties to serve the State and vigorous lntelli-
gent constituencies, must come vast dis
taAces on asses and mustangs. The riders
say they have themselves been ridden long
enough. The road should surely be cx-
tended at once to San Antonio and then the
State can think over the rest.
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Mr.. Jefferson Davis is said to be danger
ously sick at his home in Memphis. We
would fain hope that he may be long spared
to serve the country by perfecting the
task, undertaken some years ago, of inau-
gurating direct trade between London and
Liverpool and the valley of the Mississippi.
With this view he was active in promoting
the purposes of the Society of the Valley
of the Mississippi, of London, and in caus-
ing the construction of ocean steamers
having double keels, capable of carrying
ten thousand tons, and drawing only
eighteen feet water Such vessels might
often ascend the Mississippi even to St.
Louis, as they surely would if the great
river entered the ocean at Cape Cod instead
of the Balize The Federal government
was instituted to open rivers and bays to
enrich and aggrandise Eastern and not
Southern or Western States and cities. Mr..
Davis, toe, has ever asserted the necessity
for a slack-water ship canal from New Or
leans itself to deep water in Barrataria
bay and ridiculed jetties and the little local
speculation of New Orleans ring involved
in the construction of canal from Fort st.
Philip to deep water. Towboats, when
this is dug, will still prey upon the COM
merce of Texas, and OF the world that en-
ters the great drain of the continent, while
a ship canal from New Orleans to Barrata-
ria bay would lessen the length and cost
of a voyage from New Orleans to Calves
ton one-half. Whatever of political power
Mr.. Davis may have lost, his practical states
manship and wisdom is still felt in America
and in Europe, and his usefulness is not les
sened, because base jealousy and narrow
seliShness of little intellects would ex-
clude him from honorable public positions.
Even if he were inexcusable as q ''rebel"
or ''secessionist, " his honesty of purpose or
wisdom in action, his greatness and force
have not been questioned, and it is only
cowardice that denies his worth. It is
to be hoped that Mr.. Davis's impaired
health will not interfere with the compile
tion of another task which is said to en-
gage his thoughts and energies. There is
one side of the history of the Confederate
States, of its armies, its life and death,
which no one can present truthfully and
perfectly, except Mr.. Davis. 1t would be a
calamity to all these Southern States, and
to their fame, and to each of us who shared,
however modestlY, the fortunes of Mr.. Davis,
if his hand recognize the paralysis of death
before this history of the rebellion" be
perfected.