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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-09-28

SAN FRANCISCO Is jubilant over the lay
ing of the last rail on the Southern Pacific
Railroad, connecting that city with Los
Angeles. The distance betwet the two
points Is 47o miles. Los Angeles is con
nected with the main trunk line by
branch. The former now extends to 8
point in direct line for the Colorado river
1t is expected that the unfinished link will
be completed by the first OF January, 1877.
The trunk line of the Southern Pacific will
then be us miles long, or about the length
of the Central Pacific Railroad When
this additional short link is completed, the
road will reach the boriers of AR znna
Territory. 1t is known that from Ogden,
esstwardly, the Union Poetic road 10
owned and controlled by jay Gould. There
is no partnership existing between him and
Huntington and no further alliance than
such as would be cOnsummated if Tom
Scott owned parallel competing road from
San Francisco tO ST. Louis. They would
agree upon common rates even as The Bal
timore and Ohio (Garrett's road and the
Pennsy lvania Central CTom Scott's) have
done, and both these trans-contInental
roads would inure exclusively to the az
grandizement Of Northern cities and North
ern railway corporations. Huntington
would escape from the clutches of Jay
Gould, and must have q route of his own
e. the st Atlantic or Gulf seaport.
Therefore this extension of the California
system of roads from San Francisco to the
confines of Arizona on a direct line to G. al
weston. DR.. Ashbel Smith said, not long
ago, THAT Texas should beware of Hunt
ington. The Doctor has been in Phiiadel-
phla of late. He has been heb -nobbine,
perhaps, with the willy Tom Scott; but the
dangers against which he warned Texas are
shown by facts above recIted TO be wholly
baseless. Huntington and Stanford are
compelled to secure an independent rail
way line to the Atlantic seabuari, and any
map of the continent shows that their p e
ferred route lies through Ell Paso and II us
ton and Galveston and not, as in SCOTS
case, through ST. Louis and Philadelphia.
Huntington's bonds are very nearly as gopd
in the worlds market as those of the UNI.
ted States. He must have road of his
, own across the continent and, having the
means to build it, he only asks that the
Federal government and Texas give HIM
the privileges, rights and concessions given
all other Western railway builders. He
asks for no loan of $40, coo per mile at the
hands OF the United States, and for no i'm,
perial domain at the hands of Texas.
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WRETCHEDsESS OF THE POOR IN
NEW YORK.

A correspondent writing from New York
City tells OF. the sufferings of the poor in
Gotham. George Francis Train, who loi-
teas about the public squares of the mighty
city, says there are two hundred thousand
men and women wanting bread and en-
ployment in New York and Brooklyn. Re
ferriug to these facts, and TO the terrible
sufferings to be inaugurated by Northern
wintry blasts, our correspondent says:
"I received card this evening from one
George NJ. r., net long ago the president
and principal owner of national bank III
a Southern city. The bank was knocked
down, perhaps BY jay Cooke. La. any
event, poor r., an honest, good fellow,
was left penniless by, the calamity,
and when 1 SAW, him failed to
discover beneath The. ragged, greasy coat
and weather beaten. wrlnkied, lusteriess
hat the face or person of any one had
ever known. He said, you may well fail
To remember me. | have suffered greatly
since we met. 1t was agony enough to
be the innocent cause of much suffering to
Others; but l have borne more than all the
xronged depositors and creditors of my
bank. The little that my wife had was de
pasited by her with B--n.. now secretary
and treasurer of sn insurance company.
She lost all, and we are beggars. Such is
our utter desti U ion that l was forced To
come here, when saw your name in the
World, and ask you for enough "a give Us
one scanty meal. Task no more. Ii can
ever refund the tfifling sum yoa shali
have it; if not, you will forget that
ever borrowed the amtunt.' The
| poor mans eyes were filled with tears, when
he bessan Ia say II oouli endure even this
humiliation coutu only know thai nay
two little children would not die of hunger
through the dTeary months of this coming,
winter. You and many like you can have
no adequate comprehension of the sorrows
the poor anticipate, Each breath of autumn.
nal winds tells in fierce accents of coming
want of gnawing hunger and of 6Feles.
sbodes, OF wan poverty in rags reekIng viii
| filth and fiuttsring in wsRsFy blasts The
poor may be compelled 20 wage war against
the rich. II Organization were possible and
leader apr. ~ here might be terrible
aseds donsd the mean>s,, h.,n,,v,,5 .sary;pe
mrad VIM. Gibson had beel. cIts' / vii
hshe balance, but one OF V and onl,
!, had been issued for. had MAJ by som
! The remains OF the deceased 20 r ss,,ss
i house near By, and the a cS;,sh I.sTs'
i were brought 10 town and ht-sleess al
Is On the way in. Pruitt sAnksr wipes
I'd ssThere are i've brothers 'onn me gas
a win have Us all 10 KIM pse aa = Wv Nv
a his deceased brother had
y B.aneo, and be ,ranted the 81 letter /
.,uRifh him Monday night, sow-N osl
Il
sereas,
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New YORK papers repeat assurances given
by the SrAFEsAfts that decIded improve
nlent Is manifested in the condition of fiuau-
cial and mercantile aft airs. This upward
neutrality-suspicious. no abatement. On the cor
trary, the strength of public confidence ia
the stability of business houses and manu-
f,e,nring establishments and Of banks i.
constantly augmented and becoming mor,
and more general. The volume OF New
York trade with the interior is greater tins
fall than during any year since 1873, and
the export demand for wheat and fioul
grows steadily with advancing prices.
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income tax, because it represented levy
Tor which there was no visible benefit 10
these that paid it. Although the fairest,
perhaps, of the direct taxes, it was more
felt than any other. and those who willingly
submitted 70 an increase IN The customs
tarin saw grievance IN being compelled tn
pay directly 10 the government what they
uhmnlmunngly paid To their grocer.
Streets Monthly is an illustrated paper.
1t has u dark looking blot ON one pace
which il calls scene near Sabine pass
II Is impossible to tell what cnmposes the
body of this blot hut in the upper part nf
il, where imagination would lead YOU TO
suppose the sky is represented, there is evi-
IDENTITY the representa- on of an ajbatross
with Uutstretched wings, n bird that has
never been known 10 exist elsew here til An
about the seas south OF the equator.
\ Lamar county man asks Il div rec from
his wife, stating in his p tition THAI the
defendant would insult him. and remain
finn home tor week, leaving hun 10 a.. the
cooking and necesS ,ry homework; tia, h, !
conduct and language tn him was only su. h
Ms 10 veX ana h,rass han; she woulu ,etl
| him frequently she aid not love hun, and
that she liked nthvr men better than him,
ana that he WAS not the father nt then
child; and would IT. qucnlly lu,k plaintiff
out OF the h"use ,and refuse 1" let hm en-
ter Under these circumstances lac left Mis-
slsNippi and came to Texas, and after living
here for sumo months received n letter from
ms wife asking him % come after her and
she would come to Texas with him. When
he went back she refused TO come and com
menced the same cruel treatmcn' euumera.
ted, and finally assaulted him with butch
er knife and swore she would cut hi,
damned heart our, when plaintiff took thu
oldest child and came with him To Texas.
And now it becomes q question whether
that man ought To have divorce after TAX
ing matters 50 tamely during sll thcs,
years. The poor fellows courage can only
begin to show itself when he gets thou
sand miles away from that she-devl.
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NEGROES are being imported from Ken
lucky and Tennessee to vote AS Morton
directs in Indiana. Morton is resolved to
win. and the polls are TO be seized and
held till all his colored friends have voted.
There may be bloodshed in Indiana on the
coming eli ction day. Never was such ex-
citemenG known as this pervading the
Hoosier State. q Everywhere banners arc
flying and speeches are made and bodies o..
excited parti3ans are ever on parade in the
streets of every town and village. Log
cabins on wheels are followed by Htrri-
sons supporters as in the days of ''Fippe-
canoe and Tyler too" and blue jeans is
the boosted apparel of adherents of Blue
Jeans Williams, the clod-hopper candidate
of the Democracy. On every housetop a
banner faunts the name of one or the 9TH
er party in the faces of beholders, and
strangers naturally infer that this local
contest in Indiana is supposed to involve
the result of that in which -Tilden ami
Hayes are contestants for the presidency.
Each noisy. partisan asserts positively that
his preferred candidate will triumph, and
we only know that Hendricks is Governor,
that he is q wise administrator of public
affairs, that he ismost popular, and assures
all who approach him that the State will
vote the Democratic ticket by large ma
JOflty. .-A-zf ~.tH -4rIt
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Mexican News.

o. The reSolutionists went tn Satillo and
ia,red there long enough to obtain forced
loan. ~
Corlina has had inscribed upon his ban
ners ''order, morality and liberty" This
savors of the ridiculous, hut Cortina is
promising the most radical reforms in every
thing.
Gen Canales has fl ,odei the State OF
T"maulipas with paper money. The peo-
pie are forced to take it at the point Of the
bayOnet. About the same condition OF
affairs exists on the government side.
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One sqnsre-eiYht iues-fI for fret nsertlOEl; nifty
Genie for each subsequent insertion.
LIZ Special motto, next 10 reading matter, Sl.xOl sr
square each Insertion Eight nes or less square.
kH- Reading NATTER local column, fifteen cents per
line.
Advertisements payable I'm advance,
ay.Iess with tho doing "A regular bust.
asess under contract.
t- We will contract with parties themselves at the
above rates and not through third parties.
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80 sCBSOnERERS AND CORR Rs
PONDEN'ES.

Persons writing to this office in relation
TO their papers or business, will please state
the postOflice TO which the paper is, or will
be sent, or the answer must be mailed.
They will also state whether they take or
ies.re to take the DAILY or WEEKLY.
BY so doing, much delay and trouble will
be avoided.
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THE Philadefphia Times, in noticing tn,

Tine Phifadefphia IInaes, IN noticing the
speechlof Governor Hubbard, says:
Governor r B. Hubbard, of Texas, lee
tured on the history and resources of his
State, in the JGdge,s Hail, on the Centen-
Dial grounds, yesterday afternoon. TO quite
s large audience, principally of Texans.
The address is ore OF the must Interesting
vet delivered OF the Centennial series of lee
lures on the States and Territories.
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The most effective argument addressed
by Radioalism TO the people beyond the
Ohio consists in the simple assertion that
Tilden's strength lies in the ''barbarsns and
disloyal South, ana that the war between
the States IS only transferred from the bat
tle-held To the bailot-box. Worse thai
this, papers like the later Ooeaa dec' n
thar the war has been re-inaugura,ed b. a
slaughter OF blacks and Northern Peep ,rass
absolutely called upon TO take up arms 81
invade the South 10 rsprsss this al boar
universal violencs Of whites in deAlinsns Al
blacks. The speeches Of Morton, Imn,osl
laine nnd az tho great body Of =
~ corsise Wholly q rseIsAls q b
- rate, hsNless deeds done in the
.eseltoi he presidential slscsil
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UsffN COLLEGIATE 'FEslALE ~.

N sTfTUTE.
The Twehty-sfh scholastic year, with fa corps Of
teaehsrs, will cOmmence the
Fourth OF =eptenbcr.
Tuition SANE A. formerly.
Boaru ana tuitloa per sssriop. Eve months In al.
ssBeeJ, exclusive 81 sashing. ti1D
'aut-eDd a WztDo
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n TTorIcE OF LOST LAND cEATlFI,

.Headrlght Certificate No 49, for onc.fhlff le1ene
land, issued to Isaac Campbell As assignee % y m,
Bafeett by the board Of laad commits slgnsfs ~ han
Augustine county and dated the inst day uf hHys
izss NOtiee hereby given thst II said eefbneaie j.
not found wi hn three months frOIn The dat of fts
advertisement shall make application 70 tie Co1'
mis- siODer Of tbs General Land Oiiee f1r eitkaeaie
81 the same. = n htkfANn-
az
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-09-28

..Governqr Hubbard is a gentleman Of
enlarged views, an eminently practical
man, and 4 devoted son Of the Lime Star
State, he Is = eapllsI speaker, and knows
more about the history and resources Of
Texas lhan almost nyb0dy else
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$50 .DOO

7
Whole Ticker, Sl2 Halves 60; Quarters 90
s5at Ticket, g. 900 OJ.O0j Tletris Z Si9 4 Cd.
The Hon. y. ", Taylor, Mayor ~ frankfort toe en-
tire 30 I'd OF Ciiy COunc lmrn tile lilo Al 80 Dn
vail late Chief Justice - Kentucky, nnd other dis
unguished citizens toe her with snch other disin =
estrd persons tie clse no drs prcreg,t aany des
gnate, will ruperiBteua the uraw ng.
The payment ~ gnts 10 Owne:s ~ prize Tickets j.
azsut,d bond. with heavy penalty nd approved
zeDlLcky, whieh 10 on ord Ia he Che kS Of
ice ~ County tourt, Al Frankfort, spef ~ tesfse-
lion or dHsoH1 This u new featdEe, apd viii Abso-
luleiy VeeEre the pal ment Of gifts. tse..f4
k.Initta .eep can bS lhadr BY Eyp-ers. Draft Post
O3cs Money der Register, Letter. mace paya-
bTIo KENTUCKY Dssh Dfstribusioa toa'-
panb.
n mmn nca Ions. orders for Tickets hn'l appii-
cations for Agenc e. - ould be nddrefrcd q
alON. rfOS. q 20 IS Ett.
seei Igt wet OsnT HdHdyeT, Fra kfcri, Nv.
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THE ,Dsnoerat. mentioning the pres
ence of Governor Hubbard in St. Louis,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-09-28
'HoLLINs INSTITUTE,
SorEroUHr SPRINGS. vInersrA.
Ths Thirtyfoarth Annual Session win open On shs
Bsnssash o. september.

Sl2 s:s -: ss s.a az s:s: es's s. g
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@. wAsnINGToN CafLDs, A. NJ.
Hts Poetic Greatness Recognized In n Pecu-
Harry Appropriate Manner.

G.. Washington Childs. A. NJ. the master
OF mournful vers 3, Ia a constant visitor to the
gre e cemete les near Phil delphia. tour Of
Laurel HIN has become, when the sad poet Ia In
Phiiidelpbn, a dailv necessity. plrt OF his
melancholy life. with uncovered he'd, while
tears course down his cheeks, he walks among
the resting places OF the dead. jotting down In
the note book he carries ev ~ new idea or I'm
pressive sentence he sees craven upon the tab
lets around him. At such times his face wears
an exoression OF ecstatic sadness. The poetic
gems that sparkle like so many crystallized tears
In TIE columns Of the Public Ledger attest the
value Of these walks to the great mortuary poet
Upnn an Idle dsv last month, when the mas
ter OF funere Il poesy W In N-w York, he de-
term,ned TO spend the afternoon at Greenwood.
with telIful eyes and eager notebook ne trod
the devious paths OF the solemn CITY, At one
place he joined "A party of mourners VINO watch
ed the lowering OF good mans remains into
the gaming earth.
the mourners whispering. The shovels rested on
the ground before them. The ewes Of he fune-
initials, 20. W. c." upon the b .Ddle OF each
Indictment
Are nv initials branded on all the tools, like
thAtf" he asked, after the mourners dep trted.
rnem letters IA on all tue Tools" one OF the
graveJiggere replied.
Are they all br nded Just like thnt2 Don't
thew nave my-a-- my title afixed2 Don't II
say q. W. c., A. NJ on some OF me tools 2"
,tas Knows on, the sravedisRer replied.
Inc celebrated nOrtuary ioet withdrew with
heightened face, and FASTENED to the office at
the man entrance. H. told kindly, gray
hair d old gentleman. at the entrance, who he
WAS, and added that I've would consider II a
great favor to nave the ini ials Of his ti;'H as
well those OF his name sraven upon the
spades. He appreciated tue intended honor,
tut would have bren more grateful had tbe In
tentioD oeen correctly executed.
As easily and kinOIy as was possible the elder
" gentleman prepared the ears OF the poet to
hear the statement that the Initials on the
sbovels merely indie ted tue name of the insti-
tuition to when they belonged, Green Wood
Cemetery"
Nevertheless, IL Is stili an open question In the
mind Of Chilis, A. NJ, whether nis own heart
lieu and the Gro -haired Old gentle IN told tue
tru n, or the gr ~ -haird old gentleman lied and
hls hanrI snake truIX.
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Treasury and the thieves whom he pur-
sued would have given him little aid and
comfort.
Gov. HAYES was treated generously from
the beginning to the end OF the campaign
by the opposl ion press. Gov. TILDEN, on
the other hand, was assailed with malig-
nifty and falsehood, not only by the regu-
lar organs, but by guerrillas like JAY
GoULD's newspaper, which throughout
was among the meanest and most menda-
cous of the whole tribe. Now, when 1t can
no longer stab successfully in the back, and
when the Railroad Rings, Of which GOULD
is one of the chiefs, Will probably have to
disgorge their ill-gotten gains. his organ
plays suddenly another tune and cants
about fairness. 1t is too late for jobbers
TO turn their cOatR,
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What some Saving. Banks Gao DO.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: Under
the new banking law passed NAV. 1875, savings
banks are allowed to hold surplus Of ten per
cent. on the amount Of deposits. aud IN deter-
mining the surolus the securities are TO be esti-
mated at their market value.
Under the same law" And IL shall be tho
duty OF the trustee OF any sucn cor, Grafton
whose surplus amounts to ten per cent. 81 It's
deposits, at least once IN tnrre We r., TO diyiIe
equi;anlv the accumulation beyond sucu au nor
" ii surplus Ms an ex IA dividend To depusiturs,
IN excess Of the regular dIyidends nereiuDef fore
authorized"
Now, when a savings b NIX has by prudence
and economy accumulated "A surplus OF more
than ten per cent. on lis deposits, and can pay
from its earnings, or profits, FOE the cur ent SIX
months interest on deposits Il the rte Of SIX
rer cent. per annuni. an stiiI ADD to - surplus
(are,dv more han the law autnurizrsl wnit
jdstihable reason can that bank have fJr with
holding from its depOstors the us Iai mt rest Of
six per cent, notwIthst nLing superintendent
E,lis's opinion 10 The cOnir RI
SAVINGS BANK OFFICER.
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moss sHEPHERD's PLAhs.
Bosus Meeting Of Creditors brought To-
gether by Card Invitation.

wAsHINoToN, Nov. Ia. The announce
ment that a meeting 81 the creditors ~ 4. II.
Shepherd WAS held at his place Of business. cor
ner of Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue,
and that his creditors " Unanimously agreed To-
extend their several claims for "A period of five
years WAS furnished 10 the press 10y MIR.
Iatta. Of the firm Of kilbourn Iatta, and il in
correct in many particulars. First, there was no
meeting Of his entire creditors the meeting was
composed Of his many friends who enjoyed his
hauquets, Ac.. and some To whom he WAS in
dehted. Secondly, those assembled were present
10y card invitation, and, thirdly, there was a po-
liccman stationed nj he door who was ordered
10 admit none but those who had invitations
Several representatives. Of the press made appli-
cation but were refused admission. There was
one announcement of the fact that shepherd
was granted the privilege Of going free of inter
est for the first YEAR and that he was required to
pay i've per cent. for the remaining four years,
and that he had fnrgntten to mention the $50
U0 which was unsecured The whole arrange
mcnt II entirely Shepherds, and efforts were
made last night To blindfold the people. lie nd
nuts his liabilities of Sl,'hbUu secured. THIS
Sl3H"n is placed at i've per cent the second
year, which Will require him to pay to his credit
urs SGi,uG. In the meantime he has to make un
the S.k.lUD for grocery bills. Ac. A. H. shepherd
the once mighty ruler, Is simply now A. X. Shep-
herd, plumber and gas litter.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: Your
informant Ia IN error when he saws that the Gre
nation OF Baron de Palms to be efec ed under
the management Of the rneosoplicil Society.
Tho executors Of the deceased Will alone be
iarged with IN It duty. M religious ceremo-
MES WIN he employed on this occasion. all neres-
sary rites having been solemniZeu AT tue time Of
his drceasc. Among the addresses to be delv-
cred " III ne one bv the President Of Wasuln .tnn
and Jt ierson College, u Presbyterian clergyman,
VINO viii simply say that the Christian religion
T. In no wise antag1nlstic to tins form If s~pul-
ture, and that the cho,ce in sIcn cases should
he wholly lett To the preference Of individuals.
In common with a lar-e aud increasing number
Of Intelligent persons, Baron de Palm preferred
cremation to Illumination, and mis- eXtcutu r., as
In duty bound are carrying out MS wishes.
HFsItY :. OICOTr.
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A Promised Cure for In,empcrance.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: have
read with much interest the several communi-
cations which you have published on the sub
ject OF intem perance, the most recent those OF
the lith and 18Th inst. There mot be too
much said OF written against this growing evil
No doubt there are hundreds OF the readers OF
THE SCS (which on this subject shines for alp
who would gladly break Loose from the tyrant
Alcohol II they could do so. lHtemperance, or
the love OF strong drink, Is not di-ease. A
very large portion of sseady drinkers take .eir
daily drains, some from haOIt, sJue from So
ciality, some to drown care. aDd Others from l. 8
sapornc effects. Iiut IL II not an easy tunx to
Civ up tue oup tho ,gn IL can he done.
\ personal friend OF mine has come out OF the
struggle victor after steady and re fular hlbit
vi wine Grinking for "a Iar.er vi IA century. lie
had strugGled tor many years 90 rec,aisn aims II
from THIS habit, trying several meth IDS but all
Of no avail, until through the AID Of valued
friend the sep was ak 81 aud the vet 'ry won.
For nearly SIX months not drop of vine, ale,
cuer, or liquor IN any snape has PISSED his lip,
nor ihd-eu nas he the desire, nucn less the In
ttntOu, to return to the real root Of all evil"
Ii any OF your readers desiie To Know the
method of cure pursued 10y INV trienJ. fpr tue
benefit of others OF tueIn elves II VIII tie cheer
fuliv gwen. TOTAL ABSTINENCE.
NEW HOHk. Nov. IA.
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maritime and fiscal legislation rs shall
place French shipowners on an equal
footing with their competitors in other
countries. II Is true that state may
be exceedingly prosperous, although the
movement of its commerce is wholly in
trusted to foreign hands. A case in point
is Belgium, which has witnessed uncon-
cerned the extinction OF its merchant
navy because that kingdom depends for
its existence upon treaty obligations, and
has never seriously contemplated self-de-
fence. France, however, which means In
spite of BISMARCK to hold her place among
the powers Of the earth, cannot afford TO
neglect a mercantile marine with whose
trained seamcn her war fleet is recruited
and the national honor maintained at sea.