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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-23

equally effective as irregular cavalry.
In later Indian campaigns Gen. Crook
and Gen. Custer used the Crows and
Shoshone Indians against the Sioux
and Cheyennes, and while the Crows
were rather unreliable aud difficult to,
keep within proper control, and the
Shoshones we're sometimes panicky
and cowardly, still they were faithful
to the government. There are now
about three hundred Indians armed,
equipped, and in the pay ofthe United
States, and designated as scouts" OF
these less than 100 are in Arizona,
while the balance scattered through
New Mexico and the Department of
the Platte.
They have proved themselves to be-
superior as scouts, couriers and mes
sengers to the ordinary white loafer to-
be found about the Frontier posts,
drinking, and Boosting and self.stylinE
themselves government scouts" The,
only objection to the use Of Indians IN
warfare on the frontier is their OBJ
lection to serving against their OWE
tribe. The Apache scouts could be
used to good advantage in the Depart
ment of the Platte among the Sioux
and Cheyennes, or even the Unoom-
pagre and White River Utes, but it
would be folly to attempt to use them
against their own tribe and relations.
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The Trade Palace,
1. Goldsmith a. Bros,
as Main ~

Will close this afternoon at 6 o'clock
and remain closed until G o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. GOT
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~CIearInehouse Reporf.

p. FransIOIi, 202 Front, receives
fresh Oysters daily by express.
lSi
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Official Notice.


Monday, September 26, 1881, being
the day of the funeral of the late Gen
James A. Garfield, President of the
United States, it is hereby ordered
that all city Offices be closed on hat
day. That at O'Clock pm, the hour
of the funeral, all public bells will
toll at intervals Of minutes for one
hour. II is also requested that all
business houses close on that day at
IL o'clock and remain closed the bal.
ance of the day. That at 10 o'clock
the various denominational churches
will hold a funeral service, and at 2
o'clock, that all church bells will toll
at intervals Of t Of a minute for one
hour. NJ. BURKE,
Acting Pres't Taxing District.
Q. l.. PULLEN, Secretary. 81
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The Oak Hall Clothing House
Invites the public's inspection in their
order department. Their speciality Is
Pants to order for IS and upward. 1T
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Homemade Butter, schmIer
and Hand Kase, az GEORGES,
No. Is Court street 1897
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B%ARGAINsl

Buy Well Pipe Of Browne, 40 Madison
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Get Your Measure Taken
For a pair of pants to order for IS, at the
Oak Hall Clothing House, 25l Main street.
If
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Bakers Pain Panacea cures pain in
man and beast. Use externally and
internally and find relief.
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INSURE GIN HOUSES and COUNTRY
STORES with @. B. WEXFORD & Co.,
154t No. 5 Madison st.
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DR.. Rogers Vegetable Worm Syrup
instantly destroys worms and removes
all secretions. m
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Buy Hose of Browne, 40 Madison.
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Buy Sewer Connections Of Browne.
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OR. an& Go.
DEALERS IN
CHOICE GROCERIES.
842 Main Street

Our Stock is Large and Fresh, embraces all the Best lines OF
Goods kept by the Trade and Will be Sold at Prices as Low AS
THE LOWEST. 1B
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lust Received.

Buy Pitcher Pumps Of Browne
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New comb and strained honey at
Buckham & Campbell's. LOT
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Odorless cooking oil. Buckham &
Campbell, 50 Beal. l4+
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For RENT OF A I
FOP aERT.

HOUSE and lot No. 1856 Vance. Inquire at
III 44 Vance. 742
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Choice Red Snappers.
III. SEESSEL, SIR, d SON,
Cor. Jefferson and Second SIS.
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PERNnMAL.

NISTERNS dug or cleaned by PERRY Ora
" HAN. l3I DeSoto. l9 20
WANTEp.
A SMART boy, at Mrs. Al SL0AN'S, 23
IA Main street.
TWO industrious boys who have had sOne
Il experience in the timers trade. Kenne-
saw Mfg Co, 81 Madison street. HD
A WHITE woman for general housewsrk.
a 81 CG0EBEL, Madison and Second.
r EDGER balances, old and new city bondI,
IL coupons and paving scrip and certificates
for paying back taxes. B. RICHMOND,
32 No. 20 Madison street
VOUNG lady with good references and fully
i qualified, desires = situation as teacher
in a country school, or a. g%oyerneis in q pri-
TAKEN UP.
DY the subscriber, September q, a straw
IL berTy.eolored heifer, about 2 years old.
Owner will please call, prove property and
- =
For SALE
SEED WHEAT-2OO sacks red winter.
A RARE CHANCE-A good barbershop for
IA sale cheap. Address + M LOUIS, Led
ger office. 1873
A GENTLE carriage horse. IKE A CHASE,
"A 40 Front. 1874
DIAN0s AND ORGANs-NeW or second
j. hand, on easy monthly instalments. Leave
orders for tuning with EWITZMANN K co,
lot 23 and 25 Seconi street.
EURNITURE-Parlor bedroom and dining
y room set in hne condition, at a bargain.
Apply at2O DeSoto or9 Howard Row. 10f
HUMBOLDT PARK, at the head Of VaEce
IL street, suitable for fine residence or the
incest picnic grounds. This Is a rare opportu-
nifty to get Q home so comfortable and 50 desir-
able: These beautiful shaded grounds are con
tanning over four acres, clear title and no in.
oumbrances. Furniture also for sale II the
purchaser desires. Apply at No. $50 Main st.
Try GOODS FOR SALE
u Being engaged. in manufacturing oxclu-
sively, / wish 20 sell my stock ofDRY GOODS.
or will trade II for city property.
II JIG. WATKINS, 2H Main street.
CHEAP COW F~0OD-Cotton Seed HullS. the
Obest food for dry cattle or milqh cow Gups-
rior to common hay and AZ less than one-third
tne cost. All dairymen and many Others uso
them with high Satisfaction. For sale By
CITY OIL WORKS,
A L I~,oetaYe Piano, very handsomely
"A finished; nearly new. Can be seen al
lSD Hollenberg's Music House, "a Main.
OR0 BDLs TIES CHRAP-We buy ali kind1
HOU Of old iron, rags, cotton or machinery:
Second.hand bricks bought and sold. We b6y
and sell anything from the EiEo Of a needle 10
an anchor. The attention Of the public gen.
orally, and country libraries especially, Il
called to the fact that / have q great variety
OIL Secondhand Books. s.. GABAY, AF't.
lSt Nos. al. 4l3 and 41B Shelby str cot
PUBLIC LEDGER
cHees 10 Madison street.
TEN cEHTs Pc We . X.
THE CITY.
Friday Evening, Sept IS, 1881.
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ADDITIONAL COTTON.

Buy Hose CartsOf Browne, 4O:Madisor
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Mules, Mules.

Buy Gas Fixtures Of Browne.
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II OMAhAs AND WlNhEBAGOh,
under Major Booth, proved themselves
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Mules, Mules.
Fine dray and cart mules for sale at
q G. II. Bracket & Co.
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4 N, COLEMAN, Justice Of the Peace,
-. Notary Public and Commissioner OF
ba9da Special attention given to collections
, 90 county 0ass @s FFeni ct. list
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-03-19
Making Fortunes.

"Iou see that man lust crossing the
street p remarked Chicago man TO a
New Yorker, whom he was towing
around to see the sight "Wcll that man
sold pop corn in this city for twenty-five
years, and he is worth $3.50 600" "Did
he make II selling pop corn p "Oh no,
ho made hls pile buving lake front lots"
Pretty soon the guide called his attention
To man standing in the door of bank,
and added, that man opened the first Bi-
bic house west of New York Civ.
Thirty years ago he was poor To-day
he runs that bank. "Did he make his
money selling Bibles y Oh, no, he
bought prairie land and held on TO it,"
In the corse Of ten minutes big building
was pointed out as belonging TO man who
reached Chicago nineteen years ago with
only five cents in his pocket. He opened
night school and now reveled in wealth.
did be make II all by teaching school P"
asked the New Yorker. Oh, no he went
into the dray business as soon as he had
money enough TO buy a hsrso" After
several more like cases had been referred
TO, the visitor asked Have you any
eIugle man in Chicago who has made
money in tho business he first started
inioT 'IIAve we. Let's see; let's see
Yes; we have. / know of man on
State stree who went into the whisky
business twenty years age, has stuck
right to it, and j. worth 500 600. If
he'd only Teen sharp enough to turn
round after ten years and open and uR
dertaker's shop, and buried his customers,
he'd now be q millionaire -
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Odd Statisftcs

A Detroiter has been collecting and
arranging statistics Of an odd nature, and
II his book is ever published, readers will
find nothing dry about IT, He goes right
10 business on page ] by estimating the
number Of lickings received by the
average boy up to bis 14th at 12J. This
includes the spanking process during ia
fancy.
Out Of 100000 people In this country
10000 &c; up cross in The morning, but
only hundred or 30 remain in that con
dition very long after breakfast.
Out Of $4,000 men only GOO will put no
money on bet The rest crawasb
srouas, and finally back water on their
assersions.
Only ten women Out Of Every 500 who
start out on journey by railroad consult
a RAILROAD map or have the least idea o
The direction they take. -Four hundred
and nincty-clght worry about their bag
gage 487 are certain they took the
wrong train 400 wish they had never
started.
The rick Of being bitten BY dog is
greatly ovcrcsiimaicd Out Of every
900 big and little dogs only two care TO
get up row with tbo human race. and
those two are ready ard willing 10 die.
The number Of men who can put in a
more pleasant evening down town than
az their own frosids is on tbs decrease.
and the number Of wives who are taking
a little extra psins % make home more
pleasant than a concert saloon 10 on the
increase.
Out Of every 1000 men who get mad
ant swear they will see n lawyer about IL .
only fifteen carry out their intentions
Only ore woman In 5000 pays the
first price asked for a bonnet, and only
one milliner 10 ] ZOO, 900 expects her to.
The time occupied by the average man
In buying foil suit Of clothes is lust one
fourth the time occupied by the average
woman 10 buying q pair Of stockings.
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BOUND ron AMsRICA.
whole Towns Leaving Prussia for
the "Land OF the Free,

LONDON, Marh "a Berlin corrospon-
don't to the Times comments on the great
increase OF emigration TO the United
States and says Whole villages are de
scribed by local papers rs migrating
from Pasen. Prussia, Proper and
Schieswig, for America. Immigration
agents however, hardly set forth the ad.
VantaSes of the various States they rep>
resent As they are warned by the Amor
lean legation that they would bc unable
to help them II they should get i'm trou>
bio with the an thoritieS Mr. Waudel,
an American citizen of Hungarian ex-
traction, who two years ago was forbid
den TO lecture in Berlin on emigration.
has just been equally unsuccessful on
his second second visit, designed to per-
suade the authorities of the folly OF inns
psding migration. 1t appears, however,
that the precautions against the exodus
of young men has somewhat abatod in
the south Of Germany, Tho German
government particularly aims to divert
emigration from the United States.
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DRAINING rHE ErERGLADES.
scheme for UcIaiminy Onc-Third
OF the state of Florida.

An immense transaction involving the
reclamation Of II 600 600 acres OF land,
or one-thrd OF one the States Of the
Union, has been undertaken by COM
pany OF this city, says letter from
Philadelphia. About one-thrd Of the
State OF FloridA is hugo swamp termed
The Everglades" dark, impene;rable,
unknown region. No white man has
ever fully explored il, and all that Ia
known OF II Is that 1t is great swamp
with a number of lakes, and hero and
there islands, upon which roam wild ami
mails, but withal place of wonderfully
luxuriAnt vegetation. GA its outskirts a
few miserable human beings, a mongrel
race of white, Indian and negro blood.
manage TO exist in state OF barbarism
These are the descendants OF the uncon-
quered Greeks and Seminoles, who re
treated 10 the fastnesscs of the swamp be-
fore the United States army. The pro
Ject OF reclaiming this region has been
talked of for years, and it has long been
considered feasible by many eminent en-
b'"NSio' OhhuA CONTRACT Win the
State of Florida Philadelphia company
is about undertaking this great scheme.
The leading man in tho enterprise Is
Hamilton Disston, young gentleman of
energy ample fortune and thes head of
the saw manufacturing firm Of Henry
Disston Il Sons. Under the agreement
already made with the State the company
is required to begin surveys within sixty
days, and within six months to put force
equal to 100 men at work, aud continue
the work until the land is reclaimed 1t is
proposed 20 drain the land by. canal
from Lake Okeechobee 10 tho Cal1oss-
katchee River, which empties into the
Gulf OF Mexico. Another canal may also
be constructed TO the east, tapping the st.
Lucie River, which flows into the Allan
tic. These canals will entirely drain the
swamp, and from 10 900, 600 to IL 900 600
acres of the richest land I'm the world will
be reclaimed. The company will receive
for the work ohe-half of the land recov-
cred, and ii is expected that this will re
pay all expenditure of money which NAV
be made in the work
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EIoquent and satIsfactorY

In bis speech in the House on tho
Railroad Bill, Delegate Lowry capped
tho climax Of eloqueuce. and gave West
Virginians satisfactory peep into the
origin OF our beloved States marvellous
resources. Here's how ne went ABOUT
it.
"There is a legand to this effect.
When tho Almighty created the World
no determined to distribute the mineral
MI over the face Of his footstool. In
India, Brazil aud South Africa he depos
ited precious diamonds In California
Asia and Australia he deposited gold In
Peru, Colorado and Moxico he deposited
silver. Tn England. Russia and Ponn-
sylvahia no deposited coal and iron. and
IN the evening Of the sixth dny OF crea-
ton, wkile the sun was setting IN goor-
Reous bank Of clouds in tie West. the
Almighty, tired from His day OF labor.
stopped for n moment 10 rest upon the
top Of ono Of West Vireinia's highest
mountains, aud in turning round, his
arm struck his basket ~ minerals aud DO
was overturned, scattering its contents
broadcast over the Whole Of West Vir-
ginia, thereby making The richest Slate
iu the UuiOu' lApplausol
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The respect which the Irish have for
their priests docs not prevent thtm from
enjoying joke at their expense re-
member hearing Of an ihsianco Of a poor
girl going 10 priest 10 asb him 10 unite
her 10 the boy Of her choice The holy
man demanded two sovereigns for the
accommodation. The girl pleaded hard
that che hsd not so much money but
but he was inexorablej two soyoreigps ho
must have
She was leaving the house in the great
est dependency, when her eye lighted ON
the priests cloak hanging on peg in the
hslI. A bright thought occurred to her
quick Irish mind she took it down aud
vanished. Half on hour later she return
ol with the meney, accompanied by her
believed Pat The priest was now oil
suIles, performed tho service witb great
goodwill, and bestowed on The happy
couple hearty blessing and, ss they
lett the church, Kathleen dropped q
courtsy, tbsnkisg him for bis kindness,
and presenting him with the paWnticket
that be might recover bis cloak
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The american Detective says = OF all
the evils prevalent among young mon
we know of mono moro blighting i'm its
moral effects than TO speak lightly OF the
virtues of women. Nor is there any~
thing i'm which young men are 50 thor
oughly mistaken as 10 the low estimate
they form AS to the integrity of women
not OF their own mothers and sisters, but
of others. who they forget, are somebody
else's mothers and sisters.
AS a rule no person who surrcndcrs TO
this dsbasing habit is to be trusted with
all enterprise requiring integrity Of char
actar. Plain words should DO spoken
on this subject, for tho evil is general
one, and deep rooted. If young men
are sometimes thrown into tho society
OF thoughtless ana dopraved women.
they have no more right to measure all
other women by what they see OF these
than they have TO estimate the character
OF honest and respectable citizons bv the
development of crime i'm our police
courts. Let our young men romem~
Der that their chief happiness in lifo de~
pends upon utter faith i'm woman, No
worldly wisdom, no misanthropic phi~
.osophy, no generalization. can weaken
truth. It stands like the record Of
itself-for 1t is nothing less than this
and shou q put an everlasting soal upon
lips that arc wont to speak slightly OF
womaD.
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mr.. Il. II. IIaycs's PecuIiarities.

Mr.. Hayes drinks wbiskeY, brandy.
wine and beer, but never in presence Of
his wife, except when dining out lie
does dot con6no himself 10 a single glass,
but puts away about rs much as other
men. lie frequently excuses himself by
saying 81 don't know really that /
ought to take this, but 1 guess Il went
hurt me, or I'm not feeling very well
to-day think will take a little. d"
Gentlemen aud ladies who are accustom-
ed 10 meet Mr.. Hayes IN society laugh a.
the idea OF his being opposed to the social
glass. There are two theories here about
bis failure 10 furnish wine 10 state dinner
parties. One is that Mrs. Hayes is Oh.
pssed 70 it the other is that be can not
bear TO spend the money. OF course.
wines are the greatest expense 70 big
dinner, and everybody knows that Mr..
Hayes is a greater lover Of money than
anv President ever in the White House.
This in9rdiuate love has kept him from
contributing 20 campaign funds or assist
Ing the starving poor Of Washington Il
has made him live off the old soldiers at
the S0ldiers' Home it has made bim
draw his salary iu advance 70 has made
him drive lame horses week after weed to
HE wiie's carriage, and 10 has made him
get his meats and groceries at the Com
misBary Department Of The army because
he could save q few cents on the Bound
thereby Philadelphia Times.
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FIphfntnFunernI.

CHICAGO, March 9.-Tho funeral Of
Michael Callahan, a victim Of smallpox,
took place yesterday. The friends of
Callahan being refused special train on
the Northwestern Rsllrc al, engaged ex-
press wagons and drove the entire distance
to Calvary Cemetery. At the gate Of
the cemetery only three pail bearers car
ried the cofiiu. They requested the
fourth TO assist, but he refused The
corpse was thrown in the centre Of a
rubbish pile and the pail bearers began q
fight, which was finally participated IN
by all present Picks ard shUvtls were
used, and a number Of the mourners were
bodily injured. Meanwhile the cofln
was lying face downward Some Of tho
female relatives tried 10 turn IL over, and
in doing 20 wrenched of the lid. The
corpse rolled down the slight incline
toward the road, the women shrieking
and the men yelling, while the crowd,
fearing the disease, began q stampede.
A despatch was sens to Chicago for The
Health officer, who went % the scene.
The mOurners returned % town this
morning, bearing severe marks Of the bat
lie
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-03-19
ANntionnI Calamity.

PANAMA, Feb. "a via New York.
March D The 10th OF February will no
remembered in Antigua AS an occasion OF
frost, the heaviest in the memory OF man,
occasionng damage which has no record
In the history Of the county since its con
quest by the Spaniardp. The froet was 60
keen that Ice was formed in many places,
and ON the following morning It could bd
collected quite readily, even In protected
places, IuCh as the balconies Of houses.
The Ice formed in water vessels, and was
found to be Of very respectable thlckness
In the morning, After the frost the cane
fields and coffee plantations appeared -
though fire had passed through them.
The leaves Of the coffee trees, the most
vigorous trees, as well as the tenderest
shoot, were discolored and shriveled, and
broke to pieces at the slightest touch
while even the tender twigs were in
iursd. Several years must necessarily
slapse before the plantations can be
restored To their usually healthy condi
tion. Sugar cane was killed as It stood,
80 that the loss in this respect is confined
TO the amount now actually uncut, =,
although all Of this will scarcely be q tc-
tai loss. The amount OF damage Is calcu-
lated TO be bstwecn ~ 900, 900, and 81
O0O. 600.
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Nonnt Thnnn.

Count wbati Why, conunt the mer
cies which have been quietly falling in
your path through every period Of your
history. Down thoy come every morn
log and evening, angel messengers from
the Father Of lights, 10 tell you of your
best Frend in Heaven. Have you lived
those years wasting morcies, treadinp
them beneath your feet, and consuming
them every day, and never yet realized
frOm whence they Gamer If you have.
HeaYen pity you You have murmured
under your Affections but who has
heard you rejoice over your blessings (?
Do you ask what are these mercies ?
Ask the sunbeam, the rain-drops, the
star or The Queeu Of night. What is
life but q mercy? What s the proprlety
of stopping TO play With thorn-bush
when you may just as well pluck swee,
flowers and cat pleasant fruits2 Count
mercles before you complain of sfi.c-
ton. n EE.
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American Enterprise.

A peculiar instance of American enter
prise is found in the history Of the Eastern
Ohio Railroad, little road about eight
miles long, in Guernsey county. This
road was built 10 1874 and is owned by
w. II. s. 9. B. Stevens 10 building this
road they we're financially embarrassed
during the depression from 1874 to 1877.
Ia order 20 prevent themselves from
icing sold out or make an assignment,
they performed all the work necessary in
operation and maintaining the road, one
Of them acting ne engineer, the other as
conductor both assistisg in handling
freight and repairing The read. They are
now out Of debt, their road 10 go6d con
dition, and themselves looking for new
roads TO conquer.
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ThnCnhinct.

President Garfield has sent to tho
Senate the following nominations:
James g.. Blaine Of Maine, Secretary
OF state.
VIM. Window, o. Minnesota, Secro~
tary OF the Treasury.
Wayne MoVcagh, oS Pennsylvania At
tornoy General.
Thomas J.. James, Of New York. Post
master General.
samuel J. kirAwood, of Iowa, secro>
tary Of the Interior.
r. r, Lincoln, Of Illinois, Secretary of
War.
VIM. II. Hunt, Of louisiana, secre.
taly Of tho navy.