Transcriber's notes:
The diaeresis is transcribed by a following hyphen.
The contraction "n't" appears both as a separate word and as a
suffix in the text. Since this seems to be the choice of the
Linotype operator, not the author, it has been changed to modern
usage. Differing spellings of "Lafayette" and "judgment" have
been standardized. The author's spelling of "Pittsburg", "Alleghanies",
"Tombs", "McDougall", and "Breckenridge" has been retained.
Hyphenations at the end of lines have been eliminated wherever
possible. Those remaining are words that are hyphenated
elsewhere in the text, or in general usage.
A few corrections of punctuation and of single letters have
been made.
This transcription was typed into MS-DOS Editor under Windows
XP, spell-checked in Word Perfect, and examined with Gutcheck.