Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

ELLEN J. LESTER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District

of New York.

NEW YORK:

T. 0. JENKINS, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER,

20 NORTH WILLIAM ST.

THIS WORK IS DEDICATED,

With Respect and Affection,

TO

HONORABLE WILLIAM E. DODGE,

BY HIS FRIEND AND FELLOW CITIZEN,

THE AUTHOR

New York, June 1st, 1866.