Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, by WILLIAM S. FLIPPIN, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

REED. PRINTER, CHICAGO.

TO

GEORGE GANTT,

OF MEMPHIS,

THE ELOQUENT ADVOCATE,

(A MAN OF FEW FAULTS AND MANY VIRTUES,)

IN RECOGNITION OF THE FRIENDSHIP-NEVER FOR A MOMENT INTERRUPTED-WHICH HAS SUBSISTED BETWEEN HIM AND THE

REPORTER FOR A PERIOD RUNNING BACK OVER

MORE THAN THIRTY-THREE YEARS,

THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED.