Life on the Mississippi

Chapter 24

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--A Continual Sunday.--A ton of Iron and no Glass.--The Ardent is Saved.--Mule Meat--A National Cemetery.--A Dog and a Shell.--Railroads and Wealth.--Wharfage Economy.--Vicksburg versus The “Gold Dust.”--A Narrative in Anticipation.