. The brownies through the Union . And, judging by tlie past, we knowThere 11 be a row ere lie lets paused at Slireveport to siu-veyThe country that around it lay,To learn the nature of the tradeThat such a thriving place had found upon the levee wideThe cotton bales, the countrys piled to such a wondi-ous height,They almost hid the town fi-om sight;In fact, had chiu-ches not been high,With steeples pointing to the Bros\Tiies, seeking it with scarce have known a town was

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