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Marvin and Holt also had an evenly played match. Holt weakened at critical points and drove easy strokes out of court and into the net, but there was some doubt about the result until the end of the match, as Marvin was erratic...
...enabled us to get cheap silver from Mexico and the Indies, but threw gold aside. It was underbidding the ratio which should have been upheld. Again the act of 1834, the "Gold Bill," as it was called, making the ratio 16 to 1, went to the other extreme and drove all the silver out of the country. The United States acting merely for itself, instead of joining forces with France, made it impossible to institute a sound international bimetallism...
...conclusion President Walker said that in his opinion the law, and the law alone, drove silver out. Proper mint regulations might have retained it. The assumption that England's monometallic system made her more prosperous is weak. The reason for the great prosperity of England is to be found rather in her stupendous and never-ceasing exports...
...their plans were matured, acting with Nathaniel Lyon. Lyon boldly disguised himself in the dress of an old lady well known in the locality and was driven all through the camp in her victoria, getting all the information required for success. Lyon and Blair continued their prompt action and drove the confederates to the southwest corner ot the state. There the Southerners rallied and in the drawn battle of Wilson's Creek, Lyon was killed at the head of his troops. His death was a great loss to the cause. His coolness. skill, and precision of movement were qualities which...
...night-fall fighting ceased. During the night Buell's forces arrived, and Wallace, who had lost his way, also appeared. Thus re-enforced, Grant attacked vigorously next morning and drove the Confederates from the field. There was no pursuit. The loss was almost 10,000 on each side, and this terrible conflict, so unequalled in American experience, caused mutual self-respect. For the first time, the public began to realize the full meaning...