DISTANCES ON THE COAST NORTH FROM SAN FRANCISCOSHORTEST SAILING ROUTE IN NAUTICAL MILES.

CENSUS OF CITIES-1870.

The following table contains the population of each of the one hundred and thirty-four largest cities in the United States. It shows all the cities having a population of ten thousand and upward:

CITY.

STATE. POPULAT'N.

1. New York.....New York........ 942,292 . Philadelphia... Pennsylvania......674,022 3. Brooklyn......New York........ 396,099 4. St. Louis......Missouri.......... 310,864

CITY.

STATE. POPULAT❜N.

68. St. Joseph.. ......Missouri.. ....... 19,566 69. Wheeling. West Virginia..... 19,280 70. Norfolk.. ..Virginia........... 19,229 71. Bridgeport......Connecticut....... 18,969 5. Chicago............. ..Illinois............ 298,977 72. Petersburg......Virginia........ 18.950 6. Baltimore......Maryland......... 267,354 73. Chelsea........Massachusetts.... 18,547 7. Boston........Massachusetts.... 250,526 74. Dubuque.......Iowa.............. 18,434 8. Cincinnati......Ohio.............. 216,239 75. Bangor.........Maine ......... 18,289 9. New Orleans..Louisiana......... 191,418 76. Leavenworth...Kansas........... 17,873 10. San Francisco..California......... 149,473 77. Fort Wayne....Indiana........... 17,718 11. Buffalo........New York........ 117,714 78. Springfield.. ..Illinois ........... 17,364 12. Washington....District Columbia. 109,199 79. Auburn........New York........ 17,225 13. Newark........New Jersey....... 105,059 80. Newburg.......New York........ 17,014 14. Louisville......Kentucky......... 100,753 81. Norwich ...Connecticut....... 16,653 15. Cleveland......Ohio.... ..... 92,829 82. Grand Rapids..Michigan......... 16,507 16. Pittsburg......Pennsylvania...... 86,076 83. Sacramento....California......... 16,283 17. Jersey City....New Jersey....... 82,546 84. Terre Haute....Indiana....... 16,103 18. Detroit........Michigan......... 79,577 85. Omaha.........Nebraska......... 16,083 19. Milwaukee.....Wisconsin ........ 71,440 86. Williamsport...Pennsylvania ...... 16,030 20. Albany ........New York........ 69,422 87. Elmira.........New York........ 15,863 21. Providence....Rhode Island..... 68,904 88. New Albany....Indiana........... 15,395 22. Rochester......New York........ 62,386 89. Augusta........Georgia........... 15,389 23. Alleghany......Pennsylvania...... 53,180 90. Cohoes.........New York........ 15,357 24. Richmond.....Virginia........... 51,038 91. Newport........Kentucky......... 15,087 25. New Haven....Connecticut....... 50,840 92. Burlington......Iowa....... 14,930 26. Charleston.....South Carolina.... 48,956 93. Lexington......Kentucky......... 14,801 27. Indianapolis...Indiana........... 48,244 94. Burlington......Vermont.......... 14,387 28. Troy....... .New York........ 46,465 95. Galveston......Texas............ 13,818 29. Syracuse......New York........ 43,051 96. Lewiston....... Maine............ 13,600 30. Worcester.....Massachusetts.... 41,105 97. Alexandria.....Virginia....... 13,570 31. Lowell ........Massachusetts.... 40,928 98. Lafayette.......Indiana...... 13,506 32. Memphis......Tennessee........ 40,226 99. Wilmington....North Carolina.... 13,446 33. Cambridge.....Massachusetts.... 39,684 100. Haverhill.......Massachusetts .... 13,092 34. Hartford.......Connecticut....... 37,180 101. Minneapolis....Minnesota........ 13,066 35. Scranton.......Pennsylvania...... 35,092 36. Reading.......Pennsylvania...... 33,930 37. Paterson.... ..New Jersey....... 33,579 38. Kansas City....Missouri 32,260 39. Mobile ........Alabama.......... 32,034 40. Toledo........Ohio............. 31,584 41. Portland.......Maine............ 31,419 42. Columbia......Ohio.............. 31,274 109. San Antonio....Texas... 43. Wilmington.... Delaware......... 30,841 110. Concord........New Hampshire.. 12,241 44. Dayton........Ohio.............. 30,473 111. Des Moines....Iowa.. 45. Lawrence......Massachusetts.... 28,921 112. Jackson........ ....Michigan......... II,447 46. Utica..........New York........ 28,804 113. Georgetown .....District Columbia. 11,384 47. Charlestown...Massachusetts.... 28,323 114. Aurora.........Illinois............ 11,162 48. Savannah......Georgia........... 28,235 115. Hamilton.......Ohio.............. 11,081 49. Lynn..........Massachusetts.... 28,233 116. Rockford.. .....Illinois............ 11,046 50. Fall River.....Massachusetts.... 26,768 117. Schenectady...New York........ 11,026 51. Springfield.....Massachusetts.... 26,703 118. Rome.......... New York........ 11,000 52. Nashville......Tennessee......... 25,865 119. Waterbury.....Connecticut....... 10,826 53. Covington......Kentucky......... 24,505 120. Macon.... .Georgia... ....... 10,810 54. Quincy........Illinois............ 24,052 121. Madison .Indiana.. 55. Manchester....New Hampshire.. 23,536 122. Altoona ........ ..Pennsylvania..... 10,600 56. Harrisburg.....Pennsylvania...... 23,104 123. Portsmouth ....Ohio................................ 10,592 57. Peoria....... Illinois.. 5............ 22,849 124. Montgomery...Alabama... 10,588 58. Evansville.....Indiana........... 21,830 125. Nashua........New Hampshire.. 10,543 59. Atlanta........Georgia........... 21,789 126. Oakland........California ........ 10,500 60. Lancaster......Pennsylvania..... 21,295 127. Portsmouth.....Virginia.............. ... 10,492 61. Oswego........New York........ 20,910 Biddeford......Maine............ 10,282 62. Elizabeth......New Jersey....... 20,832 129. Hannibal.......Missouri.......... 10,125 63. Hoboken......New Jersey....... 20,297 130. Ogdensburg....New York........ 10,076 64. Poughkeepsie.. New York........ 20,080 131. Stockton.... .California......... 10,066 65. Davenport.....Iowa................................. 20,038 132. Council Bluffs..Iowa............. 10,020 133. Zanesville ......Ohio

102. Sandusky ......Ohio.............. 13,000
103. Salt Lake......Utah............. 12,854
104. Keokuk........Iowa
....... 12,766
105. Fond du Lac... Wisconsin........ 12,764
106. Binghampton...New York........ 12,692
107. Oshkosh........Wisconsin........ 12,662
108. Vicksburg......Mississippi........ 12,443

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12,035

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66. St. Paul........Minnesota........ 20,030 67. Erie...........Pennsylvania...... 19,646 134. Akron..........Ohio ................................... 10,006

MAJOR GENERAL E. R. S. CANBY, U. S. A. (Murdered by Jack, the Mode: Chief, at the Lava Beds, Northern California, April 11, 1873.)

(The half-breed Indian, who led the Warm Spring Indians against the Modocs, in 1873.)

CHAPTER XLI.

The American Invasion-The Indians of America-"Indian Policy"-Expiring Efforts of the Aborigines-Captain Jack, the Modoc Chief, and his War of the Lava Beds.

In the history of man, there are no chapters so burdened with bitter hostility, and livid with scenes of blood and revengeful slaughter, as those telling the sad tale of the fast-expiring race of men, whose origin and appearance in America may be as old as earth's creation itself, and whose struggle to maintain possession of the soil, exhibits the keenest perception of natural rights, and has developed a power of resistance commanding the admiration of the impartial observer.

The invasion of America, and the decline of the native population, dates from the first landing of the white man on the continent. Without any stretch of the imagination, the landing of the white man in Amer. ica, and his taking into his possession the home of the Indian and assuming ownership of the soil, because of its "discovery" by him, was as if a Hindoo should land in London, and because of his "discovery" of the country, assume dominion of the realm, place the sturdy sons of Albion on the list of his wards, and limit their movements to the confines of a "reservation."

It will doubtless take many years for the mass of the people of America to acknowledge that the vested rights of man in the soil, and his home-be that home what it may—are neither determined by the color of