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into line. They were blind, halt, lame and 

 deformed; many of them with unusually 

 large heads; some had small heads; many 

 had long beards; many had running sores 

 at the ear and at the neck; some had 

 goitres; some had sore eyes; many had 

 short legs and long bodies ; and there were 

 men of all shades of color, etc., etc. Every- 

 one, as far as I could make out, was a for- 

 eigner. They were a mass of physical 

 monstrosities. God knows from whence 

 they could have been collected. 



Up with this line, I went into Part No. 

 2 of Supreme Court of Special Term. I 

 forced my way in and I saw this great 

 crowd marching in and around, two and 

 two, and marching out, never stopping a 

 minute. A man stood up, and in a loud 

 voice, as rapid as a gatling gun, read a long 

 list of names, all foreign. Two Eepublicans 

 and two Democrats who, I was told, were 

 political leaders, each certified that they had 

 known these men for a long period of time. 

 The line never stopped; it was moving all 

 the time. 



My heart sank within me at the sight, as 



