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the vessels it is said to have been the 
Congress, she of Monitor-Merrimac fame 
afterward; and as the American flag still 
floats from the staff directly over the 
shell it is quite an interesting and historic 
piece of iron. Very few Americans, 
however, associate the quiet little town 
of Guaymas with any event of the war 
waged so long ago that its memories are 
almost lost in the later and greater war 
of civil strife. 
In the good old times Guaymas used 
to have revolutions of its own. When¬ 
ever a governor of the place was finan¬ 
cially embarrassed, or imagined he would 
soon be replaced by some fresh favorite 
from the City of Mexico, he would issue 
a proclamation and send around to mer¬ 
chant after merchant to take up a collec¬ 
tion. If they had the temerity to object, 
