The original German member, a gentleman of the name of Eggert, fell early into precarious health; his work was from the first interrupted, he was at last (to the regret of all that knew him) invalided home; and his successor had but just arrived.

In like manner, the first American commissioner, Henry C.Ide, a man of character and intelligence, was recalled (I believe by private affairs) when he was but just settling into the spirit of the work; and though his place was promptly filled by ex-Governor Ormsbee, a worthy successor, distinguished by strong and vivacious common sense, the break was again sensible.

The English commissioner, my friend Bazett Michael Haggard, is thus the only one who has continued at his post since the beginning.

And yet, in spite of these unusual changes, the Commission has a record perhaps unrivalled among international commissions.

It has been unanimous practically from the first until the last; and out of some four hundred cases disposed of, there is but one on which the members were divided.