nits  of  lUmois,  nod  at  the  time  of  high  fieshels  is  par-

1  water.     It  Irna  a  growth  of  large  iovest  trees.     This  Bpot

lelistB  from  its  beinj-  neutral  ground:  the  island  was  for

some  time  disputed  territory  between  the  states

of  Illinois  Rnd  Missouri.     A  fatal  contest  of

this  kind  ensued  between  Thomas  Biddle,  of

St.  Louis,  and  one  of  his  friends,  in  which  both

wcie  killed,     The  origin  of  the  duel  seems  to

have  been  some  jocose  remark  mode  by  the

nnlii<;ouist  of  Mr.  Biddle  in  reheard  to  hie  (Mr.
