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them afloat. When the Eastport foundered below Grand Écore he had proposed to raise it in the same manner, but the officials had not listened to him, and had been forced to destroy this fine vessel. The success which he had obtained at Thompson's Creek gave great weight to his words when he came to assure his superiors that he would undertake to get the whole fleet past the rapids in fifteen days. Nevertheless, he was received with incredulity. Franklin alone and his chief of staff, Colonel Hoffman, who were equal to a proper appreciation of Bailey's character and capacity, believed what he said. The authority of the former, who passed with unequivocal title for an excellent officer of engineers, while not convincing any one, triumphed over all difficulties. General Hunter, who had just arrived, commissioned by General Grant to render him a personal report of the situation of the army, was the first to recommend a trial of Bailey's plan. Banks and Porter, equally incredulous, b