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Pauline whispered to Uncle Ned to show Mr. Adair to the library, to give him a ohange of her father's clothey, and to light a fire. She retired to her room, and ohan ging ber own clothes, pat od a doable dressing gown, and sitting down before the fire, spread ber hair oat <fVer her shoulders (o dr7^ Her aheeka ware still glowing with excitement. Her whole nervous system was to thoroughly aroused that she felt neither weariness nor want or sleep. She sat looking into the fire, thinking over the events of the past few hoars, and wondering if it were not a dream from which she wonld awake. Shekpew not what time had elapsed . .wbenrsber heard* soft tap at the door. She arose and opened it. There stood uncle .Ned?his ?yes bigger and whiter than ever before. "Miss Pauline, dev are here." "Who?" "Dem de&bHs; dey*all down stairs.'.' ( Ho down, uncle Ned, and keep them there aa long a& you oaD," whispered Pauline ; then going through the passage that ?. separated ber room from the library, she opened trie door, ana Jfuncao ^.aair scooa i before her, dressed ip a complete suit of her father's-clotbes. E^eo .her father's round J drab-colored hat, which happened to be in j the room, he had put on in a whim to com' ! plete the ooatame. A bright fire burned in { the grate; a bottle of wine and a wine glass stood on a waiter spon the table. Everything looked so comfortable, "if," in the words of Sir Raleigh, "one might have abided by it." Pauline tool? little time to notice these ? .things, she merely whispered : "Make your escape ; they are here, in the house/' "How can 1 escape tbem i" said uuncan very composedly. ' There is a window," said Pauline, "at the -end of the passage. Yoa can get through that upon aback gallery which will lead yoa to the end of the hoase. By ^limbing over the railing there you can reach the roof of the kitohen. That is protected on one side by a breast work of brick; by lying down between that and the chimney yoa may conoeal yocirsclf. Jf there is no gdard placed there, you may probably get down by catching the limbs of a tree which, grows near the kitchen; but come ! here in a mo-1 ment I" Banca? looked at her musingly as if be were thinking more ber than the escape. "And shall I ever meet you agZ)n?" be said. "Oh, yes, I hope so," she replied, "but ( make baste, they will take you !" He followed her to the ectl ot the pa"* K sage. She opened the window sonly. Ho j caught her hand, pressed it warmly, and ! stepped out upon the gallery. The window . was closed, and Pauline returned to the li- ' brary to see chat nothiug of Duncan's which might exoite suspicion was there. Everything had been removed,* and put | ib a place of safety by uncle Ned. She | was about to lcavo the room, when several Yankee 6oldiers presented themselves at the door, while behind them was seen the pale face of Mrs. Murray, and the blaok terror stricken countenance of Pauline'^ maid. Pauline said to the soldiers : "Why are we disturbed at this hour of the night V Oqo of them answered : "We are on the traofi or an escapea prisoner, namea jjoo- i can Adair" . . "Do you expect," she rejoined, "to find hith here?" "Well, I calculate if he's here, we'll be , pretty suijo to get hiuj." "Very well, search the house." "You seem to keep pretty late houre here, i iMiss," said the soldier, "and make free use of your fuel; this is a large fire to be burn- j iog at this time o' night." "Are you commissioned to inquire into 1 the habits of out family," asked. Pauline. , "0, we have the right to ask of the reb-j els what questions wo think proper." Pauline's lip slightly curled but she made I no answer. '/You seem to have been keeping compa- j ny too, with some one : I sec you have %iuc."_ "If you want the wine, drink it." "Well. I don't know as I bavo any ob jeotion.;" so saying, he poured out a glass, drank it, cud then he handed it to his companions who also drank.\ They then proceeded in their Bearch, looking under tables, sofas, and cushioned chairs, striking on the shelves of books to ! see if the sound indicated any space behind ' them. In the meantime, Pauline had managed to signal to the maid to go to her room. She knew as the girl was intelligent and faithful that as soon as she saw the wqj clothes she would know ibey ought to be'pnt out of the i way. Then turning to the soldiers she.said: "You have not yet looked into that table drawer. He. might be in that, perbaps.-rTbere is a wafer box, also, which you have not examined. I advise you to be careful lest he escape yon." The soldiers appeared half ashamed and half angry, bat one of them stepping up to her, took bold of her hair and said Year hair seems to be damp, Miss ?" She drew back, and from her eyo flashed the epirit pf^tbe oM Roman senator who , struck to the earth the barbai.au for daring i to handle his beard*. "Examine this house," ( she said, "If snoh be your orders, from car-; ret to cellar; but if yon touoh me again, it \ shall be at your peril." "Didn't mean to offend you, Miss; I admire your grit." "O do&'t-talk to them, Pauline P' exolaimed Mrs. Murray. - r. i ' "Insolent dogs !" said Pauline as she left the room. * The search went forward. Dancan was not foaod, bat so convinced were the Yankees o? his being conaealed upon the premises, that they left a guard around the house. An hour had passed. All was quiet.? Duncan arose quietly, and looked beyond the breast work. Beneath the tree, whose branches almost touched the roof, he could discern through the darkness the figuro of a sentinel, whose band held the musket that stood on the ground beside him. With a quick eye and determined hand, Duncan put into exeoution the plan that occurred to him. Springing forward, he oaugbt the branches of the tree, and as he swung himself down, he, with the heel of his boot, strnck the sentinel suob a' blow upon the head as brought him senseless to the ground. The gun went off in the fall, bat Danc&n wasjjnhurt, and leaping the garden fence, l\e made bis escape into the woods, before the sentinels oonld discover what had happened. He walked some distance in contradictory directions through the woods, for the ground was soft anti he left the impress of his foot in the- soil, then passing into the laoe, he crossed it walking baokward, and leaping another fence, passed through some pasture land in the direo^ion.of the city. About breakfast time the next morning, a respectable looking man, in the dress of a middle aged person, with a round drab bat on, walked quietly into the steam ferry boat, that was about starting across to the city. He took up a newspaper, and ccoupied himself with it, until they reached the South bank, tbeu paying nis iare De waiteu up iiie hill and entered Nashville. Passing through.the streets, he saw no hacss, but seeing a negro man he called him and said: "Do you see that lady, standing on the pi azza paying for some strawberries ? " "Yes, sah." i "Well, I am <o lake Breakfast with her. Immediately after breakfast, I wish to drive 1 into the country?will you bring me a back to the door ?" I ' "YeB, sah." The gentleman then approached the lady, 1 and said : "Madam, I belong to the Federal camp; I have been sick and started to < take a walk, but find that I am not suffi- ! ciently strong?I have ordered a hack to i take me back. May I be permitted to rest in your boose untii it comes?" The lady gave consent in a yerycold un- < gracious tone. ? He walked in, and took a seat in the par- < lor, where be fonnd several. Indies. The n % t O' I , welcome cney gave mm was coming. ouou the gentlemaq-of the house appeared, and i sayiog^'Good moruing," asked hrm if he belonged to the Federal camp. "Yes, sir.'? * i "What position have you in tbe army V* "I beloDg tothe.commissary department." ; "When b.ttve y?u heard from John Mor- I gan and his men ?" 1 . "Not for some time. 0, I fancy we have i pretty well cut them up." "No," rejoined the gentleman of the i house, with warmth, "you have not pretty i well cut them up; but they will pretty well 1 cut you up before you have done." < 0 f The Stranger turned and said to him : ! ' "3ir, X haye been lying to you. I am not a j' Federal officer, but am one of Morgan's j ' ? in el modn nit) otnnnp frnm I 1 LLll/Ll} 0UU 1JUIU JUOW Uiuuv UJ^ vwvw^w v**> the Penitentiary." ' "One of-Morgan's men !u exolaimed the ladies, all springing op at once, "we moat i shake hands with yon." ,1 The gentleman expressed his gratification, bat added : "You must not remain here, i They will be searching for yon. Come, our breakfast is jost ready. Take your break- t fast. In the meantime, I -will have my carriage ordered, for the pickets on the road would stop the hack. My wife and daugh- < ters will take a morning ride. They have a pass. They will take you to a friend of < ours in the country, whence you can make i 1 your escape. < A few days after these events, Mr. Trous-: I dale's family physician cabled to see Pauline, j and handed her a note which Lad been ! 1 given him by a g'ntlewan in Nash: Mlc it 1 ran thus: "I am safe, thacl. to your eour ! i age and wisdom ! If F live your nam. 'hull nerve my arm in every bat'. la; if I Ui?, I ! 1 shall'bear your imago with me into Eternity." . j * * . * Several months had passed. The long I bright days of summer had come. Pauline j 1 Was romping with her young cousins with , ' whom she and hen parents were spending . < the summer, or strolling with them through ' I the green woodlands of Kentucky, or sitting : I under some shady tree, watching ber cork 1 as it floated upon the quiet waters of "old i' Salt River." Some times she paused and !' gazed on vacancy, dreamingly gazed, as if < something ,?ere in the space before her/i unseen by other eyes. | One evening as she sat on the steps of the ! front portico, watchiog the black birds, as . they came trooping to an old elm for their ] night's repose, a youDg boy came running !, up the lawn, and when be arrived at tho ! , bottom of the steps, almost out of breath, | be exclaimed: "Cousin Pauline, John ? Morgan's coming." , Pauline burst into a laugh : "That was < capitally done^.cousin Alf, but is it possible ] that yoci have put yourself to the troublo of 1 running clear aoross the lawn, just to Ifoax < me" with that story ? No, no, Master Al- I fred Branham, I am hot quite so young as t to believe such an improbability." "I declare cousin Pauline, opon my hon- I or, it's the truth." I "A young fellow down in town told me *< that bis. father saw some of the soldier* yes-! J terdqy, an'd he says they arc Dot twenty 1 < miles from here, and that they will be here i tomorrow." . , "Oh, how can that be? I wonder if it is ] true ?" exojaimcd Pauline, as* she sprang j < Up and ran into the houser, crying, "Pa, iMa, i cousin Miles, do you hear that ? Morgan 1 is coming ! Do you ibink it is truo, Pa ?" "You are a strange herald, to bring us ews, and thon ask us to oonfirm it," said Mr. Trousdale. "But what do you think about it ? Alfred says ? boy told him that bis father bad seen some of the troops, and that they will be here to-morrow. I da hope it is true 1" "It is not very likely/' remarked Mr. Branbam, that Morgan would dare penetrate into the very heart of Kentucky, when there are Federal troops scattered all over the State." The family all joined in expressing their disbelief of the story, and yet they all.went out upon the portico as if to look already for his coming. No Southern troops were in sight, but the "Home Guards" were flying in all directions, and the whole village seemed to be in a state of unusual commotion: The gentlemen put on their bats to go into the village, the ladies remained at homo indulging in a thousand exciting conjectures. There was very little sleep in the house that night. The next morning, however, they all arose disposed to laugh pt the story which had created so much disturbance the day before. After breakfast Pauline went into the garden to gather some flowers, when Alfred again came rushing through the gate: "Cousin Pauline, they're coming I I tell you, they're coming! They are this side of Salt River! I saw them myself, and came galloping back to tell you." Pauline asked no second question. She ran into the house, caught up her hat, and she and Aif started into the village as fast as they could walk. Tho houses seemed emptying themselves into the streets, and the people were in a delirium of joy. Soon the grey uniform of the South was seen upon the hill top that overlooked the village ? ine soDg 01"?ne uonme I5iue *iag came floating down upon the breeze, the ladies waived their handkerchiefs, the little boys ran Bbonticg to meet the soldiers, the old men stood with beaming faces and moistened eyes, the shout that they dared not utter with the little boys, being pent up within their hearts, Oh, Kentucky ! when shall the voioe of freedom again ring from thy valleys and from thy hill tops! Pauline stood upon a terrace, as the soldiers passed by, waiving to them her handkerchief, throwing them the. flowers that 3he held in her hand. It is useless to say, that she did not look with a nervous interest for the faqe of Puncan Adair. Among so many persons fn uniform it is difficult to recognize an acquaintance. They had all passed. Pauline vf&.s disappointed. She said to horself: "He is not with them," and was turning away, when Duncan stood on the terrace beside her. He caught her hand. "Miss Trousdale, this ie tho crowning joy of this day j" Pauline answered : "I am so glad k) see you ! I was afraid you were not among the troops j but come, you must go with me to mv cousin's, vou must see mv father and mother." Duncan went with her. She busied herself in preparing for him the most delicate ' refreshments, she introduoed him to her friepds, she went with him through the garden to gather flowers; they walked through the grove, down by the spring that burst mt beneath the ancient elm. All day long' lie was by her side. It .was one of the golden days that seem sent down directly from the gates of Heaven. Once, as they stood beside the spring, ihe said to hi hi: "I was uneasy un til I reard that yon were safe, beyond the lines." "And yet," he replied, "I was captured u escaping. Did yoq fcnpw it ?" "No," she replied in surprise, looking up it him, "Where were you taken ?" "At Nashville." "I" did not hear it ! How did you esjape the second time ?" "I-did not escape at all. I am still a saptive, bound band aiid foot, and that is .vbat keeps mo here beside you to-day. I Jo not wish to escape; I only ask gentle :rcatment for the pnsouer. Pauline turned away blushing, and attempting to treat the matter playfully, said: 'You are so enigmatical, it is impossible to understand you." Duncan replied seriously: "You do understand me." Just theu to Pauline's relief her father joined them. At-twilight the order was given for the troops to leave. Again, for a moment, Pauline and Duncan were left alone.. He said to her; "Will you think of me?" She struggled hard to keep back the tears, but they came in spite of her. ' SobbiDg, she buried her face in her handkerchief. Before-Duncan could speak or move, he heard ;he voices of soldiers behind him. Pauline turned hastily to conceal her tears, and entered an avenue leading back to the house. Duncan saw her no more. Chapter VI.?Conclusion.' Mr. Trousdale and his family remained nonnnrvh in K"nnfiirtlrtT fn TrifnoQQ l^rorrrp'o uu^ CUUU^U ALA i.L UUbUl/U^ IV f? A UUUJU 6b jampaign, and when our forces retired once nore, sullen before the overwhelming num; aers of the foe. Mr. Trousdale also left the State. He did not remain long at his home aear Nashville. Unwilling to take the )ath of allegiance to a foreign and hostile power, unjvilling to brook the insults to which Southern people were daily subject2d, he removed farther South in Tennessee, ;hat he might pot the brave hearts of our soldiers between his family and our enemies. He and his wjfe, trembling even there for iheir daughter, insisted upon her accepting ! :he invitation of an old sohoolmate to visit Greorgia." Very reluctantly Pauline obeyed. Months passed away. The brilliant victory jf Murfreesboro' was won, but our army was obliged to retreat. iPauline was indeed low nearly frabtio with anxiety, for her parents were left within the enemy's line. 3ne morning, to her immeasurable joy, she :ound herself in their arms. A second flight 2ad brought them into Georgia. After til % - th^ first tamalt of bsppioess had passed, t Mrs. Trousdale said : "Pauline, your father n haji a very narrow escape from death by ti the Yankees through, the heroism of a friend ii of yours." . e "What do you mean, mamma?" said Pauline. . a Mts. Trousdale continued: "We were s living on debateable^ronnd, that is, first in n possession of one army and then of the other. One day a party of marauding Yan- o kees came", and were deetroying everything o upon the place. Your father made no re- c sistanoe, as he knew it <vras useless, until they attempted to enter the house. This ii he told them they .should not do, 09 I was sick, and in bed. A jtfruggle ensued.? b They had overpowered your father, and had y him on the ground. Orft, man had his foot d upon bis breast, and wfca about, to Jon bis kavnut thmnak him nitin.ondilafili) a rnnVi fi and the report of a pistol was beard. The ' arm of the Yankee dropped powerless at his side, and alt his comrades instantly took to flight, pursued by six Confederates, who v had come in the'back way, through the garden, conducted by old uncle Ned. Several h of. the Yankees were killed, and several ta- I ken prisoners. Oar ineQ returned to our c bouse to breakfast, and we then found that they were led by Duncan Adair. It was tl he who had shot the Yankee that was about o killing your father." s . As Pauline listened to this recital, all ft the blood fled from her faco. Wben^twas o finished, she threw her arms around her ti father's neck, and thenarpund her mother's ii exolaiming :. "I will never leave you any more." lilt was our greatest comfort, ray child," j., answered her mother, "that you were not with us, but in a place of safety. However p for the future, I think we will remain to- y gether. We will not be separated again, f. during this war, even for a day." t] "In that case," remarked >ft. Trous- n dale, "you and Pauline must make your- tj reives ready to go witb me to Savannah to 8j morrow, as I am called there on business. a{ If Pauline's young friend here, Miss Alice jj Wyatt, will consent to go with ns, we may D make it a pleasant party." g Alice readily consented, and the next 4 day found them all at the Pulaski House a in Savannah. No QDe ever goes to Savannah without 8( visiting Bonaventure. Our party selected a ^ pleasant day and drove out there The ^ brierht ravs Of the snn were softened into a ft O * - II melancholy light by the foliage of the spread- 0i ing oak?the grey moss which hung like trailing banners, whioh memory had plant- a ed over the past. - Dl The young girls wandered, Land in hand, .(i through the broad avenues, wflbdoring what ai hand bad planted them, what ?ye bad tt watohed them grow, dreaming of the gran- <ji deur wlich in times Iod^ past, perhaps, had ui marked the placej of the soenes of revelry BG and gaiety which it had witnessed; of the iD careless feet and loving hearts that bad th onoe rambled through that forest bower.? d< Now the gay dream has passed, away ? 8j Beauty and silence dwell there together ; and "the white marble that glistens through d< the enchanting gloom, gives to it an un- or dying interest^ by speakiog to as of the tr dead, our unoffending and best beloved ones ! The party at last foqnd itself upon the bl banks of a yater course. 'Jphe strpam was n< tumbling onward with a reckless Southern impetuosity, its dark waters moving with a y( meoaoing roar. ca Pauline stood by the river, looking upon 0( its boiling waters, as if she were fascinated tfc by the struggling waves. One by one the oa other? tired and wandered, of, until she was G left. alone. She stood looking upon the at waters and amiling. She was not thinking g< of the waters, nor of Bonaventnre, neither th of its past or present. She was in Tennessee. She was witnessing the struggle at th her father's * door j she was looking at Dun- hi can as he rode up and shot the Yankee ; m she was wondering why he had sent her no er message through her mother ; she was won- ei dering if he thought of her, if he thought th of her often; if he liked any oDe else better I than herself; she was hoping?jw, it is of just the truth !?that he did not. A coming footstep aroused her fr. m her A dream. She turned with a mesmerio start. TJ She knew it was Duncan. She felt as if ac her thought had conjured him np; as if her w: wish had drawn him. She felt as if be m had read her heart, as ho would have read a aD letter, and bad only obeyed its call. She ol< was covered with the most painful ombar- jg rassment; and wheq he approached her with 8e quickened paoe, and joy beamiojg countenance, she met him with a chilling reserve. ha He was stunned as by a blow. "Miss Troaa- oa dale," he exclaimed, "what is the matter.?" or "Nothing." vii "Yon fip.em to he aorrv to see me." ?ii "Oh no," she answered with an air of dr indifference, "I am very glad to see yon." <i] Drawing himself np proudly, he replied : ah "I see Miss Trousdale, I have in some way yo offended you." "No you have not. How could you have rn offended me ? Did you not save my father's life? Gratitude???." sic "Please do not mention that," said Dun- ea can impatiently, "I detest gratitude." no Pauline was in her turn wounded and re- ho mained silent. ed Duncan continued rapidly: ?I came to oo Savannah purposely to see you. The way eti seemed long and wearisome, till I should ed meet you. When I arrived at the hotel, I heard you wore here, aod I followed you, "c ODly to learn that Thave made a fool of my- rit self. Yet I will say to you a!! that I iu an tended td say, and then retrace my steps', Tit at least a somewhat wiser man." Ho paus- thi ed, as if suffering a sensation of choking, . * then continued: "In Kentucky you said I Fc spoke iu enigmas; now I will speak plainly, rej I love you better than my own Hfe! You bs oatne to me in prisof like a vision. That tef vision took possession of my whole being.' tic I have suffered suspense for months. I ao could bear it no longer. I c^tno to teU you bu " *' *. * """ * his?to ask >00 to be mine, batybu need ! iot, Miss Trousdale, give ^tfurself( the rouble of denying me. I heard the denial a the first words of welcome that you utterd." While he was speaking, Pauline turned lternately red and pale. When he oeased he said in a low voice : "Why not call 1 ae Pauline !" . 1 He looked eagerly into her face. It was verepread with blushes, and her eyes were ast down.' "May I ?" he said, "may. I all you Pauline ?" . ' 1 "Yes : call me Pauline," she answered n the same low tone. He took her hand, he took it in both of is. She did not withdraw it. "And will J on give me this little hand, Pauline, that Irew back the bolt aud gave me liberty ?" For a momment she looked up into his aoe with eyes smiling through tears*:? 'You have taken possession of it already/' "But may I keep it, as my own ."I am not strong enoygh to take it a* ny-'1 , ' He bent over her hand and pressed it to is lips: "Thank' yon, dear Pauline ; am not worthy of it, bnt frill strive to beome so." They walked tbrongh the grove to seek 1 beir party. The green leaves of the live 1 aks were emeralds trembling in the sonhine J the sombre moss was a shining silve? 1 ipestryj.the odor of violets was a breath f heaven, and this "field of death" grew p around them into a trne and ever bloom- 1 ag field of life. Surrender' of Port Donelson. j A correspondent of the Appeal per per rates the following reminiscence: , I see the enemy have failed to dislodge j 'orrest from West Tennessee and Kentucky ] et, notwithstanding their boasts, and the i ict that reinforcements have been sent mm fVnm fthnttanrincft. Forrest is ton t mcb for them. He is the hardest nut 1 ley have cracked at yet. By the way, < peaking of this gallant officer, I have heard n interesting account of the capturq qf j 'ort Donelson, in which he figured promi- < ently, and whioh, if true, entitles him to i reat credit for his daring enterprise Aid \ etermination. My author is a prominent lember of Congress, who was one "of the c lvestigating committee on the Fort Donelin disaster. Although ? would by po ; icans give his name, yet I do not hesitate t i give these unpublished particulars, as i ley. are bound to leak out some day or sber. Oq Saturday night before the surrender council was called. Pillow, Floyd, Buck- c ar and a number of brigadiers composed a lis body. There was much confosidtt and \ 1 exciting debate for a while. Some \ lought it necessary to surrender, and some p idu't. It was midnight, and DO definite ^ nderstanding was come to. Gen. Floyd, a icing this, dismissed the council, request- p ig Pillow and Bnokner to remain. The tree sat down gloomily by the fire, to pon- 3 jr over the sad aspect of affairs. A long t leoce ensued. At last "Floyd said': - p "Well, geptleraen, it remains with us to r ecido this matter, and we most-do it at j ice. It is now midnight, and if we re- 8 eat, we have not a moment to lose." 0 "I say retreafc," g^id piliow. t "I say surrender I We have shed enough p lood already to no. purpose," said Buck- n jr. . f, '(-Well, gentlemen," said Floyd, "I see ti ra- are still divided, and as I have the 0 istiog. vote, I will settle the matter at g iee. I favor a surrender myself, provided p le doty does not'devolve upon me.' I [ in't surrepdor, because the United' States c overnment have indioted me for treason, c id the' probability is that if they were to. t jt me they wonld bang me. I transfer v ie oommand to yea, General Pillow." t "Well, General," said Pillow, "I'm in f le same txx as youreeir. too lanaees G ive got me iudicted for shipping gijns and c unitions of war to the Confederate Gov- 0 nment. So you see I oan't surrender, 0 therj they would hang me as quick as 8 ey Would you, and if you arc es.:nfcJ)le, 1 guess I am too. So I transfer my right ^ ' oommand to you, General Buokner." a Gen. Buckcer bowed, but said nothing, a t that moment a noise was beard without, tie door opened and a courier announced i officer who desired admittance. Ho L is ordered to show him in, and the next p oment Col. Forrest, all splashed with mud ii id water, with liigh topped boots and au d slouched hat, made his appearance.? a e walked t0 the fire place and seated him- d If without saying a word. After a few a omenta, Floyd said: "Well, Colonel, q .ye you anything important to oommnni- It to that yon come here at this late hoar, d has your curiosity led yoa to pay us this ii sit in order to find out what we Fave de- b ied 'upon ?" "Both," replied Forrest, E ily, then rising from his chair he said: ft But is it possible, gentlemen, as I have e ready heard whispered this night, that ft a intend to surrender?" n "Yea," was the reply, "we have jn'st ur- tl red at th'at cooolusion." fi "Bat," said Forrest, "there is no occa- tl ) for it, gentlemen, the whole army can la sily escape without the loss of a man; ai t an^hour ago I orossed the river on my do rse where it was not waist deep. I cross- b< it going, on horseback, and waded it w ming baok. It is free From Yankee piok- ?< j, also, and there is no danger to be fear- ni *1 "Yes, bnt Colonel," said General Floyd, tl ay sooats have reoonnoitered the entire n rer, and an officer, who arrived not half p! hoar ago, told me that he had tested the la rer everywhere, and no spot had he found la at was fordable." p< "I do^'t care-General, if he did," said te irre8t, ."h^ told yon a d?d lie, as I am- is idy to swear (feat I wadad the -river not tl If an hoar ago, as my wet * clothes witt itify. And now, gentlemen, as itis'get- i tg late, it is high time yoir should.fee* *ki ting. Will you take my advice, and w ike your escape ?" ' fa V , ''No," was the reply, "'it is too late." "I have one request to make," said Forrest. I have a fine regiment of oavalry here, and I want permission to take it out. Grant me this mnoh, and I am off." Gen. Bnokner nodded his head, when Forrest bolted out of the house, took bis oommand, crossed- the river at the aforesaid place, and made his escape without the loss of a man. ?Miscegenation.?The New York Tribune thus states the miscegenation question: 1. Will the admixture of white and black blood necessarily produoe a physically weak progeny ? This-is -a question for the physiologist. 2. Will suoh admixture necessitate m raoe to be of naturally inferior position in the family of man ? This is a question for the ethnologist. - - ~ 3. Have such admixtures heretofore been followed by the evil consequences whioh a modern recurrence to them would threaten r This is a question for the historian. 4. Are suoh admixtures forbidden by the law of God ? This is -a question for the theologian. . .. v> 5. Will each admixture lessen the productive resources of the country ? This is a question for the economist. To these queries the Chicago Times replies as follows: 1. The admixture of white and black blood -will produoe an Abolitionist.. The claims for exemption from the-draft in the Abolition State of Massachusetts- the past year prove that Abolitionists are "physically weak." 2. The answer to the first interrogatory compels an affirmative answer to the second, as there is a singular harmony between the physical and mental weakness of Abolitionists. r 3. The answer to the third question can perhaps be more intelligently made' by waiting for the development of the progeny )f the sixty-one school-marms at Port Royal. 4. Saoh admixtures, we infer, are not forbidden by tbe law of God, because those (engaged in tbe interest of God and huuanity" are their practical and zealous adwoates. ^ . 5. Such admixtures will lessen the proluotive resources of the country, unless the <rogeny are superior to tbeirblack'progenia's j for did not Mr. Inncoln aver to Paten and JDempsey concerning the negroes n our army, "They eat and that is all t" mtftm The Exchange of Prisoners. We most now hive a large eicess of prismers. 'There are 15,000 at Camp Sumter done, and it is said that 12,000 more will le'sent there as fast as trausportatiou can >e furnished. In the Trans-Mississippi Dojartment there must be all of 20,000.?~ Phere are 8,000 or 10,000 at Danville, Va , nd 4,000 or 5,000 at Richmond and other loints?making over 50,000 in all The Wilmington Journal says: Tbe Yankees deojine carrying out tbe cartel for he exohange of prisoners, alledging various dausible pretexts as the. grounds of their efusal to fulfil their obligations, but being n reality influenced by etna overruling oon ideration. ^he Confederates who are prisoers in the hands of the Yankees are in for he war, and their exohange would be aimily their return to their regiments or comaanda, whiob would be tantamount to reinoroing the Confederate armies to the exent of the 'numbers exchanged. On the tber.hand, the times of service of the ;reat majority of the Yankees who are irisoners in the bands of the Confederates iav<? expired or will soon expire, and few or tone of the veterans re-enlist. The return if their prisoners would afford the Yankees lothing with which'to offset the advantages rhioh the Confederates would derive from he retuxu of theirs. It, is true that good aith and humanity alike call for the continlauce of the exchange, but what oare Linoln and Company for the sufferings of their wn men, muoh less of ours, when an idea f supposed interest or policy overrides the uggestious of good faith and humanity.?. 'heir own men may rot in prison since they rill not re-enlist. They oare only for them q soldiers, especially as so many of theoi re foreigners. How Slaves are Enltsted'in Ma'ryanp.?The correspondent of the Philadel* hia Press writes to that paper from Wash* igtoo, May 2d rColonel S. M. Bowman came here to-day, shadow of his former self, worn Dearly to eath in the vast labor of enlisting every talf slave in Maryland of fighting age and ' ualifications. He has cleaned "My Mary- ' tad" oat, and koooked Bishop Hopkins' ivine institution into limbo. < He has raised 1 fort; days two fall regiments of as floe 1 lack troops as can be foand on the earth, [e left no slaves fit for military' doty in 1 (aryland. He overran with his squads 1 very county; they visited almost every 1 irm. The boats ran op every stream, until 1 :asters were obliged to hide their slaves in 1 ie woods, conoeal them in boats, and con- 1 no them in jails and houses. He opened j le jails even. He has not drawn onedolr from the treasury, and his three tbousad blaok troops have not oost the govern- ? lent five per cent, of what the same num- j sr of white troops cost. Bat in doing this , ork. be laid aside all style, all form and j >remony, and went into negro oharches, ( igbts, Sundays, whenever he ooald get an ( idience, and always addressed them on ' < lis, the great day of their salvation. Bow- [ an is a Western, jury lawyer, and be , leads this case with the negroes of Mary- , nd almost individually. His hoars of , bor Were' from 8; a. m., to 11, p. m? He '* srsonally inspected. every feoruit, and mas- j red the wliole in sqaads and singly ad- ( ihiatered the oath, and' always spoke to j lem noble words about their duties. ' ^ :-r _ 1 l&'Gen.'Albert G. Jenkins, died in Pclasi county, Ya., on the 21sVnlk^Aott the oands received at the battle oilf Cloyd's 1 rm. on: he 9'h inst. o ; I \ l' * w . \ 1- Excitement - at the Military Peis on.?Night before Mt, the commandant having been informed that fhe-.prisonera, under the direction of miflce^enatoe, Major White, contemplated an emflBte,-qnietly took precautionary measures and awaited the result Between 11 p. m., abd miu night, the report of fireagns^ and the ioag roll clearly abowed that tfopreeantiflns bid been raocesafal. Updn enqtrif^ *nd-exam. nation it waa ascertained that "the attemp- " had been made, and everybody was on tb< ? qui vive. One prisoner was shot,- the-wound though n paiftfal one," is net sftppesad mortal. The heroic miscegeMUorof Course, when the timeoame was not the .nun' to Tew^ bat ft poor igngmnt fellow jar thrust ahead ~ to.aeeiftne road was clear, 4|pd received the ballet,that the other ao richly deserved. A tanner wis discovered most ingeniously oat, Ieaditfgtfroxnthe foundation of one of . the buildings, through the yard and beneath.-*'the fence. Haversack? fflled with provisions were discovered?plainly showing the preparations for (be tramp. This is the second'tnnnel attempt that hasl>een frustrated within the last week IBheipuaci [pwi ton will be closely guarded sad soon sent to a warmer climate. It is bat justice to the officers to say that every attempt to Escape of late, has btSf prevented. Ooe of the guard, has been detected in committing depredations on private property., He is olosely confided, anifiTeoait martial will soon deoide upon -his punishment.?Sabitbury Watchman, 26tA. " *- ' - iZ j 'A. * A ?- ??r. Admibal Wilkes.?Northern papers * state that Admiral Wllkea has be6D dismissed from the United States Navy; We have"not yet learned what -was the, parties- * Vlar offence whioh drew down the wrath of his government in this severe manner. Be this as it may, however, it is not forgotten that he wae the obmmander of tlfc. 8an Jacinto, and that that vessel overhauled the British mail steamer 'Trent, ftm Havana>t? ' Liverpool, in 1861, &Bd that., the -Confederate Ministers, Mason and Slidell were forcibly taken off. The Yankee Oorqpygc forthwith tendered him a-vgte of Ukuak and resolved to sostainJxim in what he Jitui. done. Bat as-soqi* as JE<3gl*Dd marie a formal demand for an apology for t^o inauri: to its flag, and the snrrender of the Oom missioned, the Yankee nation backed dt-*. ' from its position. Nevmrdld a nation shr-w more weakness, never was "snch oowwiiq* shown by a people. Admiraly Wilkes given a wreath of laarets mod sabsequei n hmnd nf ndnaiirn fnr nn? *n/1 tkn*M.iS< act by one and the same authority - Ana dow be is ijpominionelj disgTiceduod ?*, missed ! Alas, how lowly lies the grea|r?' JPe^ribnxg. Express, j-\ Maj. Gbw. H H. HIll.?Now that Petersbarg has escaped the peal with wbiclr it w^s thceateaedflince theappiroacl^pf^Hler's expedition, we have leisure to reoollecr the seTvioee of those to whom oar city ? indebted for its deliverance. To ?o one b* oar gallant defenders do we'owe g&atnreb ligations than to Mnjor General D. H. Hill We have -the assaranoe of persons oompe tent to prononoee an opinion in the matter, that it was dbiefly dne to the indefatigjble activity, the. professional skilly and thefthar acteristic gallaotry of this able and Vetera* soldier, that BotlgxV expeditions tgaicsa Petersbarg, were so saeeessfaty frustrated We have the greater pleasure in making thia acknowledgement of gratitude to Gen. Hill, as the servioe be rendered us was the voluntary impalseof his own patriotic heart. How long shall tbis accomplished officer be permitted to remain'witboat. a command I The country is not so redundantly rich in military genins, that the abilities of JD. H. Hill are of no need at this exigent mogtetift. iwenourg jzzpre** ' ' " ' 'M.* v l^?The correspondent ot the Maoee ?degraph, who recently visited. MountAiry, N. C.j thas describes the. Siamese Twins: Your readers have no doubt seen those remarkable individuals, the Siamese Twine. But few of them, perhaps, have been .to, their houses and seen thetu in their domestic relations. Though united by a ligament as strong aa life itself,...they live a mile apart! spending alternately thfe*.days at the one and the other bouse, and allowing no circumstance to defer their. departure from the one io" the other when the regular time arrives. The-ono-at whose-bouse you visit them, leads the conversation and sets master of ceremonies, while the other only speaks as occasion or politeness may require One has eight nid'the other nine chita?*aj bat one of whom ia In- the wwr, the' ret being giria and little bbys. The twiah art good neighbors?intelligent and thorough]} patriotio. They are, to all appearsncee, tv. separate and different men, with, very little, soeial resemblanoe and af marked coo trait id character. Eng is much-the most positive.' self-willed and nneoCbpipmisiDg. - They an seldom both, siok at the.same time. sk/tnU AAA^k fonnlt (Wun * annan^tAr. ? 3UVUAU UWSiU loom V ******* mm persona so unlike, end so little enbjea be afflicted by each other's infirmities. The Lighting FaroA?.-?We reg^t * state from misinformation/ and from tb? act that we were unable to reach sources inhere correct information would be md* ikely have been furnished usK wfi-entiwly >miued to mentioD a. portion of the troop* engaged in the gallant fight^ of Friday. We -have since learned that the hardest igbtmg on that day ww done by tkerlT<^ tnd lflth South Carolina rf^mwrtry i/nthe ricinity of Ware Bottom Choreh, a looali; widely and fendfiStriy-knowfr in Pate?fenrK Cheae-gaUant regiments, led by their nob,. Brig. Greneral -W. 8f Wattwj Ht tbrfrec )f a- terrible fire, charged the formideb' "ortificatiqnsof the eiwmy, and earned, tham it the point of the bayowC,. - Fete7f^S^^tBd' war The Keo^y*>ovo* mvfat 1m >een ordered to enroll negroes aiuUakethea> is substitutes.