Show gait t fAt t)s ily Paper in the Territory The Pioneer rul the K iivoini to liotue Interest1! - eel Political riehteol the people abvakck: tDdivored at residence in the City Six Months ©70ft fer annum Throe Months §4:00 UnKD— Ctstt JS ADVANCF: Six inmnm Three Months iX: ih suo PUBU5HEO MONDAY fnului? & ItiycCDAY TCKVl— IS XUVAN'CE: Per SALT LAKE anaam SStxi Sis Months Thiev Afonihs APVANCft:) CITY IHEIr FlGIITIMi lhav' IvUi - - JANUARY THURSDAY meeting kept Lucien' - wife awake that “Lo'ik here” said lie pointing to a night and next day she was too ill to hole in his shirt at the shoulder from leave her room CON’CLUDEO Her husband rat which cli'ips of bfood were oozing her bedside until the afterciowd the moodily by showing that his opponent's ball had fii“ iui'nl suspicion Without losing a im noon when finding that she had dozed taken effect The next moment he fired mind off to sleep he determined to go to and the Marquis fell with his face jncutlie groped his way to the window Bordeaux and Pxaet revenge and saw the shutters When a to him :it raised the Chafing ground they threw open with anger he hastened to the cafe he was dead the ball had pierced dance that the room was in a frightful Clothes were strewn which Lignano was in the habit of freand entered (lie brain vtate of disorder the stairs and canLucien after having lmd his wound quenting rushing up about furniture was overturned and vttrious disregarding the salutations of several dressed (it was but a graze) hastened vases dlesticks were scattered over the floor of his old acquaintances who advanced hack to his wife’s bedside to find that to greet him after his long absence alarmed anew at his second absence he while by the side of each bed vva a made straight for the table at which had At (light she was in the sword the bloody stains on which too his enemy was seated The Marquis utmost danger Next morning while dearly indicated that a desperate minrose Clavcau had steal a few nimcuiately a horrible and deadly struggle gone to ‘‘ Well here I am” said Lucien sav- - utes’ rest in an adjacent chamber a had taken place between these men -liiin- - commissary of police arrived at the Uy Ado to restrain who as if in bitter derision of t1' m trable destiny reposed side by Lignano by the house to arrest him on information furthroat nished by one of the Marquis's seconds two brothers under the same roof “Pshaw!” said the marquis This new shock killed Ins wife conAt the sight of all this havoc the “Go back to your pettiin the bitterness of his grief valet uttered a terrified cry on hearing temptuously which the Marquis and Lucien both of coat you are too great a eowavu for threw himself upon her lifeless form was only removed from it with dii- whom had appeared dead rose up at my notice Lucien seized him by the coat colloj- f 'fben assuming an air of calm Both the same instant in their bods with one hand and by the skirts with said he was ready and the were ghastly pale their if by some sudden shirts were torn to rags their chests the other carried him to the ppen next’ Sjnnpllti window and held Vi him seized one of a pair of pistols LiU over wounds ino i the right arm j punctured with ' then said fere q'n always kept loaded on the coldly to him “I? ylat of one was dreadfully hacked while the cony neck of the other showed a series of do not ak my pardon and withdraw VI To f frmnll cabinet and placing it to hisur disposed with his own hind to contemplate your voids I shall let you drop sickening gashes The Marquis in the grip of un ad of the last of the Bordeaux duellists — Bpite however of all the pain they Kn iji AWtiudoi too of their versary whom lie knew to be thoroughly spite were enduring had aunevertheless and ot the unrelenting the burning fever weakness dacity or it may be the courage to rewhich consumed them they preserved If you are simply acting and do HOW WK RAN TIIK BLOCK AUK (heir sitting posture glaring at each ply of their eyes not intend to let me drop you are a I shall never forgot that brightly coward” enfeebled it is true hut still not At that moment an old servant of dear morning in February 1S64 when So long as they had sufficient Lucien’s had his who made to on sat in our room at the Ballard we louse left them to would way injure they strength almost hopelessly eon continue to defy cm h other with proud the balcony whispered something into in Bichmond his masters car whereupon Lucien in- tern plating two little slips of disdain ' paper the Marquis back into which General Winder had given us the - stantly carried They remained thus for several the apartment and released his hold of day before and which permitted Lucien iinds us to ('laveau Suddenly him Hardly was the Marquis upon leave the Confederacy within five days overcome by some painful impression his feet again before he sprang towards We had thought the most difficult fell heavily hack and to vent a part gate him Lucirn and blow dealt in a of task be would our sharp loud soh At this cry of despair the accomplished when To the surprise of those we had gained these passports hut Marquis hounded on his bed as though the face rance he had been shot a shrill sinister present Lucien Cluveau offered no kind aided by letters from Governor of response to this new insult and the of North Carolina and the personal laugh escaped from his thin ghostlike efforts of Senator Mcfr-aof the same Marquis retired saying dip Ftate? we obtained these with com“Oyou are crying are you?” said wherever you please” Madame Oluveau on awaking after parative ease and the perplexing queshe in a firm voice “then you confess had been tion which no one seemed able to andeparture and 1 can now her husband’s yourself vanquished eixd with fainting fits and was be- swer now was how tomak° them availpronounce ycu to be a coward’’ t 'laveau held a brief able come delirious was At the word‘‘coward”jt “Not to piiv through General Lees and the valet sole conversation with a couple of acquainturn to spring up witmssof this frightful scene had to tances and then quitting the cafe in lines” was the stern mandate written old man who had across those precious slips and ro go with the keep him from tin owing himself upon company for him look been drove u'ith sent to to Fredorickslmrs from which point the Marquis "I a coward!"’ cried ( 'laveau held all peed home In little more than that commander was watching the movements of Grant and thence pass frmly back by the soivant ‘‘ft coward! half an hour he was at his wife’s bedAh I have committed my share of side calmed by the sight of him she from the vaiious military stations of the When she woke up in the rebel army into loyal ground had been crimes been guilty of countless follies slept of the night Cluveau was still a long cherished project Now nothhate possibly rendered many persons Alter - involving ing was left hut for us to ao over the unhappy hut never lias a living soul watching over her Jioeneniitlcd to say that Lucien affectionately with him for upwards of desolated region lying between the lower Bipalnumovk and was a coward and footed to face an hourshe gradually dozed off again or infer even though death migh bathe and C la veau so skm as slid was sound which — wm railroads yu'gos a deep seemed stealthily left the house add deed any public conveyance--result ou Marquis are a far great' er villain than I am for you are inca- proceeded on foot to Bordeaux to a ut possible to traverse “There are of course and impotent for rendezvous which Ire had arranged with pable of repentance in the city’’ said Mr an: A moment ngo when I was two of his friends at the call- on the good no ll-- where to find "but looking at you covered with wounds I preceding afternoon lie was first at the appointed spot them and it poolns impossible n worm tor ot my own sufferings of which you are the cause and 1 forgave yottj and but hud rtot long to wait for his two the secret out of any government offililt a real pity for you which found seconds shortly afterwards arrived and cial with whom Lam acquainted Have vent in the fir (ear I have sited for following close upon them came the you thought of sending for vour Qunfor ? In would ) John sure And yet you laugh at me Marquis accompanied by his seconds many years 1 luring several minutes these two to bo able to fell you all about it’ ind taunt me and still dare to laugh ardor Vos we had thought of sending for ut all Yon are incapable men ibuht with considerable am saying sd‘ understanding This a heart that can re- they developed all their more cunning him and here ho is at the door Well know that I tries- - and each ' endeavored in" ac- Quaker and the Senator Ionic at each pent and forgive rules of other as if there were some underYou have cordance with the approved again hate and despise you styled me a coward wounded as we fence noafly to spit the other upon his standing between them that neither is both are we have neither of us strength sword’s point While the engagement to interfere with the secrets of tin After a moment's conversation sufficient to hold a sword still !oth of proceeding Lucien still pressing other said ’ to him us ought not to remain alive Wo are his adversary closely they separately go their ways and in a low minutes returning only a few paces distant from each oh-- r “You gave me a blow yesterday with Have von sufficient strength to jour fist as yet I have not deigned to says to the lady who has accompanied thus far on our journey: “1 telpbina hold ajiistoir return it but I intend doing so before the Marquis made a movement and J send you as I shortly shall to your if thee will go down to the market last home” The pair were still in which thee knows is a few replied ‘‘Ah thee will sec at the door a woman I l you a duel with close conflict with each other when pistol ioid then we shall have done Lucien rapidly passed his sword under selling cabbages from a cart: if time with each other and his left arm at the same moment asks her I think she will tell time a said he Joseph" in blow violent dealt the a the lie who was pale servant edihudng way by which those girls may leave the Marquis with fright ‘‘take those two pistol-ohold of bis Onfederacy” fare Then regaining the mantelpiece load them before out weapon he assumed a defensive posiBulphina a quiet Qunkeros fiillows his directions witlnmt a word tion before Lignano had time to recoveyes and hand one to each of us then c’ve tlui sigiiid or better stili’’ stiid er himself for the blow ho had rcecived ai id) presently returns to say that the he turning witli evident pain towards hud sent him reeling to the mound mafct woman's lniscand will leave fir within the lpwer Bajipahaunoek an is adversary '‘let us draw lots who This daring feat the most audacious all Mow the other’s brains out'' the that has ever occurred in a hour (end will take two perhaps ' ' u lie it a nswered ( 'laveau J duel astounded the seconds The ixty m ilea iiir the sum of mui hundred and twiiity dollars earl Marquis was beside himself aim in you have lieard what has passed 2 kiatl one of the fit of rave jjng my fumre travelling com- sprang with raised Muinl pistols” and Jib 5°Vn pack our and bags idi(( protctiee of aoinu out ujion Lucien ('laveau who ealifly to a kuker’s office awaited ordcr-which he had hinnslauglf pyf'ref Ir (' confidently evceiitejhe said to buy gold for our le No mn mer however did lie my “Monsieur Marquis” Gold is dear ni that moueiit hums If on the uthei side of the now quits” Tiie jVhu'qni' renewed his a!5‘kiira'?qlf'‘m bedroom door than he quietly locked Lvcnty-- i iglit erip ( Vmfed- e and ran oil to a doctoi inio whose again and again hut always U him I 7 dollavs lor one in coin G'ink a whisper from Mr V hands Lucien and tlie Maiqiiis were himself foiled Presently by a s “gtwi Their movement Lucien disarmed tho Mar" iV(tst have suggested themselves 'impelled hi bis own word Uir we are presently conducted through n quited then thrusting rteet ouiet 'I' lcii was eomevid bv friends t low awards pinned him by his Jsin a dark nassage across u vard into what 'ten ‘iew selooks like a very ns ret and where ii"UhAfter a ef a a foot to the ground '!' relative t time become the happy wi'iuu with several children onds Lucien drew his sword out and we for ihe her eldest daughter a kind handed the Marquis his own weapon possessors of the “isintrahaivl this time giving but sixteen The seconds canto forward Lignano oaple cn miry girl she attended him "Un mi much care1 that ('laveau recovmade vain efforts to continue standing dollars- for one ered On our return to tho hotel wo find ujuin both feet Hi- - liea' that our trunk his been sent to die a s Uuuhc lie iiike of “it useless rrMge promising a thorough place of rendci us a little corner reiiivm him "it is qiii f his Ibiim-grocery some squares distant — and course of life and can go on lu thitlnrvve betake ouvselves Then' i Giaiiug at hi- - adverury with didiuairy To enable him to nitlidiivv himself a little wagon wiih a low yellow cloth he said to him aa- fiimpleUdy from still iiiicn with Ids old companions have the over not top standing at the door ami we won- it “It is yet d that he and ids young wile ehanee ofjnutinga bullet tlirough your deiintly ask each other whether ir is fr'i'ild leave Bordeaux if only fora Iliad" jiossifile that the single horse attached to this humble conveyr The iuip: But jusf Militv The isto' i'c loaded left diiiici liimi'dit them in spire (if all Marquis tvgardless of the pain he ance will live to take ns sixty fong hobbled along until he miles I'O'euii - face to face with flic enduring We an- ro have a companion ur arriv-who acco't d lumen at the point where he was a respectable looking farmer — he was then ten paoes driver g "1 h d In ard that t'R'i us and we are introduced to a voii vvori eomdes-11- diitant from (’laveau who had not ommon looking little woman with a imt have always maint ined the a sipyle steji and who reiuaincd niran because eovvard a have immovable wl He lie received the Mar crying liajjv in her arms wiio says as the vurgon wo clamber to our vats l'r'innuiieed yon to he did not Relieve quis'sfire 'M inward "It is now my tmn” aid he and ilmt s!u will join us ot a corner some eueugli to hide yourself aul walks rapidly 'mat a t' advancing live puces towards the Mar- squares distant him ini lucien nt away took merely riphing “Never quis he ki h( la't moment after Addle and “(')nvcau" exclaimed one of the ji:i"ed on vis per "Ir (’ — “U i'oilinvid ‘un a coi os “ilu- - will never do jt mil' to leave the it v limits ami full then nmroer'' ut Icav-- s e::r e v calls tents tnd f ears loiind "id p fi ii n Jy n ran iU l’nii 'fUlunuit in me Hm A TERV3 IS 21 our attention to a young Nildior who has boon lingering about and who liis suddenly started down the street nl an almost laugh at juice Lev fears and triumphantly remind her of our passports and then foreweH' ate said and wc slowly move away At the designated corner the voting woman joins us and after she is seated imtm- tliately requests to know where we are going and why and how Hoplving to such of these questions as we deem vve interrogate in turn and proper discover much to her uneasiness that she intends to cross the Potomac companied by her lutshand who is at that moment walking at the side of the wagon Despite her assurance that he is slightly lame and that General Winder has given him a permit to leave tho ( 'onfederacy we whisper to one another that this man will give us trouble and begin to feel uncharitably towards our strange companions What a lovely scene was presented that day to our gaze as we slowly passe of Jtiehiuond! through the Ladies on horseback attended by handsomely dressed officers r fo gudy from point to point regarding with admiration the “works" which they were sured nq enemy could ever penetrate ft lives in my memory as one of the few and apparently careless bright scenes which I witnessed in the South during the whole period of tho Mar Wo had left the city behind us mid proceeding slowiy up a wide avenue were beginning to catch glimpses of the when suddenly a small open country irrty of cavalry appeared in the distance men They were well dressed well armed and well mounted and we were watching their than approach with more admiration curiosity or fioir when in what seemed to ns an instant they encircled the wagon and we saw a man pointing a pistol at our driver's head while two men held similar weapons in close proxBefore wc could imity to our own quire— though we instantly conjectured —the meaning of litis detent I ma young man held Imt ween two guards came to the opening of the wagon l’oor low how pale he was! “Mary” he said “1 am caught again but you have a pa- - port go ort and tret out of this cursed country “No! no!” she cried “1 will never eo without Oh my ' poor husyou band! take Let me get out? my baby!” fn a i'evv moments the young man was hound L )uiue and driven off in tliediree’fiou ofliichmond while his poor wife sat down upon her little trunk which had from the wii'em for In J break! M “Ton may vo on hiriios” raid the captain bfthis active little fotve after - had the sent away “A our To passports ore quite orreet whom are you 10 bo eoiisisrijed at the ' iiniqihanttoek?” Our driver mentioned snmt- one of the name d' M ayinger “A villain ladies a most cd villain! exclaimed the uaiiauv captain "Lie would roh yon In would— why don’t know1 what ho might not lie guilty (if Allow mo to recommend at to tbeMajor com mantling the post al that point” nml vhe ('ajitain wrote a few words on a leaf of his then tearing it out presented it tn us and without for our waiting thunks quickly joined his company H hen vve arrived at mr dri ver's farm which lay about three from vve were clad to he transferred to a more romfoi table wagon which was drawn hv two horses and also to learn that a lady from Richmond was to occupy the wagon we had just vacated She was a quiet lit tie woman evidently v it lx tlie eeret 01 a I o u husband weighing- on her mind but we were glad of any company and left the (in m m for jiitits than we laid tiered it Wc went as f r I ( hurdi that which is bilii'vc about fifteen day mile' from Hirhiuniul Bfobve it grew dark vve passed mer a portion of the of Tticka hominy Swamp where with sad ijis we noted the in vvhieli lay so many of (lie hedics of McClellan's brave AVe savv Pm the breastworks they had thrown uj and the great holly tri es which had been leveled to them and upon whose harp spears tie' rebel cavalry so bravely charged Wo rested well at Old 'bun h that night and before daybreak were upon ihe rough road' again There had been much rain and they were deeply rutted by heavily laden army wagons which were earning grain and other applies to Richmond or Fredorek-lnn'We met few teams that day Indeed we took quiet only emerging upon the main road when we were obliged loci os n river think this happened six or sevim times during our of Henpassage through (lie count rico Hanover and iVincc Wiiilam and sttilt time vve were accosted by sentinels le demanded our the ij remarks of whom ly ('inliarra—ing What a strange rll that 4 Vent Old Church t tlie ilappahae'-It senns tome like a dream fylPviT 1 and varying jianoraaia of forest river all alike silent and dc (b af “ eisionillv vve came to len iomestead‘with tin the air the negro ejilf us ill' Ik of bi't year's si (p ii like ritu upon tip- ‘A i" s It - a Knt' - te y IVrann Mviiihi Thiff Mmiflx ' fbreu inM a more onen luiii'in-The signal light for widen tbev bad booed nnl they hesitated about was effecting a hiodimr until the Mitldtn of the hoP ajmn a heavy 'and tar left no ahei native for i was fir too to wait fiir the tide at d fireat a to float tH off So with more fears of a concealed pit bet guard springing upon its than we had ever tlmuelit-i- t possible to have of any loyal soldiers we suffered th men to carry us ashore And so an hour past midnight of a cold dark February night wc found ourselves upon the soil of the United States and that soil chanevd to be the swamt of Mar land Nevertheless wc had crossed our the Potomac— and wet cold and as we were were almost wvary happy until one of thn men after ctndueting us some distance into the swamp told us that the only house in the neighborhood was of a mile diswYiie v tant and tiiat it was his partner remained to gnred tlie lout that e should go mi alone to givo ofour approach Having dim forebodings ofthorob- bety of our trunks and nhandonment to a fret'- vc'irst- than that which befell “tho children of the wteds we loudly But afl protested against being left to no effect and with many misgivings we beheld our guide phuure into some in the swamp and presently Wo waited patiently for Home time but the moments appeal el hours shortly propoed to crest a high fence which barred our way and deavor to follow the path our guide had taken It wus too dark to distinguish and knowing that wc should anything certainly miss the path — even if one existed — 1 endeavored to dissuade her from leaving the ajvot on which we were But excitement and fear had standing rendered her quite desperate and first incurring a severe fall by jumping too hastily from the highnt rat! of die fence die burst into loud v eepingtmd rushed into the swamp Bite went but a few rods when beginning to sink she called for help and the lady from Richmond going with me to tlie rescue we succeeded in bringing her to firm ground and shortly after to our great relief cur guide reappeared ‘There’s a little run to cross" he said “I’ll make a bridge for you with these bore rail” The bridge being laid Addle hurried across and was followed by tho lady from Richmond My passage was then delayed by the ‘inking of tlie rails In the soft mire ami wli'L others were being placed for my' accommodation my companions beumarntd thi'iii'riwts so dolorously that struck by the ludicrous appearance we would have presented to any I laughed heartily whereupon Addio cried in the voire of one denouncing ft judgment: "How ean you Hugh? I sin sure we snail catch our deaths of cold! I’m How can you quite pure we shell die! laugh?” But I could do nothing else even when on attempting to cross my promptu bridge it turned n nd mo into tlie deep mire of the found it ab “run" and when rising most imimsible to lift my bedraggled skirts and walk the short distance that remained between us and pJic) ter’ ' Y'e caught a glimpse of a low white knock house but paw no light until upon the door by cur guide was vvotvls fivan by a few muttered withinaud n moment later by a Hash of light into the darkness and nn imita' tion to enter At first we were quite blinded by the sudden change from darkness (0 brilliant light and then hurrying with delight towaids the fire we found man wlua by a huge was seated directly before it and who his hands over tbe bright stretching flames ofthe newly kindled “fat pine” said in an aggrieved tone: “I reckon if you only knew I’ve got the dyspepsy vou wouldn't ex pro’ me to a let you in bore My God! thar isti't anothr man in Mitrlan’ would a done e murmured that lie was v egt kind and glaueing rather fearfully mound the great bare room whuh'wis entirely dark s'tvc- - where tlie firelight shone drew a little nearer liu fire Our kiwlhoarted guide tkn hinted that we were nearly frozen “And aiiit 1?” asked our bo-“Did you ever a man with the dysjx'psy that did n’t catch a cold with get tin up in the middle of the myh? Oh Loid! why will folks run thft fjiickade in the middle o’ th nig I Do you s jure if you’d a gone to Ji Regan’s that he’d a let you in eh'r” For the t time wo tint w'ere atrocious rirnus that vre were runaway thieves spis everything that was bad wedrew Deeply humiliated hack limn the fite and rfyrdfrg the dyspcjit’c with awe wondered whether there was a woman in the ftou-- f At that moment much to ourdijjjLt we hear! tire Htiinusical pcreainingofx child and a woman hurried info the room in a frigntful “deshabille" red deposited a boy about three years elfi on the knee of the dyspeptic who vui a well it carneatly reciting--tolearned lesson — ur account of the U of that disease' ginning raid p’one-which so greatly iiggravated Before wc bud urns to sp'ik to th woman a second s' ffint vant from tin inner t 'oui :e ditrfo1' 'nthh8 that the spjH'atv'd tud couiure’ child in h v snip vu'dri vrp in I Ws nr lie ho t hi mni-- i I :iif h ‘In t 1 ended Nimevriiere j tridoiaht by our arrivd at lliptiahaimoik For some time before reaching it vve eoultl hear tho rush of the river but - banks wo even when we wore upon could sou nothing ot it for the night We wire very was datk ami slot my cold and tired bio there was no rest for tts until wc had answered the thousand questions of the two officers vve (bund lounging beside the glowing fire in the parlor of the holts at "Boland’s” Yet they were kind to us for landing tho next morning they not only gave us letters of lxoommiTidation to parties across tlie river who would conduct us to the l’otomae Imt procured for our conveyance to the oppnilc shore a stout oyster bout rowed by two stalwart blacks It was the livij hte't of riabbath mornings yet it scorned rather a gala than a holy day for the country jieople nnawed by the iiumeoia'o Meiuity of any military force were driving church'd in opeu vehiebs of all descriptions tho favorite route :tpH'itring 10 1)0 along the halikt vt the- noble vve were crossing That boat was horribly din y yet looking upon tlie silvery wave- - around u and beyond upon tli" narrow snip of bind which alone from tin pin'miil we were as pleased with our humbie craft ns ( jetpasm emtld have been with her y ikied and da barge Wc ww landed in ft wide sapdy beach where an mini was an standing lie regarding as followed us re preceded by one of tho negro men with our trunk wo walked towards an old i rted house which had once boon a tavern "If you are ’’ aid luy “I’m going to tho l’otomae tho man to drive you over there! Fm We remembered our letMayingcr” ters and politely declined his services and not without great difficulty tliosc of one of the parties who had been recommended to us Tho ride of eighteen miles in the clear flashing sunshine was deliLhtfuJ Tho conntiy was os smooth as a tabic and although we rode in a wagon we were scarcely jolted once and even imd we been was not the Hue Potomac before us and were we nut assured that it that very night ' At we would six o’clock in the evening we reached the house of a professed' and spoeuily made arrangements for being taken to tlie Mainland shore A little canoe feet long and three wide lay in tlie creek behind the lion1 Into this vve stepped ami with two young 'men to row us dropped slowly down toward' the I’otoihae just as the un thtevv its Jast ra s Our hearts upon the irginia shore were full as we drifted down the stream for though we hoped for iiierfy we left dear amid ones the trials and danmany Font h ' gers of the There was no moon that night and before we left tlie creek the shores on either hand ware invisible alter a us tho dark myriad of stars showed waters of the Potomac and then our oarsmen enjoined jm rfei t silence and muttered that it was just the night to run the blockade jlovv solemn grew the time as the night grew older now like a sjx'ck seemed our tiny boat upon Lfovv helpless river that It seemed we appeared we had been wrecked and wvre at sea in an open boat mote ('specially when one of the men handed me a bailer with the request that l would “keep the water out o’ thar” and vfas henceforth engaged in a vain attempt to keep the bottom of the canoe dry Up and down the river plied sentinel to and fto like furigunboats ous giants bliek tmd ?rini with fiery glarinir are horrible said things-“They as vve lay perfectly still upon the waters or rowed tw ifti’y M A into ob“I always tin d o think I scurity should like to see a gunboat but suppose one should run utown or capture us?’ and she looked sbtalderinely at the lights of Loire Lookout gletuuiug brightly in (he distance "Oil!” said cue of the men in reply to such tin inquiry "is might not be very bad for tuu if we were captured sure keep you for They might to two or three weeks to see if you were spies or not but then they would let you go- but for iw tbe matti r wouldn’t be so simple you know” was natur“When shall vve land! when having ally our first question pulled safely across the I’otomae we said be iu to St Mary's river wire But this question seemed more easily than answered for “them Yankees" had destroyed or had placed a and it guard tit till tlie became our delightful task to find a Tho shallow wafir into lKvvoue which projects the little peninsula of St covers a Mary's county Maryland mass of and banks and over these we glided in quest rf an anchorage It wusheii Into into the niej t and bitWe were covered too with terly cold efforts and a spray hud my utmo-- t the pool of water which foiled to lay in the boat end in which our feet Addio rtd the lady were plunged from Richmond were already Itcnman-inthemselves with tears Lmt was too much interested in following the directions of the men in regard to managing the boat when her keel grated ui)in the sands to ycld to any such though they both (bsbirt'd "it iJiil tlut'i vks to cry” To keep Gear of the Links un Ufmn vve an me do u iiiiiuwiia'v VOL U(i!) w tv oLiloro1 vvmor 'ind it" hi iTiitr t i |