it in something of this style."

And the sergeant himself strode up and down, muttering and stamping and
swearing, to the great amusement of the Captain and some bystanders.

The unwillingness to bow to the dictation of the President as
Commander-in-Chief in his most righteous removal of their favorite,
caused much heart-burning, and gave rise to much disloyal conduct. That
it was tolerated at all was owing to the unappreciated indulgence or
hesitation of the Administration, lest it should undertake too much. The
operation, to have been skilful and complete, required nerve. That
article so necessary for this crisis is in the ranks, and let us trust
that for the future it will be found in greater abundance at Washington.

The Southern Saratoga, as Warrenton has been styled among the
fashionables of the South, has much to commend it in situation and
scenery, as a place of residence. The town itself is an odd jumble of
old and new buildings, and is badly laid out, or rather not laid out at
all, as the streets make all possible angles with each other. Yankee
enterprise appears to have had something to do with the erection of the
later buildings. Like other towns of that neighborhood its cemetery is
heavily peopled with Rebel dead. At the time of our occupancy many of
its larger buildings were still occupied as hospitals.

On the day of McClellan's departure the streets were crowded with
officers and men, and the sympathies of the Rebel residents seemed
strangely in unison with those of the chieftain's favorites. The
representatives of the clannish attachments which made McClellanism a
species of Masonry in the army, were there in force. In these banded
interests brotherly love took the place of patriotism. Little wonder!
looking at the record of the McClellan campaigns, that the Rebels
present fraternized with these devotees in their grief.

"You have thrown away your ablest commander," said an elderly man, of
intelligent and gentlemanly appearance, clad in the uniform of a surgeon
of the Rebel army, who stood conversing with one of our own surgeons, on
the sidewalk of the main street of the place, while the crowd gathered
to witness the departure of the General.

"Do you really think so?" rejoined the Union Surgeon, as he earnestly
eyed the speaker.

"Yes, sir," said the Rebel, emphatically. "It is not only my opinion but
the opinion of our Generals of ability, that in parting with McClellan
you lose the only Genera