heir way to make this angels' visit.

With these two Barber Jim had journeyed as far as Cincinnati, where he
found his family comfortably provided for by persons to whose
benevolence Mr. Villars had recommended them. The other refugees had
also got safely over the mountains, after a march full of toils and
dangers; and nearly all were now in the federal camps. A long history,
full of deep and painful interest, might be written concerning the
subsequent fortunes of these men, and of their families and neighbors
left behind,--a history of hardships, of forced separations and ruined
homes,--of starvation in woods and caves to which loyal citizens were
driven by the rage of persecution,--and of terrible retribution.
Stackridge, Grudd, and many of their brother refugees, had the joy of
participating in those military movements of last summer, by which East
Tennessee was relieved; of beholding the tremendous ruin which the blind
pride of their foes had pulled down upon itself; and of witnessing the
jubilee of a patriotic people released from a remorseless and unsparing
tyranny.

A word of Pomp. Have you read the newspaper stories of a certain negro
scout, who, by his intrepidity, intelligence, and wonderful celerity of
movement, has rendered such important services to the Army of the
Cumberland? He is the man.

Dan Pepperill fell in the battle of Stone River, fighting in a cause he
never loved--the type of many such. Bythewood, after losing his
influence at home, and trying various fortunes, became attached to the
staff of the notorious Roger A. Pryor, in whose disgrace he shared, when
that long-haired rebel chief was reduced to the ranks for cowardice.

As for Carl, he is now a stalwart corporal in the --th Pennsylvania
regiment. He serves under a dear friend of his, known as the "Fighting
Quaker," and distinguished for that rare combination of military and
moral qualities which constitutes the true hero.

I regret that I cannot brighten these prosaic last pages with the halo
of a wedding. But Penn had said, "Our country first!" and Virginia,
heroic as he, had answered bravely, "Go!" Whether they will ever be
happily united on earth, who can say? But this we know: the golden halo
of the love that maketh one has crowned their united souls, and, with
perfect patience and perfect trust, they wait.

_L'ENVOY._

The foregoing pages are, as the writer sincerely believes, true to
history and life in all important pa