Our beautiful banner floats high;
Its stars like the stars of heaven,
And its blue as blue as the sky.
Long may it wave in its beauty,
The symbol of Freedom and Right;
Not a star be lost from its azure,
Not a blot stain its spotless white!
A BOY SENT BY EXPRESS, C. O. D.
IN the winter of 1862, just before General Grant moved upon Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, I went out to Sedalia, Mo., with a heavy lot of supplies.