“‘I’ll tell you wat, ole Cato,’

Quoth Cuff by the bright camp fire,”—

Story of the Merrimac: As told to the Watt’s Creek Picket. By Susan Archer Talley. Fort McHenry, April, 1862. (S. L. M., Sept. & Oct., 1862.)

“Calm was the earth and calm the air,

And calm the water’s flow,”—

The Stranger’s Death: (E. V. M.)

“No mother bends with tender care,

To kiss his burning brow,”—

Strike for the South: (S. B. Liv.)

“Strike for the South! let her name ever be