They Cry Peace, Peace, When There is No Peace: By Mrs. Alethea S. Burroughs, of Georgia. (W. G. S. from a Charleston Broadside.)

“They are ringing peace on my heavy ear—

No peace to my heavy heart!”—

Thinking of the Soldiers: November 24, 1861. (R. R. from the Richmond Dispatch.)

“We were sitting around the table

Just a night or two ago”—

The Thirty-Seventh Congress: By Kentucky. (S. O. S.)

“Now, isn’t this Congress of ours something rare?

It wants to see how much poor fools can bear”—

Thou and I: By Fanny Downing. (E. V. M., ’69.)