PREFATORY: The writer was captured by the enemies of his country, on his way to Europe. A brief record of his captivity may afford an exhibition of moral aspects of the war, which are, indeed, the most interesting part of its history; and what he observed in an interval of parole, extending over several months, in which time he had the opportunity of visiting the principal cities of the North, and obtaining an insight into Yankee politics and society, may have a value to those many persons in the Confederate States who desire to know the real temper and political designs of the North. No one can justly charge the writer with attempt at any base gratification in libel or abuse in the following pages. He leaves such resources of revenge to the baser of his enemies, and he challenges every man who respects the freedom and honesty of literature, to say whether in these pages he has been insensible even to one glimpse of kindness in his prison, or has done. more, on any occasion, than refuse for interest or convenience, to compromise THE TRUTH. CONTENTS. A week in Boston.-Introduction to the United States Marshal.-A Fugitive Slave. In the Streets of Boston: Two Spectacles.-A Circle of Secessionists Journal Notes in Prison.-Precious Tributes of Sympathy.-Portrait of the Yan- kee. A New England Shepherd.—Sufferings and Reflections.-Fonrth of July PAGE. ᏟᎻᎪᏢᎢᎬᎡ X. Out of Prison.My Parole.-My Boston Benefactress.--In Yankee Atmosphere.- A Letter from Beston.-Some Words on "Peace Negotiations."-Waiting...... |
