charged accordingly. Soon after the case about twelve or thirteen years of age. had been decided, and before the young Her story was soon told. She was from Friend had left the room, a letter came East Tennessee, where her husband had directed to the Board, and was opened by been killed by the rebels, and all their the officer. It proved to be an appeal in property destroyed. She had come to St. behalf of the young man, in a most delicate "hand of writ," and couched in most pure and winsome language. The commissioner playfully submitted the letter to the inspection of the young man, who with unfeigned surprise marked the well-known tracery of a dear young Friend who, on the next "Firstday," in open meeting, would surrender to him "arms" that he could bear conscientiously.

Tender in Years but Strong in his Devotion to his Country.

Edward Lee, or "Little Eddie," as he was dotingly called, will never be forgotten among the reminiscences of Wilson's Creek, in the winter of 1861. A few days before the First Iowa regiment received orders to join General Lyon, on his march to Wilson's Creek, the drummer of one of the companies was taken sick and conveyed to the hospital. On the evening preceding the day of the march, a negro was arrested within the lines of the camp -Camp Benton-and brought before the Captain, who asked him:

Louis in search of her sister, but not finding her, and being destitute of money, she thought if she could procure a situation for her boy as a drummer, for the short time the company had to remain in the service, she could find employment for

"What business have you within the herself, and perhaps find her sister by the lines?"

"I know a drummer," he replied, "that you would like to enlist in your company, and I have come to tell you of it."

time the men were discharged.

During the rehearsal of her story the little fellow kept his eyes intently fixed upon the countenance of the Captain, who He was immediately requested to in- was about to express a determination not form the drummer that if he would enlist to take so small a boy, when he spoke for their short time of service, he would out: "Don't be afraid, Captain, I can be allowed extra pay, and to do this, he drum." This was spoken with so much must be on the ground early in the morn- confidence, that the Captain immediately ing. The negro was then passed beyond observed, with a smile, "Well, well, Serthe guard. geant, bring the drum, and order our fifer On the following morning there appeared to come forward." In a few moments the before the Captain's quarters during the drum was produced, and the fifer, a tall, beating of the reveille, a good-looking, round-shouldered, good natured fellow, from middle-aged woman, dressed in deep the Dubuque mines, who stood, when erect, mourning, and leading by the hand a something over six feet in height, soon sharp, sprightly-looking boy, apparently made his appearance. Upon being intro

duced to his new colleague, or comrade, unscathed in his military career, the dark he stooped down, with his hands resting side of the picture was soon to be turned upon his knees, that were thrown forward to Eddie's gaze. Says a comrade :--into an acute angle, and after peering into the little fellow's face a moment, he observed:

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"My little man, can you drum ?"

During the fight at Wilson's Creek I was stationed with a part of our company on the right of Totten's battery, while the balance of our company, with a part of

"Yes, Sir," he replied, "I drummed for the Illinois regiment, was ordered down Captain Hill, in Tennessee."

into a deep ravine upon our left, in which The fifer immediately commenced straight- it was known a portion of the enemy was ening himself upward until all the angles concealed, and with whom they were soon in his person had disappeared, when he engaged. The contest in the ravine conplaced his fife in his mouth, and played the tinued some time. Totten suddenly wheel "Flowers of Edenborough," one of the ed his battery upon the enemy in that most difficult things to follow with the quarter, when they soon retreated to the drum that could have been selected, and high ground beyond their lines. In less nobly did the little fellow follow him, than twenty minutes after Totten had showing himself to be a master of the driven the enemy from the ravine, the drum. When the music ceased, the Cap-word passed from man to man throughout tain turned to the mother and observed: “Madam, I will take your boy. What after, hostilities having ceased upon both is his name?"

the army, "Lyon is killed!" and soon

sides, the order came for our main force to "Edward Lee,” she replied; then plac- fall back upon Springfield, while a part of ing her hand upon the Captain's arm, she the Iowa First and two companies of the continued, "Captain, if he is not killed Missouri regiment were to camp upon the -" here her maternal feelings over-ground and cover the retreat next morncame her utterances, and she bent down ing. over her boy and kissed him upon the forehead. As she arose, she observed: "Captain, you will bring him back with you, won't you ?"

"Yes, yes, we will be certain to bring him back with us. We shall be discharged in six weeks."

That night I was detailed for guard duty, my turn of guard closing with the morning call. When I went out with the officer as relief, I found that my post was upon a high eminence that overlooked the deep ravine in which our men had engaged the enemy, until Totten's battery came to In an hour after, that company led the their assistance. It was a dreary, loneIowa First out of camp, the drum and fife some beat. The moon had gone down in playing, "The Girl I left behind me." the early part of the night, while the stars Eddie, as he was called, soon became a twinkled dimly through a hazy atmosphere, great favorite with all the men in the com- lighting up imperfectly the surrounding pany. When any of the boys had returned objects. Occasionally I would place my from a "horticultural excursion," Eddie's ear near the ground and listen for the share of the peaches and melons was the sound of footsteps, but all was silent first apportioned; and during the heavy save the far off howling wolf, that seemed and fatiguing march from Rolla to Spring- to scent upon the evening air the banquet field, it was often amusing to see that long- that we had been preparing for him. The legged fifer wading through the mud with hours passed slowly away, when at length the little drummer mounted upon his back the morning light began to streak along -and always in that position when fording the eastern sky. Presently I heard a drum streams. But, though thus far sunny and beat up the morning call. At first I

thought it came from the camp of the en- the bowels, and had fallen near where emy across the creek; but as I listened, I Eddie lay. Knowing that he could not found that it came up from the deep ra- live, and seeing the condition of the boy, vine; for a few minutes it was silent, and he had crawled to him, taken off his buckthen as it became more light I heard it skin suspenders, and corded the little felagain. I listened—the sound of the drum low's legs below the knee, and then lay was familiar to me—and I knew that it down and died. While Eddie was telling me these particulars, I heard the tramp of cavalry coming down the ravine, and in a moment a scout of the enemy was upon us, and I was taken prisoner. I requested the officer to take Eddie up in front of him, and he did so, carrying him with great tenderness and care.

was our

men.

Drummer boy from Tennessee
Beating for help the reveille.

When we reached the camp of the enemy the little fellow was dead.

I was about to desert my post to go to his assistance, when I discovered the officer of the guard approaching with two We all listened to the sound, and were satisfied that it was Eddie's drum. I asked permission to go to his assistance. The officer hesitated, saying that the orders were to march in twenty minutes. I promNo Title of Soldier given to the Devil. ised to be back in that time, and he con- Among the multitudinous developments sented. I immediately started down the of one kind and another made by the war hill through the thick undergrowth, and of the rebellion, the light which it has upon reaching the valley I followed the thrown upon certain points and passages sound of the drum and soon found him of Scripture is not to be reckoned as inseated upon the ground, his back leaning significant. At the funeral of an army against the trunk of a fallen tree, while Sergeant in the Federal ranks, who was his drum hung upon a bush in front of murdered, Rev. Mr. Healitt, who preachhim, reaching nearly to the ground. As ed the funeral sermon, said he would not soon as he discovered me he dropped his call the murderer a soldier, because the drum-sticks and exclaimed, "O, Corporal, word soldier was an honorable title, borne I am so glad to see you. Give me a drink,”—reaching out his hand for my canteen, which was empty. I immediately turned to bring him some water from the brook that I could hear rippling through the bushes near by, when thinking that I was about to leave him, he commenced crying, saying: "Don't leave me, Corporal, I can't walk." I was soon back with the water, when I discovered that both of his feet had been shot away by a cannon ball. After satisfying his thirst, he looked up into my face and said:

"You don't think I will die, Corporal, do you? This man said I would not-he said the surgeon could cure my feet."

by Joshua and David and others mentioned in the Bible; he wished every one to remember that the devil is nowhere in Scripture called by the honorable title of soldier-a fact of no mean bearing upon the course of those who enlisted in the army of the Union to put down a sectional rebellion.

"Sweet Sixteen" on the Male Side, and a "Darling" too.

A lad of less than sixteen years, named Darling, from Pittsfield, Mass., enlisted in the early period of the war in Captain Cromwell's company, in the Northern Black Horse Cavalry. On learning that he had a sick mother at home, who was I now discovered a man lying in the sadly afflicted at his departure, the Capgrass near him. By his dress I recog- tain discharged the youngster and sent nized him as belonging to the enemy. It him home, as the brave lad supposed on a appeared that he had been shot through furlough. The Captain received the fol

lowing acknowledgment of his kindness from the sister of the "bold soldier boy." It is certainly worth reading:

PITTSFIELD, MASS., Oct. 20, 1861. CAPTAIN CROMWELL-DEAR SIR: My brother, David H. Darling, a lad of sixteen, left home and joined your command without the consent or even knowledge of our parents. I went from school to see him last Thursday, and stated these facts to your second lieutenant. Our young soldier returned home Friday, on furlough, as he supposed, and seeing the effect of his conduct upon my mother and a sick sister, gave his consent to remain. But he is very much afraid you will think that he did not promise to return in good faith, or, to use his own term, that he has "backed out," so he made me promise, before I returned, that I would explain it to you.

Meantime, awaiting thy orders, I am respectfully thine,

JENNIE DARLING.

P. S.-If you are married, please hand this over to your Second Lieutenant.

J. D.

So much for Jennie. The Captain's response to this winsome epistle, failed, alas! to greet the public eye.

Sharp Practice among Volunteers. That all the rogues were not in the army nor out of the State Prison was very clearly made to appear—and by the following fact among others, the scene of which was New York city. Mr. Blunt, the head of the Committee on Drafting in that city, took in multitudes of volunteers

black and white-paying the three hundred dollars, without being able to determine whether they were, in all cases, honest and acquainted with their catechism. One was taken of this class, who appeared especially loose on both those points. A black fellow, who had been enlisted for the navy and received his three hundred dollars, applied in the course of an hour or so to Mr. B. for the privilege of putting

"Where is the rest of it?" says Mr. Blunt.

This, then, "is to certify," gentlemen, that the young Darling aforesaid has not abated his desire in the least degree to serve his country under your especial guidance, although he has consented to devote himself in the more humble capacity of staying at home and minding his mother. Having reached the advanced age of sixteen, he possesses the 'strength of Her- his money into the savings bank. It was cules, and sagacity of Tacinaque, Agulier's of course granted. The Supervisor, on bravery, and the patriotism of Washing- counting over the darkey's money, found ton, whom you have probably heard men- that there was only two hundred and tioned before. Would that he could add thirty-five dollars. to these a few of Methuselah's superfluous years, for youth, though no crime, is very inconvenient in his case. Of course, the advancement of the Black Horse Cavalry is materially retarded, and its glory dimmed for a season; but wherever you are at the end of two years, he is determined to join you. If thou wouldst take me in his place, I would be very happy to go. I believe not only in this war, but fighting in general, and think that if women were permitted to use 'knock down arguments,' it would civilize not only their mutual relations, but also their treatment of your much abused sex.

"Dat's all," says Snowball.

"No, it's not all. You have sixty-five dollars more. Turn your pockets wrong side out."

Darkey complied, but not another greenback was found. This was a staggerer, for Blunt well knew he had paid him three hundred dollars.

Now, you horse marine," says the chairman, "what have you done with the balance of your money?-here are some notes I never gave you."

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Well, Massa Cap'n, I didn't do noffin

with 'em greenbacks; I jis ask a feller in dare to change me one hundred dollar bill, and de sailor he did it; and dat are is de money."

That his curiosity was now fully satisfied, was no matter of doubt; and the goodhumored salutation of "How are you, conscript?" regaled his patriotic ear from

"Ah, ha!" says B., "Bring out that every quarter. fellow."

Drafted.

Wide trowsers came out, looking very Nasby's Reasons why he should not be innocent. His money, too, was examined, and sure enough, there lay ensconced the identical sixty-five dollars the darkey was

minus of.

"How is this?" says Mr. B.

Petroleum V. Nasby, in order to place himself in his proper position before the public, felt called upon to give his reasons -weighty and cogent ones, too,-why he should not be drafted. Says he :

I see in the papers last nite, that the

"Well, you see, Boss, that piece of ebony wanted me to change one hundred dollars for him, and I did it, but I ain't government haz institooted a draft, that very good at cyphering, and I rather guess I counted wrong. Here's your dust, old boy; let's tack ship and put back to port." This impudent piece of rascality was corrected by the Supervisor, the darkey's money banked, and the parties again turned into their quarters.

in a few weeks hundreds uv thousands uv peaceable citizens will be dragged to the tented feeld. I know not wat uthers may do, but ez fer me, I can't go. Upon a rigid eggsaminashun uv my fizzikle man, I find it wooed be wus ner madnis fer me 2 undertake a campane, to wit:

1. I'm bald-heded, and hev bin obliged to ware a wig these 22 years.

2. I hev dandruff in wat scanty hair still hangs round my venerable temples. 3. I hev a kronic katarr.

4. I hev lost, since Stanton's order to

5. My teeth is all unsound, my palit ain't eggsactly rite, and I hev hed bronkeetis 31 yeres last Joon. At present I hev a koff, the paroxisms uv which is frightful 2 behold.

"How are you, Conscript ?" Not the least singular among the great variety of incidents in connection with the draft, is the following, which occurred among the good citizens of Vigo county, in the State of Indiana. During the draw-draft, the use uv one eye entirely, and hev ing for one of the sub-districts of that kronic inflammashun in the other. region, the proceedings were watched with eager interest by at least one person, a "patriotic" resident of the locality under draft. As the names were drawn he betrayed considerable nervousness—was particularly anxious about the price of substitutes, and thought it the duty of all "veterans" to re-enlist. Finally, impa- side. tient under such critical suspense, and un7. I'm afflicted with kronic diarrear and able longer to control his anxiety, he made kostivniss. The money I hev paid fer bold to ask permission of Colonel Thomp- Jayneses karminnytive balsam and pills son, the provost-marshal, to place his hand wooed astonish almost ennybody. in the box, and draw forth the unfortunate prize. The Colonel, with his accustomed suavity and willingness to accommodate, 9. I hev varrykose vanes, hev a white kindly granted the request. The individ- swellin on wun leg and a fever sore on the ual accordingly reached forth his hand, uther—also wun leg is shorter than tother, placed it in the box, and drew forth a card though I handle it so expert that nobody on which was written-his own name! never noticed it.

6. I'm holler chestid, and short-winded, and hev allus hed panes in my back and

8. I am rupchured in 9 places, and am entirely enveloped with trusses.