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Rh the Lines. I drive an active Trade in Drugs and Confederate Money while carrying Information to and Fro. Preparations for a grand final Speculation in Confederate Money. I am intrusted with a Despatch for the " Alabama," and am started for Havana 232

A Trip to Havana. My Purposes in making the Journey. The Results of a Year of Warfare. Gloomy Prospects. A Gleam of Hope in Vir ginia. The Delights of a Voyage on the Gulf of Mexico. The Island of Cuba in Sight. The Approach to Havana. I communicate with the Confederate Agents and deliver my Despatches. An Interchange of valuable Information. The Business of Blockade-running and its enormous Profits. The Injury to the Business caused by the Capture of New Orleans. My Return to New Orleans and Preparation for future Adventures 244 Butler's Rule in New Orleans. A System of Terrorism. My Acquaint ance with Federal Officers. I resume the Business of carrying Infor mation through the Lines. A Trip to Robertson's Plantation for the Purpose of carrying a Confederate Despatch. A long Tramp after Night. Some of the Incidents of My Journey. The Alligators and Mosquitoes. Arrival at my Destination, and Delivery of the Despatch to a Confederate Officer. My hospitable Entertainment by Friends of the Confederacy. My Return to New Orleans. Capture of the Bearer of my Despatch, and my Arrest. I am taken before Butler, who en deavors to extort a Confession from Me. Butler as a Bully. I refuse to confess, and am ordered to be imprisoned in the Custom-House. My Release, through the Intercession of the British Consul. I resolve to leave New Orleans, for fear of getting into further Trouble. A Bar gain with a Fisherman to take me across Lake Pontchartrain. My Escape from Butler's Jurisdiction 253

Uncertainties of the Military Situation. I go to Jackson, Mississippi. Burning of the Bowman House in that Place by Breckenridge's Soldiers. The unpleasant Position in which Non-combatants were Placed. A Visit to the Camp of General Dan. Adams, and Interview with that Officer. I visit Hazlehurst, and carry a Message to General Gardner at Port Hudson. Recovery of my Negro Boy Bob. General Van Dorn's Raid on Holly Springs. I resolve to return to Virginia. The Results of two Years of Warfare. Dark Days for the Confederacy. Fighting against Hope 268