passengers, who were all saved.

Don Carlos Hasseltino was chief engineer of the U.S. monitor Catawba,
but spent most of his time on board the U.S. monitor Oneota, and was
one of the mess-mates of that vessel. I associated with him constantly
from October 6, 1865, to January 16, 1866. He was a jolly, kind,
sympathetic, and intelligent associate. In height he was about six
feet, and had a large, wiry frame. His hair and eyes were black; he
wore a black moustache. He never gave offence to any one, but would not
suffer himself to be insulted. He carried two Derringers in leather
pockets buttoned to his pantaloons above the hips. He was very polite
and chivalrous; woe to the person that gave offense or offered insult.
I insert here a sketch of his life.

[From the Cincinnati Enquirer of 1880.]

"A LIFE OF ADVENTURE.

"GENERAL DON CARLOS HASSELTINO'S STORY OF HIS STARTLING
CAREER--REBEL SPY AND UNION OFFICER--HIS ADVENTURE IN THE ARMY IN
PERU AS A CUBAN REFUGEE.

"General Don Carlos Hasseltino was met by an _Enquirer_ reporter on
a Wabash train the other day. His life has been one of adventure.
Previous to the war he graduated at Oxford, in Butler county, in
the same class with the gallant Joe Battle, who, with his brother,
fell beside their father at Shiloh, while fighting under the flag
of the Lost Cause. After graduating he went to Hamilton and read
law with Judge Clark, who acquired some notoriety at Hamilton by
his advocacy of the right of secession in 1860-61. When the war
begun, Hasseltino determined to risk his fortunes with the
Confederacy. He started South under the pretext of escorting to her
husband in Tennessee Mrs. Dallie, the wife of Adjutant Joe Battle,
of the Sixth Tennessee. They passed south from Louisville on the
last train which left that city before the war, and arrived at
Nashville. From there, young Hasseltino went to Montgomery, Ala.,
then the Confederate capital, where he was appointed Major, and a
little later Lieutenant-Colonel; and was ordered to Pensacola, Fla.
When that place fell into the hands of the National troops, he was
captured; but within a day or two he made his escape. His next
point of duty was at Fort McHenry, from whence he went to
Louisville and bought for the Confederate troops a quantity of
supplies, and succeeded in g