e seat of war -- Blair demands the return of a
fugitive slave woman -- Slavery is Mr. Lincoln's "_mammy_" -- He will
not destroy her -- Victories in the West -- The brave navy --
McClellan subsides in mud before Yorktown -- Telegraphs for more men
-- God will be tired out! -- Great strength of the people --
Emancipation in the District -- Wade's speech -- He is a monolith --
Chase and Seward -- N. Y. Times -- The Rothschilds -- Army movements
and plans.

MAY, 1862. 198

Capture of New Orleans -- The second siege of Troy -- Mr. Seward
lights his lantern to search for the Union-saving party --
Subserviency to power -- Vitality of the people -- Yorktown evacuated
-- Battle of Williamsburg -- Great bayonet charge! -- Heintzelman and
Hooker -- McClellan telegraphs that the enemy outnumber him -- The
terrible enemy evacuate Williamsburg -- The track of truth begins to
be lost -- Oh Napoleon! -- Oh spirit of Berthier! -- Dayton not in
favor -- Events are too rapid for Lincoln -- His integrity -- Too
tender of men's feelings -- Halleck -- Ten thousand men disabled by
disease -- The Bishop of Orleans -- The rebels retreat without the
knowledge of McNapoleon -- Hunter's proclamation -- Too noble for Mr.
Lincoln -- McClellan again subsides in mud -- Jackson defeats Banks,
who makes a masterly retreat -- Bravo, Banks! -- The aulic council
frightened -- Gov. Andrew's letter -- Sigel -- English opinion -- Mr.
Mill -- Young Europa -- Young Germany -- Corinth evacuated -- Oh,
generalship! -- McDowell grimly persecuted by bad luck.

JUNE, 1862. 218

Diplomatic circulars seasoned by stories -- Battle before Richmond --
Casey's division disgraced -- McClellan afterwards confesses he was
misinformed -- Fair Oaks -- "Nobody is hurt, only the bleeding people"
-- Fremont disobeys orders -- N. Y. Times, World, and Herald,
opinion-poisoning sheets -- Napoleon never visible before nine o'clock
in the morning -- Hooker and the other fighters soldered to the mud --
Senator Sumner shows the practical side of his intellect -- "Slavery a
big job!" -- McClellan sends for mortars -- Defenders of slavery in
Congress worse than the rebels -- Wooden guns and cotton sentries at
Corinth -- The navy is glorious -- Brave old Gideon Welles! -- July
4th to be celebrated in Richmond! -- Colonization again -- Justice to
France -- New regiments --