better sacrificed than that the blood of innocent men
should flow in its support. He was a thorough disciple of the peace
movement. With such views as these, his sympathies naturally reverted to
the dwelling of the departed hero; to the home rendered desolate by the
untimely death of a father; to the circle which gathered in tears around
the fire-side, to deplore the loss of an affectionate brother and son;
to the widow and the orphan, whom war's desolating hand cast into the
world to tread alone its dreary path. To Uncle Nathan victory and defeat
were alike the messengers of woe. Both were the death-knell of human
beings; both carried weeping and wailing to women and children.

After the last box of the pile had been conveyed on board, and
preparations were making to cast off, the reflections of hero and
moralist were disturbed by several long, loud vociferations, in a strong
Hibernian accent. They proceeded from a man, dressed in the tattered
remnants of the blue army uniform, who was industriously propelling a
wheel-barrow towards the landing, on which was a box of similar
description to those just embarked.

"Hould on!" shouted he; "hould on, will yous, and take on this bit of a
box?"

"Does it belong with the others?" asked the captain.

"To be sure it does," replied Pat. "What the divil else does it belong
to? Arn't it the body of Captain Farrell, long life to his honor! going
home to see his frinds?"

"Take it aboard," said Captain Brawler to the deck hands, after
examining the direction.

The men lifted the box rather rudely, in a manner which seemed to hurt
poor Pat's feelings.

"Bad luck to yous! where were you born, to handle the body of a dead man
the like o' that?" said he. "Have yous no rispict for the mim'ry of a
haro, that yous trate his ramains so ongintlemanly? Hould up your ind,
darlint, and walk aisy wid it!"

"Lively there," cried Captain Drawler, "lively, men!"

"Bad luck to your soul for a blackguard, as ye are!" shouted Pat. "Where
did you lave your pathriotism?"

The box was by this time on deck, and the captain, to do him justice,
made all haste to proceed on his voyage.

The cases containing the remains of the officers were deposited in the
after part of the hold, to which access was had by means of a hatch near
the stern. Pat's peculiar charge was placed on top of the others, and he
maintained a most vigilant watch over it.

There was now a fair prospect of commencing the voyag