red upon the tops of the western hills, the military escort, with
their prisoner, were seen passing through a defile that opened upon
their view an extensive bivouac of some two or three hundred horse and
foot, and occupying a space of open field, encompassed with wood and
guarded in its rear by a smooth and gentle river.

The spot at which they had arrived was the camp of a partisan corps
under the command of Colonel Innis. A farm-house was seen in the
immediate neighborhood, which was used as the head-quarters of a party
of officers. Numerous horses were attached to the trees that bounded the
plain, and various shelters were made in the same quarter, in the rudest
form of accommodation, of branches and underwood set against
ridge-poles, that were sustained by stakes, to protect the men against
the weather. Groups of this irregular soldiery were scattered over the
plain, a few wagons were seen collected in one direction, and, not far
off, a line of fires, around which parties were engaged in cooking food.
Here and there a sentinel was seen pacing his short limits, and
occasionally the roll of a drum and the flourish of a fife announced
some ceremony of the camp police.

The escort marched quickly across this plain until it arrived in front
of the farm-house. Here a guard was drawn up to receive them; and, as
soon as the usual military salute was passed and the order to "stand at
ease" given, Habershaw put the detachment under the command of the
lieutenant of infantry, and, accompanied by Curry, walked into the house
to make his report to the commanding officer of the post.

In a few moments afterwards Colonel Innis, attended by two or three
military men--some of whom wore the uniform of the British regular
army--came from the house and passed hastily along the line of the
escort, surveying Butler only with a rapid glance. Having regained the
door, he was heard to say--

"It is very well; let the prisoner have a room above stairs. See that he
wants nothing proper to his situation; and, above all, be attentive that
he be kept scrupulously under the eye of his guard."

When this order was given, the Colonel retired with his attendants to
his quarters, and Butler was forthwith conducted, by a file of men, up a
narrow, winding stair, to a small apartment in the angle of the roof,
where he was provided with a chair, a light, and a comfortable bed. His
door was left open, and on the outside of it, full in his view, was
p