e military roads he lays out are found and followed by the recipients
of his bounty, and gardens flourish where but yesterday were seen the
poles of his old camping ground; new states rise out the wilderness,
where he planted the early seed, and watched the glittering things as
they grew to the strength and beauty of their starry sisters.

He has no enmity or prejudice against any person, sect, or
society--loving Broadbrim even more than could reasonably be expected.
There is, however, a proverbial enmity between him and Jack the sailor,
though it is generally of that Pickwickian nature, that--like Micawber's
griefs--easily dissolves over a bowl of punch, and both become as jolly
as Friar Tuck and Richard. He is not generally religious; but during
divine service is as orderly as a deacon. Sometimes he pleads conscience
against Protestant worship, but those interested may be assured that, in
five cases out of six, it is only Pat's cunning: true piety can worship
God under any form. He is generally a bachelor, and rarely goes beyond
the walls for a wife: if Abigail comes inside, he snaps her up as you
would a hotcake on a frosty morning. If he dies prematurely, some
comrade is ready to console the widow in her affliction; the courtship
being a fine exemplification of--

"For you must know a widow's won
With brisk attempt and putting on:
With ent'ring manfully and urging--
Not slow approaches like a virgin."

Should she fail, however, she trips off to another post, where, "her
case being duly represented at the mess," she generally manages to get
reinstated in the army. It is for the good of the service that marriage
is in some degree restricted, and the reasons therefor, none will fail
to perceive.

The soldier's history and accounts are posted up regularly every two
months at Washington--that great ledger of the United States--so that if
he has been sentenced to a money stoppage, or broken a tumbler-screw, it
is there accurately recorded. He is kept well supplied, where it is
practicable, with the news of the day, contained in two dailies, one of
which, generally, is from New-York, and the other from Washington. At
nearly all the principal posts neat little chapels have been built, and
chaplains provided, so that he can worship God, if he desires, morning
and evening, and without expense.

The discipline governing him is severe; so much so that it is sometimes
made ground of complaint. This severity