Suffering in the South During the War, Related by Those who were Behind the Scenes--Fair Outside Show Kept Up--Going Sixty Miles for One Wagon-load of Provisions--Twenty-Five Boxes of Tobacco for One Bag of Coffee--Gambling Saloons in Richmond--By whom Frequented, and why--Fortune Made on Pins and Needles--Dogs and Cats at a Premium--Party Antagonisms--Congressman Shot Dead on Floor of House, in Richmond--Jealousies About Appointments--Terrible Condition of Currency--Five Dollars for a "Drink," and Ten for a Breakfast, at "Ballard House," Richmond CHAPT XI. HOW ORDER WAS MAINTAINED. KINDNESS AND POWER (HAND-IN-HAND) BEHIND THE SCENES. Alexandria, Va., Before and During the War--Its Capture, and the Consequences--Military Governor and Provost-Court--The Organization and Business of the Court--Trial of a Secessionist for Assault upon a Union Man--Fined Five Hundred Dollars--Appeal to General McClellan--Remedy Complete--No Similar Cases Afterwards CHAPT XII. JUDGE FREESE'S "BAYONET COURT." OTHER POWERS, AND HOW EXERCISED. Reports in Northern Journals about Court--Nothing for Show, All for Necessity--Threats of Assassination--Insults to Officers and Sentinels--How Remedied--Arrest of Episcopal Clergyman--Conscience not to be Interfered with--Attempt to Burn Church--How Prevented--Terrible Cruelty to Slaves--Parties Arrested and Tried--Sentence, and its Effect upon the Community--Power of Court Recognized--No like Cases after that CHAPT XIII. LOYALTY versus DISLOYALTY. PREJUDICE AND SELF-INTEREST PROMPTING THE ACTORS. The Different Definitions given to the word Loyalty--A Third Class Professing Loyalty to Both, but Loyal to Neither--Aptly Portrayed by Macaulay--Cases before the Provost-Court--Mr. E. for Giving "Aid and Comfort" to the Enemy--Sentence--Concerts by Hutchinson Family--Forbid by General McClellan--Sustained by Judge Freese--Great Excitement--The Court Sustained--Loyalty Triumphant CHAPT XIV. DISLOYALTY AS AFFECTING THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY. ERROR AND PREJUDICE PROMPTING THE ACTORS. New Class of Cases before the Court--Abandoned Property--How Regarded by Union Men and Secessionists--General Montgomery and Judge Freese's Views on this Question--Attempt to Take a Piano--Amicable Trial of the Case--Decision of the Court--Confiscation and Sequestration Acts, How Construed by the Court--Happy Termination of Case and End of like Troubles CHAPT XV. A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS. JUSTICE SHIFTING SCENES AND PROMPTING ACTORS. Another Class of Cases before the Court--Two Hundred Million Dollars Owed by Southern to Northern Merchants--Philadelphia and New York Creditors after Alexandria Debtors--Debtors in Richmond, Goods in Alexandria--Cases taken up by Provost-Court--Rules of Procedure--Principles Involved--Decision of the Court--Justice Triumphant CHAPT XVI. LEGAL TECHNICALITIES IN CONFLICT WITH COMMON SENSE. ANOTHER ACT IN THE DRAMA--PRIDE ON ONE SIDE AND JUSTICE ON THE OTHER PROMPTING THE ACTORS.