A very shy fellow was dusky Sam, As slow of speech as the typical clam. He couldn't make love to his Angeline Though his love grew like the Great Gourd Vine; So he brought the telephone to his aid To assist in wooing the chosen maid: "Miss Angeline? Dat you?" called he. "Yas.--Dis Angeline--Dis me--" "I--des wanter say--dat I does--love you-- Miss Angeline--does you love me, too--?" "Why--yas--Of course I loves my beau-- Say what's de reason you wants to know?" "Miss--hold de wire--Will you marry me? True--?" "Yas. Course I will----Say. Who is you?" MARTHA YOUNG November Eighth History will record the events attending this capture as a most extraordinary lapse in the career of a civilized nation--an instance where statesmen and _Jurisconsults_ betrayed their country to administer to the passions of a mob. Edward Everett ... wrote for the newspapers, vindicating on principles of public law, the act of Captain Wilkes. JAMES M. MASON _The English Royal Mail steamer "Trent" held up by the Federal war-ship "San Jacinto" and the Confederate commissioners, Mason and Slidell, arrested, 1861_ November Ninth I also propose that these surgeons shall act as commissaries, with power to receive and distribute such contributions of money, food, clothing, and medicines as may be forwarded for the relief of prisoners. I further propose that these surgeons be selected by their own Governments, and they shall have full liberty at any and all times, through the agents of exchange, to make reports, not only of their own acts, but of any matters relating to the welfare of prisoners. ROBERT OULD (_Agent of Exchange_) This letter was ignored by the Federal Government, as were others of similar import, although receipt was acknowledged by the Agent of Exchange. _R. R. Stevenson's Account_ I need not state how much suffering would have been prevented if this offer had been met in the spirit in which it was dictated. In addition, the world would have had truthful accounts of the treatment of prisoners on both sides, by officers of character, and thus much of that misrepresentation which has flooded the country would never have been poured forth.... The acceptance of the proposition made by me, on behalf of the Confederate Government, would not only have furnished to the sick, medicines and physicians, but to the well an abundance of food and clothing from the ample stores of the United States. R. R. STEVENSON _A. P. Hill born, 1825_ November Tenth The verdict has been found, said they, and no appeal will be permitted. "Besides," said many, "why stir up these old matters? Let them be; they will be forgotten within a generation." But there are some yet living, in both the South and the North, who prefer truth to falsehood, even though the attainment of the former costs some trouble. R. R. STEVENSON