Some of the best superintendents confirm the first tales of innocence, and Dr.Zachos told me last night that on his plantation, a sequestered one, "they had absolutely no vices." Nor have these men of mine yet shown any worth mentioning; since I took command I have heard of no man intoxicated, and there has been but one small quarrel.

I suppose that scarcely a white regiment in the army shows so little swearing.

Take the "Progressive Friends" and put them in red trousers, and I verily believe they would fill a guard-house sooner than these men.

If camp regulations are violated, it seems to be usually through heedlessness.

They love passionately three things besides their spiritual incantations; namely, sugar, home, and tobacco.