I didn't see notin' in Beaufort.

Eb'ry step was worth a half a dollar." And they all marched as if it were so.

They knew well that they were marching through throngs of officers and soldiers who had drilled as many months as we had drilled weeks, and whose eyes would readily spy out every defect.

And I must say, that, on the whole, with a few trivial exceptions, those spectators behaved in a manly and courteous manner, and I do not care to write down all the handsome things that were said.

Whether said or not, they were deserved; and there is no danger that our men will not take sufficient satisfaction in their good appearance.