On the former expedition the men were upon trial as to their courage; now they were to endure another test, as to their demeanor as victors.

Here were five hundred citizens, nearly all white, at the mercy of their former slaves.

To some of these whites it was the last crowning humiliation, and they were, or professed to be, in perpetual fear.

On the other hand, the most intelligent and lady-like woman I saw, the wife of a Rebel captain, rather surprised me by saying that it seemed pleasanter to have these men stationed there, whom they had known all their lives, and who had generally borne a good character, than to be in the power of entire strangers.

Certainly the men deserved the confidence, for there was scarcely an exception to their good behavior.