The prisoners were taken from the Chateaugay by a tender, and conveyed to Fort Lafayette; but Captain Passford soon obtained a parole for his brother, which he consented to give for a limited period.
"I suppose the Chateaugay will sail again by to-morrow, Christy; but you will have time to go home and see your mother and sister.

I am so busy that I cannot go, and you must take Uncle Homer with you," said his father.
They landed on the New York side, and took a carriage for the station.
Perhaps the streets of the great city were never more crowded with all kinds of vehicles, and especially with wagons loaded with merchandise of all kinds.

They passed up Broadway, and Colonel Passford was silent as he witnessed the marvellous activity of the city in the midst of a great war.
"I think you will not be able to find any grass growing in the streets of New York, Uncle Homer," said Christy, as they passed the Park, where the crowd seemed to be greater than elsewhere.
"There is certainly no grass here, and I am surprised to see that the city is as busy as ever," replied the commissioner in a subdued tone.
"We have been told at the South that business was paralyzed in the cities of the North, except what little was created by the war." "The war makes a vast amount of business, Uncle Homer," added Christy.
But the gentleman from the South was not disposed to talk, and he soon relapsed into silence.

Mrs.Passford and Florry were very much astonished to see Christy again so soon, and even more so to meet Uncle Homer; but his welcome was cordial, and nothing was said about the exciting topic of the day.

The visitor was treated like a friend, and not an enemy, and everything was done to make him forget that he was not in his own home.
Early the next morning the young lieutenant hastened to report on board of the Chateaugay, where Mr.Gilfleur had remained, though he had divested himself of his disguise as soon as Captain Rombold was conveyed to other quarters.