I inquired where she lived, and if anybody was troubling her.

She said she was boarding with a lady whose husband had, in like manner with her own, gone off with Hardee's army; that a part of the house had been taken for the use of Major-General Ward, of Kentucky; that her landlady was approaching her confinement, and was nervous at the noise which the younger staff-officers made at night; etc.

I explained to her that I could give but little personal attention to such matters, and referred her to General Slocum, whose troops occupied the city.

I afterward visited her house, and saw, personally, that she had no reason to complain.

Shortly afterward Mr.Hardee, a merchant of Savannah, came to me and presented a letter from his brother, the general, to the same effect, alleging that his brother was a civilian, had never taken up arms, and asked of me protection for his family, his cotton, etc.