which are as white as snow; aquiline nose, and firm mouth. His voice
is a good one for command, and having a West Point education,
improved by many years of research on military science, it was
expected he would make a skillful general; but the people were much
disappointed by his display of generalship in the Western
Department, and many clamored for his removal. It was at one time
thought he would be called to the Confederate cabinet as Secretary
of State; but this was never done. Many of his old friends and
admirers were pained to hear the report circulated, that the good
bishop indulged in profanity when he got too deep in his potations;
and as these reports were in part confirmed, his reputation suffered
greatly.




CHAPTER III.

ORDNANCE SERVICE.

Transferred to Ordnance. -- Camp Beauregard. -- Was my Oath
binding? -- Resources of the Rebels. -- Cannon stolen. --
Manufactured. -- A Rifling Machine. -- Beauregard's Bells.
-- Imported Cannon. -- Running Blockade. -- Silence of
Southern Papers. -- Small Arms made. -- Altered. --
Abundant. -- Earnestness of all Classes. -- Imported Arms.
-- England's Neutrality. -- Ammunition imported. --
Manufactured. -- Smuggled. -- A Railroad Episode. -- A
Deserting Engineer. -- A New Hand at the Throttle. --
Caution. -- A Smash Up and Pistols. -- Reconciliation. --