The illustrated London news . the martialaire of Dixie Land and the Marseillaise,varied by Irish jigs; and the drum beats time tothe march or parade. Round the corner of an oldbuilding pour forth a company of soldiers inundress — very undress—costume, lookinglike a troop of navvies, though one-half may bemen of fortune andposition, who at homecommandtheir hundred servants and their carriages andhorses, but here willingly, eagerly, shoulder theiraxe, and sally forth at dawn of day to throw upbreastworks and erect batteries. Across that field ha -Mmi-iivn) drill, alonethat road goes anothe


The illustrated London news . the martialaire of Dixie Land and the Marseillaise,varied by Irish jigs; and the drum beats time tothe march or parade. Round the corner of an oldbuilding pour forth a company of soldiers inundress — very undress—costume, lookinglike a troop of navvies, though one-half may bemen of fortune andposition, who at homecommandtheir hundred servants and their carriages andhorses, but here willingly, eagerly, shoulder theiraxe, and sally forth at dawn of day to throw upbreastworks and erect batteries. Across that field ha -Mmi-iivn) drill, alonethat road goes another; there a patrol of Zouavesare keeping guard before the m[ theGeneral, which is an old, dilapidated building oftroop of-ggons ofmotion; yonder i is alive with bustle, the whole scene is bewilder-ing. It is not English in spite of the antiquebuildings, which are at variance with the characterbright sky, and glaring sun. background - —Warborough. It is d TATUB OF SIR JOHN FBANKLIN,


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