. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . de a very close and dangerous reconnais-sance and was reporting its result, when thegeneral said he was mistaken on a certainpoint. The officer insisted that he was right,when the general rather tartly said he wasmistaken, and quoted his authority. Thisnettled the engineer, who replied at once: I THE DANCE IN PLACE CONGO. 517 dont care what says; I risked mylife to find out how this was. Why dont you examine suchan important point yourself? McClclIan alwaysdid. This closed the discussion very trait, well known to his troops, an
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . de a very close and dangerous reconnais-sance and was reporting its result, when thegeneral said he was mistaken on a certainpoint. The officer insisted that he was right,when the general rather tartly said he wasmistaken, and quoted his authority. Thisnettled the engineer, who replied at once: I THE DANCE IN PLACE CONGO. 517 dont care what says; I risked mylife to find out how this was. Why dont you examine suchan important point yourself? McClclIan alwaysdid. This closed the discussion very trait, well known to his troops, andthe further fact that it was utilized for theirbenefit,—that he was careful not to expose them without full knowledge of the work he putthem upon, and that intelligent care was takento provide against the effects of reverses,—were])owerful elements in confirming the confidencehe had inspired from the beginning, and it fixedthe affection and devotion for his person, whichhas rarely been equaled in thehistory of armies. THE DANCE IN PLACE r-- A MANDINGO CONGO SQUARE. WHOEVER has been to New Orleanswith eyes not totally abandoned to buy-ing^ and selling will, of course, remember Cathedral, looking south-eastward —riverward — across quaint Jackson Square,the old Place dArmes. And if he has anyfeelmg for flowers, he has not forgotten thelittle garden behind the cathedral, so antiqueand unexpected, named for the beloved oldpriest Pere Antoine. The old Rue Royale lies across the sleep-ing gardens foot. On the streets farther sideanother street lets away at right angles, north- VOL. XXXI.—;2. westward, straight, and impercej)tibly down-ward from the cathedral and garden towardthe rear of the city. It is lined mostly withhumble ground-floor-and-garret houses ofstuccoed brick, their wooden doorsteps on thebrick sidewalks. This is Orleans street, jonamed when the city was founded. Its rugged round-stone pavement is at timesnearly as sunny and silent as the land
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