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session of the pulpit, where he sat patiently awaiting 

 the turn of events. The other preacher came in with 

 the congregation, and being a quiet, peaceable man, he 

 retired ; and the former, in spite of threats and abuse, 

 began the service, and would have carried his point, 

 if my heroine had not lighted the match which set 

 them all in a blaze. Some years afterwards I learnt 

 that the same sort of disturbance had occurred several 

 times in that church. 



I was surprised at seeing no soldiers in New York, 

 except now and then a couple or so of military -looking 

 men, with blue jackets and trowsers, and glazed caps. 

 These are Uncle Sam's soldiers, who devote themselves 

 to their country for eight dollars a month. They are 

 generally men who dislike hard work, yet cannot gain 

 a living in any other way. They enlist lor live years. 

 There are besides bodies of militia, German as well as 

 American battalions, who turn out on grand occasions, 

 and are well dressed. A short time ago some of the 

 Scots had a meeting, and got up a battalion in highland 

 costume, the different clans in their proper tartan, with 

 plaids, bonnets, feathers, targets, claymores, bagpipes, 

 and the chiefs Avith eagle's feathers. Thus they 

 marched through the greater part of the town. The 

 next day, the "New York Herald" made, severe re- 

 marks upon people having a claim to respectability 

 marching through the town with naked legs, having 

 music into the bargain, to attract everybody's attention. 



A great number of emigrants arrived about this 

 time, and filled all the taverns. I discovered that the 

 Americans did not seem to care so much about 

 foreigners as I had imagined ; and to my great vexa- 



