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safe in the country, he must depart for the 

 more secure region of his former home in Can- 

 ada, — where let us hope that he has been al- 

 lowed to answer the behests of his sacred voca- 

 tion with a mind single to his pious duties, and 

 that domestic suspicion no longer clouds his 

 happy hearthstone. 



Happily, neither A. J. nor Forrest himself 

 had further occasion for his peaceful interven- 

 tion, the fortunate absence of which may have 

 had to do with the notable encounter between 

 these two generals at Tupelo. 



