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ber 1858, and these views show the attack on the barricades ; 

 the encampment of the eighth regiment at Quarantine grounds 

 during the so-called "Quarantine War"; a comic picture of six 

 little children heavily armed with brooms, advancing on a fright- 

 ened guard, entitled an "Alarming Demonstration of Staten 

 Island Sepoys " ; and a view of Camp Washington. From the 

 text accompanying the view of the encampment we learn the 

 following: "The inhabitants of Tompkinsville attempted at the 

 outset to annoy their military visitors by refusing to admit them to 

 their wells, etc. ; but they soon learned that the law of the strong- 

 est now prevailed, and they contented themselves with direful 

 predictions of death by dampness and yellow fever, coupled with 

 sneers, where sneers were safe, with respect to the gallant Eighth. 

 . . . While off duty all sorts of games were resorted to by the men 

 by way of killing time ; and their presence being sufficient to 

 keep in order the refractory citizens of Richmond county, they 

 have been able to enjoy an unwonted amount of soldiering with- 

 out any necessity for the use of powder." 



