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"satisfaction" (as the boys term it) of knowing that the Rebels are similarly situated; and at least I am heartily thankful that this stress of occasion in no wise impairs the patriotism or saps the splendid manhood of our army. Courage, courage, and in good time all will come well. Not only the roar of our guns but the rattle of our musketry can be heard in the doomed city - doomed for the reason "That right is right, since God is God, And right the day must win; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin." These lines, by the bye, are Mackays - the ex-correspondent of the London Times, and the hired and paid slanderer of the North. Years ago I knew him - and although I never thought him endowed with creative genius, the cheery spirit of his songs - as instance, "There's a good time coming, boys" - won largely upon my esteem. Afterwards I met him