law-administrators

Updated: August 14, 2026

One gentleman in uniform apparently of the quartermaster's department held in his hand a huge package of Confederate notes, of the denominations, of $100 and $500, and this worthy staked, twice, the pretty little amount of $10,000 upon a card, and each time lost. The play so absorbed the soldiers, lawgivers, and law-administrators, that our presence was unperceived. My friend, Mr.

John Esten Cooke - Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee