CHAPTER I.
ANTE BELLUM.
At the Rocky Mountains .-- Sentiment of the People .-- Firing the Southern Heart .-- A Midwinter Journey across the Plains .-- An Editor's Opinion .-- Election in Missouri .-- The North springing to Arms .-- An amusing Arrest .-- Off for the Field .-- Final Instructions .-- Niagara .-- Curiosities of Banking .-- Arrival at the Seat of War..