Canada, Boston, Rye Beach--Antislavery Party Nominates Lincoln 135
for President--His Election Evidence of Hostility to the
South--Mississippi Secedes--Gov. Pettus--Appointed Colonel and
Chief of Ordnance in the Army of the State of Mississippi--State
Had No Arms--Governor Sends an Agent to Europe to Purchase
Arms--Laboratory for Making Ammunition--Flannel and Paper to
Make Cartridges--Cartridges and Horse Collars--Only Old Flint
Muskets--Old Shotguns--Governor Objects to the State Troops
Going out of the State--Visit Home--Am Offered the Appointment
of Brigadier General, Confederate States of America