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General Rousseau and A rebel Clergyman.--Rev. Frederick A. Ross had just been examined on a charge of treason, and convicted upon his own showing.
Under charge of a guard he was about to leave the General's tent.
Putting on a particularly sanctimonious expression of countenance, he took up his hat, turned to the General and said: “Well, General, we must each do as we think best, and I hope we will both meet in heaven.”
The General replied: “Your getting to heaven, sir, will depend altogether upon your future conduct; before we can reasonably hope to meet in that region, you and I must become better men.”
The effect of this brief rejoinder was irresistible.
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.
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