of men from Scotland Yard raided the house in Museum Street.

found him, and through the personal interest which General Sigel took

in him he was commissioned a colonel of volunteers. He had had a

pretty fair education, a taste for the military profession, and was

of tall and slender build, all of which gave him a student-like

appearance. He was extremely excitable and nervous when anticipating

a crisis, but always calmed down to cool deliberation when the

critical moment came. With such a man I could not be less than well

satisfied, although the officer whom he replaced--Colonel Laiboldt--