, 1863-11-26
A Man Without a Country.
A Thrilling Tale Of. Poor Nolan.
l Mirror for Rebels and their Synpathizerr.

Mirror Ter Rebels and their Synpathtzerf.
From tho Atlantic Moathly.J -
a., I saPpote that ye1y fsT casual readers Of
Cd, in IN obscure corner, among tho stneaths,''
the announcement,
:"No1As. pled, On board U. 6. Corvette 1e,.nt,
E. d. L M.2 9atSs h1ns ISL on
Happened to Observe It, because vas
stranded at the old Mission Honse Ia Macki-
nae, waiting for Lake Superior steamer
which did not choose to come, and WAS de-
youriug, to the very stubble, all the current
li,eratnre could get hold Of, even doKn to
tle deathh and marriages In tha Herald. Nv
memory for names and people Is good, and
tie reader will sec, as he goes On, tnat had
II kstn enough to remember Philip No1an,
Taere arc hundred1 Of readers who would
hare paused that announcement, 1t the
officer q The s1eysnt whe reported il hid
The Man without y Country For it Was Is
!" Tho Man without \ Countsy'' that poor
Phiiir Nolan had generally been known by
the officers who h1d him In charge during
some iiity Yeast, as, indeed. bT i'll the men
:1ho sailed under them. I dara Aay there il
many l. man who has taken wins With him
once q fortnight, In three yeAr1' cruise, who
never knew that his name was "Nolan," or
whether the poor wretch had any name 1T all.
There can be no; possible harm In telling
/
thsrv has been TIL uow, ever Ainco bladison's s
Adminlstratiou vent ont in 1877, tor TerY
! st1ict secrecy, the secrecy OF honor itaelf,
among the gentlemen Of the nAyy who hare
| had Nolan In succees!se charge. And cer-
talnlJ It speaks well for the ssprit Dc eorps Of
Its members, that to the prcss this man's sto-
l., y has been wholly u1kno Mn,-and l thlnk. to
| the country a1 large also. have reason to
think, from some Investigation made in the
| Naval Archives when. VIA attached to the
Bureau Of Construction, that eyerJ Official 70
burned the public buildings At Washington.
| One Of the Tuckers, or poleiblY one 81 the
| Watsons, had Nolan IN Charge It the end Of
the War; and When, on returning from his
the CroHninshields-who mas Il the Navy De-
partMent when he came home, he found that
The Department ignored the whole business.
Whether they really knew nethlog about 1t,
or whether it was " Non mi Tioortlo," deter.
mined On a piece q policy, Do not knoN.
slp1y before, no naval officer has mentioned
Nolan In his report OF crulao.
But, rs say, there is no need for secrecy
any longer. And now the poor creature Il
dead. It seems to me- worth while to tell n lit.
Tie Of his story, bg WY Of showing yoana
Ame1icanE Of to day Whist 1t IL to be
| a MAN WITHOUT COUNTRY.
l
there NRs iu the "1egion Of the Weat" q.
tie Western Legion Of onr army WAS thar
called. When. Aaron Burr made his firs'
dashlns expedition down to Nav Orleans it
1906, at Fort Massac, Or somewhere ADORE OF
tle river, he net, as the devil would have It
t1ta gay, dashibg, bright young fellow, Al
| scmu dinner party, Ihlnk. Burr marked
HIN, talked to him, walked with him, tool
him day or two's yoyagata his flatboat, and
j IN ehort, fascinated him. For the next year
ha n lev
He occasionally ayailed Of the permission th'
geat man had given bin to write to hin
Long. high.worded, .stilted letters the poo
; boy wrote and rewrote and copied But nov
CT a line did he hare IN reply from the Ga,
: s,,eerea ut hin, because he sacrificed In thl
nnreqaited affection for . politician th'
tiiae- which they devoted to Monon
gahela, old.sledge ana highlox JACK
. Bourbon, euchre, and poker wera still IN
Ttis time Burr came down the river, not =
an attorney seekiog place for his office. bu
as disguised con4uerot. He hau defoated
krow not ihow many distric: attorneys; h
had dined at know not how many public dir
ne1s; be had been heralded In know not ho,
hi, had an sTmy behind him and N empire b,
t fore bim- It was great dsy-his arEtvl-t
poor Nolan. BUR- had mot been ut tho fort a
hour before be sent for him. That evenin
L., L.
slow him cancbsake Or cotton wood tre,
; as he saad,--reallJ to seduca hlm; aud By tt
time the sa0 was over, Nolan was eniiste
i. body and soul. From thas TINS, though I
did rot yet know 1t, ho lived aa,A MAN WITT
What BUR- meant to do know no mo,
. than yon. dear reader. It is nose of on1 nu.
1ets just now. Only. when the grand cat.
trophe came, and JtfIarHon and tho House
Virginia oi that day undertook to break on Il
Nns Nna IL q he Yp pG.sNse N tSa Of tbs ths
: q, Richmond, some Of tho lesser fsy
that distant Mississippi Valley. whlt
vas farther from US than Puget's Sour
ID 10 day, introduced the like novelty on the
provincial etage, aud, to while away the m
= for tpectacles, "A string OF court mardale {
the officers there. Ono and another of Il
the Colonels and Minors were tried, aud
fit out the LIST, little Nolan, against whor
Heaven knows, there was evidence enough
] wiling to be falss 10 It, and Would ha,
cbeyed any order to march any whittier vi
aug one rho would follow him, had the Q
der cnly been signed "By commaud Of q
Exc. A. Burt" The courts dragged on. T!
big flies eecaped-tightly for all T know \
you aud would never haye heard Of hi,
reader, but that, when the President Of t
court naked him ut the close, whether
;. wished to say any thi7g to show that he b
alwkys been faithful TO the United States,
esH 1@n oe n he e' Gaitea g. isas st.,ss. wish
may never hear Of the United States a9aIn
1suppose he did not know how the wo1
v shocked Old Co. MorRans who was ho1dt
the court. Half the officers who sat In 1t h
- served through the Revolution, and u
far tho very idea which be SO cara1iet1y cuss
=. In his madntts- He, on his Part, had gro1
= up In tho Weat Of those days, In tho midst
: Itsi.S He % had been cancased d on p.antatit @
wheEe tbs finest Company was spanlsh Q
3D. Ger. or French merchant from Orleans.
education, such as It Vas, had been perfect
u commercial eSpeditlons to Vera Cruz, .
It Engushman to be private tutor for win
en The plantation. He had spent hslf
E south with m elder brother, hunting hoE
ii In Texas; and, In \ word. to him uni.
Fl sta:es'' -, ~ ~ .s3.e.ly reality: IT he !
1 tince he hid been in the army. He had ~.
pu his, faith A. Christian to b. trne
n I" United Slates~" It WAS United Stat
l. which gave him the uniform te wore, Aad
sword hy hi: s.ae; My, Ny, %s poor Nslin !; 2,
You out first ~ enc Of her own confident
irtn ct honor, that "A. Burr, cared for J
s. tt-aw mora than for 4he natboasmen i
tsiled his ark tor him. I do not exc
Nolan; only e1pls1h 70 kna fe2Qef why
damned his country and: Mished he MI
!. pever bear her nane agsln. :
i He meyer did hear heT mama but ence ag'
Il FROM that moment, September 2S3, 1so:,
AA the day be died, May 1lth. 1883, be. ne
HA heard her name again. For that half cent
1Hlf and more be was 4 man without countz,
WI Old No'gap, - said, Was terribly eeu
:M Cd. It Nolan had compared George Va
81 toeton to Benedict Arnold, or had q
&z "God saYs King George" Morgan would
H= tayo felt worse. He called tbs court i1to
y Private room. and returned in fifteen n
- | Dtek. With ICES Ike sheet. 70 43y:--
Prisoner, bear the sentence Of The Co