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age that they should come to me for permission, just as they used to go to the master; and I rather encourage these little confidences, because it is so entertaining to hear them. Now, Cunnel, said a faltering swain the other day, I want for get me one good lady, which I approved, especially the limitation as to number. Afterwards I asked one of the bridegroom's friends whether he thought it a good match. O yes, Cunnel, said he, in all the cordiality of friendship, John's gwine for marry Venus. I trust the goddess will prove herself a better lady than she appeared during her previous career upon this planet. But this naturally suggests the isles of Greece again. January 7, 1863. On first arriving, I found a good deal of anxiety among the officers as to the increase of desertions, that being the rock on which the Hunter regiment split. Now this evil is very nearly stopped, and we are every day recovering the older absentees. One of the very best things that have happened to