A tir.TTEJi in Sin. Links. —In one of the Confederate prisons at Kivhmond there is u rule that Federal soldiers confined there shall be allowed to writo to their lri'.nds at home, provided, a lettci the iength of sii lines.' Many people lind a difficulty in adopting that, succinct stylo of correspondence necessary to bring a telegraph message within the limit of tw.-nty-iive woids; but to compress an entire iL-lter into six lines might task the skill ot the most cxnert. Yet how triumphantly the difficulty is solved ill the following specimen; surely no one but a Yankee could have dashed oli' so curious a melange of bujines=; atl'eetion, personal details, and cateful a' tc-'itiou to his personal comforts, still leaving room for 'an outburst of patriotism at the close" My dear Wife,— Yours received; 110 hope ot exchange; send corn «tarc'i; want socks :no money ; rheumatism in left shoulder ; pickles very good ; send sausages ; God bless you: Kiss the baby. iJad Columbia; Your devoted husband .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 532, 27 July 1865, Page 5
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