AN INTERESTING RELIC.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4900, 28 June 1887, Page 2

AN INTERESTING RELIC.

,ok-. The following letter written on April 22, 18U4, by R. E. Loo, the Confederate General, to a friend and sympathiser with the cause for which Gonoral Loe waa at that time fighting will be read with interost. The original copy of the letter has been handed to us by a resident of Gieborns : — Hd. Qrs. : Orange Co. '. f il April, '64. My Dear Major, — I duly received your letter from England of Nov. last, and fravc> often wished to thank you for your kind sentiments and high appreciation of the Army of N. Virginia. The difficulty of communicating with you has prevented, but I can longer resist the desire, to express to you my gratitude for your well wishes and prayera for our safety aud deliverance. I heartily unite in your jubilation to the Giver of all Victory, that he may graciously guide aud direct us in all our operations, and givo us peace with our enemies and peace with Him. That he may bless you in your labours and restore you in safety to your family and friends is my fervent prayer. I am very much obliged to you, my deal Mijor, for the uniform and blanket you so kindly sent me. I bog you will not add to your troubles by administering to my comfort. We have, partly owing to your efforts and partly to the exertions of our people, everything we actually want. All else we can dispense with. — Truly and gratefully yours R. E. Lee. Major J. B. Ferguson, U.S. Army.