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Richmond July 18th 1864.<br /><br />My dear Lizzie<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Am I not changing my character and<br />becoming a good correspondent? this is the second letter I have<br />written in the last ten days and I hope you will appre-<br />_ciate my epistolary efforts. I don't know what you meant<br />by your trouble in writing to Mr Hough. I read Brother<br />that part of your letter and he remarked on the consistency<br />of a young lady who accepted a pistol from one gentle-<br />man and "couldn't accept presents from gentlemen" she said<br />to another. But tell me all about it. I don't at all<br />understand what it was he sent - so cannot sympathize<br />with you yet. I wish you would back here and stay<br />with us. half of my room is quite at your service - and<br />you don't know how glad we shall all be to have you. and<br />especially myself. I do miss you so much for I haven't<br />any "crony" inparticular now. Do you know that&nbsp;&nbsp;Col Lamar<br />who married pretty little Mrs Carter was killed at Monoca-<br />cy Bridge? Isn't it sad. so young and twice a widow.<br />Of course you have heard of the relieval [struck-through] appointment<br />of Hood to a full Generalcy and Johnston's Army. I<br />really am almost beginning to doubt the success of<br />our Cause. it is said that Genl Lee raised the<br />schedhule of prices too saying that he could not feed<br />his army as they were. So wheat is raised to thirty<br />dollars a bushel making flour $500 a barrel at govern<br /><br />ment prices. and Mr Trenholm our new Secretary<br />of the Treasury says it will be impossible to do any-<br />thing with our finances with the [struck-through] prices as they are.<br />Altogether things look pretty blue. and were it not<br />for our trust in a Higher Power I do not know what<br />would become of us.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have been seeing a good many of our Army<br />acquaintances lately. Mrs Taliaferro, Capt Jones (of Gordon's<br />Staff & Capt. Smith who we met at Mrs Taliaferro's.<br />Do you remember Major Cabell who was there at the<br />same time? He has been killed since then.<br />Your friend Lt. Martin is almost well and is par<br />ticularly devoted to Miss Sally Taylor. there! don't you<br />feel badly. Capt Turner is going about on crutches<br />has been down here twice and says he is coming again<br />to-day. Major Hamilton was here night before last.<br />has been at the Officers' Hospilat but is nearly well again<br />now and is as polished and pleasant as ever. Another<br />Captain Heiskell was here last night. older than the<br />ones we know. Fannie Johnson hasn't gone to<br />Georgia yet and "entre nous" I don't think she is going.<br />I have been reading two novels lately "Very Hard<br />Cash" by Reade and "The Small House at Allington" by<br />Trollope - both tolerably good.&nbsp;&nbsp;I like the first best.<br />I suppose you have heard of Miss Maria Tompkins death<br />it was very sudden. She was sick only three days.<br />Miss Sally is indeed desolate now.<br /><br />I haven't&nbsp;&nbsp;enough to say to fill the next<br />two pages and so, from motives of economy, shall<br />stop here.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your affectionate cousin