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Tuscaloosa, Oct. 12th '67 Major Gen. Swayne, [[stamp]]NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITES STATES[[/stamp]] Dear Sir; I regret to be obliged to trouble you again about a matter which you supposed to be long ago settled. I returned a fortnight ago from my summer journey, & found that Mrs. Hampton, the teacher of my parish school, had not been able to obtain a settlement of her account from Mr. Buckley. Three months salary, $120, was owing to her, which I paid out of my own purse, & she has returned to her home. Mr. [[Arny?]] informs me that vouchers for this amount were signed by Mrs. Hampton, in his presence, & by him forwarded to Montgomery. Since then nothing has been heard from Mr. Buckley. I have reason to believe that Mr.