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cannot be disappointed.

You will see from the endorsement of Gen R. that my house is kept from me on the ground that it is "absolutely necessary" for officers' quarters. I am very sure there is a mistake here. Many houses have been rented in this place since my pardon; and there are many still for rent, as the advertisements in the daily papers show. If I am correctly informed, Maj. Mann left the house some weeks ago; and there is no one in it now but Col. Rutherford, who has no family but his wife.

Permit me, Sir, to assure you that this is a case of peculiar hardship. It is not one of a pecuniary interest merely; but an interest of the kind