There was a good deal of 'dear uncleing, and 'fears that my life might be exposed by the quarrels and skirmishes of these desperadoes who have landed; as if an old fellow, who served through the whole war, from '56 to '63, was afraid to let his nose smell gunpowder any more than if it were snuff! But it will be a hard matter to wheedle an old soldier out of his allegiance!