who wanted to buy it, he said he would look at the lot, and think on the price $1000.  We owe about 650 dol. if the lot will clear us we will feel pretty independent with that we have left.  There has been a great deal of excitement about peace, and things do look a little favorable; another Ft Fisher or two taken by us will make the Rebels more anxious, I think.  I received a letter from Capt Roach a day or two ago, in answer to the one I wrote him in reference to Cyrus, he could not hear of or his regiment after the Battle at Nashvile, and supposed they were out on the Ten. river.  We are in suspense as to his fate; I am surprised he don't write to you. he wrote Emma a very good letter indeed.  Father got a very good long letter from Johnny McCall last week, he is with father at New Madrid; he is issuing clerk for his father, and gets 45 dol per month he writes a beautiful round hand and he composes like a little man which he is.  I wrote to Jackson about Ida but have received no answer yet if he wont let me have her to keep I would rather not take her at all.  She is a dear child, and I love her more than any other in the world, she is just like her mother.  May is more like Jackson.  Your wife in love, Mary.
