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The splendid tribute published to-day to, we can bear testimony, bestows no undeserved eulogy. We have long known the subject of this well merited compliment, and can testify that her charities and acts of kindness to the suffering and needy, have always been unstinted, and even more than commensurate with her means. We trust and believe that the noble example she has exhibited of pure benevolence, will have its influence on thousands of others, and it is for this reason, we find more pleasure in giving publicity to this lady’s active and unceasing benevolence, which we well know she never intended for the public eye.



Madam,—We cannot leave this Hospital without giving some expression to our gratitude for your numberless acts of kindness to us. The world, indeed, does not know the extent of your goodness; it is beyond all praise, every day but adds fresh proofs of your boundless liberality and unwearied benevolence. But the wealth you are thus pleased to expend for the benefit of the sick, and the personal labor you so cheerfully give to promote their comfort and health makes you happy here, and will make you more than happy in the better land. God will bless you with his unspeakable love, and the reward of the righteous will be yours amid the perfect songs of joy that roll down the banks of the river of life, when the stars shall forever fade in the ages of eternity.

Whatever may be our future, your kindness to us in sickness can never be forgotten, nor can we ever shut back the tide of memories that crowds to heart and life at the mention of your name and the recollection of your deeds. Like the softest sunlight, it will lie upon our hearts, bright and hallowed as a dream of glory. What we have said is only the language of every Confederate soldier; to one and to all, your own, and the charities and benevolence of noble women, is alike extended. With our deepest thanks to you, and to the surgeons whose skill and kindness are the praise of all.

We are Madam, with sincere respect,

Committee on the part of sick of Col. Hobby’s Regt.