I received your letter a few and take this opportunity to answer it. I suppose, Len has left home ere now, to battle again for the liberties of his country, that country, which now needs his services more than she ever did before; for a proud and boastful has called into the field six hundred thousand more men, in order to subjugate us and if needs be annihilate us. It seems, that, for every army we destroy, two more new ones spring up in it stead. Where are we going to get the to meet this extraordinary levy of the North, I dont know; though I suppose Congress will take some action on that subject. It makes my very heart sick looking around among the students to find at least one dozen, who, afraid to go home, remained here during the vacation to evade the Conscription Law, the homes of some of whom are in the hands of the enemy. I see, that a motion has been brought up in Congress, and I hope, it will pass, that the Conscription law shall be rigidly enforced and that persons in the Confederacy, subject to it, shall be taken, whereever found, and that those, who evade it, shall be considered as deserters and treated as such. I would like very much to see Len before he goes back into the army; I wish, you could prevail upon him to come down to Chapel Hill and see me perhaps for the last time. I want to have a long talk with him once more. If he comes you can send the money Watch &c by him. I am sorry to hear that Len is not as well as usual, but I hope, that the army will bring him out. I thought would not like being ordered to Richmond so soon any way; if Captain Bill Howard resigns, he will have to go as a Conscript, so I suppose, he wont resign. I am in hopes, Vance will make a good Governor; I am very well satisfied with the speech, he made in Raleigh. He says "he intends to know no party during the war." I hope, he will rigorously enforce the Conscription Law, and call into the field every man, that is subject to it. Excuse all mistakes, and