JAHU, _November 8, 1865_.
GENERAL W. W. W. WOOD, DOM GASTON,
and other gentlemen, companions of the voyage:
With undivided pleasure I received your letter of the second of the
current month, in which with great magnanimity you manifest your
sentiments of gratitude for the little or no service which I rendered
you during your brief stay in the woods of Araraquara.
In returning to your firesides, which in a short time you intend to
abandon, choosing for your new home and that of your children the land
of the Holy Cross, where it was my fortune to be born, say to your
countrymen that in this land there are generous hearts that sympathize
much with the southern inhabitants of the United States of North
America.
Coming to dwell in these lands, I hope you may be happy, promoting the
happiness of yourselves, and the future happiness of your children. And
you may be sure of this, that here you will always find one friend,
faithful and sincere.