Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-09-08
Death of Helen WaterStor

We have already announced the unti,r.lv
demise. at Naples. of the beautiful and A..
comTIished Hiss Watcrston, grand. Isugb..-
Of josiah Quincy. The poet. ". c. Bry,rt
writes from EveSham most beautiful sri
touching letter to his paper Cthe y Y. Pos,
describing the lovely young lady, whom !.
had met, AID whose intimate acquaintaua.
he had made in Naples, and relating /,
cause and manner Of her death IIt rn.
tures her as q most charming and faul:is..
young lady, aged only seventeen years. zai
affirms that there is no doubt that the low.
nervous fever which caused her death g.s
occasioned by the unhealthful atmosphere 5t
the "Chiaja" at Naples, and warns Aneri-
cans inclined to nervous disorders never =
stay in any of the hotels in that quarter. We
. take an extract or two from this interesting
{ cpistle:-
! 1t was at Heidelberg, a little more tbspa
! year since thas | met the Rev Il. C. Water
ston, of Boston. with his wife and th.r
daughter-an only child | coufcss that
felt 4 certain pride in 50 magnificent <peci-
men OF my c0untrywomea IS this young ladr
1resented-uacommonly beautiful II. p,rs,a
with dignity Of presence and manner mash
+ beyond her gears. and u sweetness no !rss
remarkable than the diguity. Wherever she
went 1t was easy to Sea that she Was followed
by looks of admiration. \ further aclu.u-
taGcc with her showed that her mtcl.rc..l.
aud neral qualities were equal to her q.-
, sonal graccs Her mind was surprism.7
mature for her time of life. She was kind
true, sympathetic. religious and oyerf,Sil-
with fial affcction-the most dutiful IS vel
as most beloved Of daughters. After We Ia
Heidelberg, we saw no more of her, until BET
parents in April last, after = winters resi-
Il nee in Rome. brought her, apparently IA
tull health t, Naples, where we then Ec..
and t1uk lodgings at thc Nitoria Hotel, !. il4
street Of that name, looking out on the Jc.s-
.iful bay.
1t was in an hotel in this part Of rs.
that Mr.. " atcrston took rooms for his fsu
They had scarcely occupied them tLree d-ys
when Miss Waterston was seized viii -
malndy which ended her life Ii MS al
! tended from the first with great weakness -
= so great, that before it became clear to lei
= parcuts that it was desirable TO remove her,
a removal was impossible. Once or twice tbs
disorder puc on a favorable appearance, an
. they were fattcrcd with the hope of recovery
4 but ut length it became manifest that II w.i
: a disease of the heart, and must prove iat,.
. When | mentioned TO my banker at Fl 2
= ence that We had left Miss WaterstOn very j.
:, at Naples, he exclaimed with great energ5
Il Her father must get her away as soon As Be
= can it is certainly death for her to si'y'
= the climate Of Naples is the most relaxing D
4 the world But whether removal w..'
- have been beneficial or not, it had long t'sl
: an impossibiii'y. She grew weaker 81
At weaker. bearing her sutferings with F.
at ticuce and resignation so sweet and SAL
Il like, that even the physicians, familiar .
l. they were with the experiences q tbs 'i''
IL room and dca,h-bed, were melted 70 'eaN
no At length. little before her end, her I'LL
nf began to wander, but in such a manner @-
it seemed as if she was admitted to 9iiaIs
of the brighter world to which she was so'--
and she passed away in what might ainosI =. :.
taken fer a beatifc vision-a happy -
&C. &C. closed By a happy death-lcaying her pare
= broken hearted, but for the strong Etli7"-,
'n 'a trust which supported them II 'fs..' >
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