Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-01-24

we went INTO camp ;lt Manchester and have
buukcd 'ile I,y silc ever ,incr we came ont
here. told him one DAY If got Killed,
wanted him towrite 10 rohe or my friends,
and | would do tlic same for hiim
John r. Smith was respected ii lis com
pany by all, and he did not have an enemy
IN the whole regiment He was sick only
hihe or len days. lie was in good health
AID Spirits up 10 the time Of his illness. If
you think am a friend 10 you, for writing
this, wllith trust you do. shculd like 10
have you write to me when You receive
this letter and let me know if you have
received mine Direct your letter just as
YOU did to Smith. DASIrL EMEHY.
Sherman's Division, Third Brigade,
4 Alb \. II. Vol, New York City,
New loik.
r., S. Sarah, know something about
how you feel, for ! have lost one whom |
love better than any other friend. had
letter IN the last mail stating the death Of
my sister who was just in the youth of life.
She was nineteen years old. | did not think
should have TO write suth sad news when
was talking with you in Manchester
tried tc cheer you up all could, but this
teaches Us all that We have got to dir.
You probably know how old he was, they
say here that he is 90 years of age. If /
ever come to Manchester | will tell you
more about Smiths history. While in the
army he was good fellow and did lis du-
ty like man, but he Is gone and win be
remembered by the boys who live to come
home. would like TO have you write TO
me il ycu think it proper. / think you
must remember me, ! am The man That gave
you 20 cents. | say this so you won't mis-
take the fellow. Yours Truly,
DANIEL EMERY.
Incidrnis Connected with tbe saicidc.
From the room mate and intimate friends
of Miss Watson, we gather some interest
ing particulars. She lived with her uncle
and aunt as an adopted daughter and called
them father and mother from the time she
was three years old till couple of years
ago when she visited her sister at Great
Falls She thought her sister, who is mar
tied, felt above her and did hot care any
thing for her and she returned home, and
soon commenced working in the mills. Her
adopted parents live about four miles from
here, on the Derry road, near Derry line
Mr. Smith has lived in that section for four
years working at bis trade as shoemaker
and at last had charge Of shop.
The names Of her adopted parents are
Scott and Smith boarded awhile with them
last summer. He waited upon her. showed
her every attention, at first with their con-
sent, but afterwards they objected to him
ilv was probably too fond Of pleasure, as
most young men are, to suit these more adj
ranced. Sic was deyptedly attached to
him, and, as usual, the more they said
against him the more she loved him. Mr..
Scott could not bear that one so young, so
well schooled by him as she had been,
should not heed his advice, and one day
while in passion on the subject, as she told
her friends, said to her that she might take
her things, leave the house and never enter
it again. She took him at his word and
left, and Mr.. Smith assured her that her
course as just, and that was all she want
ed. She has never been thcfc since, So her
friends say.
When Mr.. Smith left she told him that if
he died before returning she should drown
herself that she had no desire to live with
out him. lie and her friends took it as an
ardent expression Of youthful feeling, of
the first blush of lose, that she would soon
overcome. After he left she said that she
should never visit the railroad station again
till she did 10 welcome him home, and no
persuasion has been able to induce her TO do
so. She has also continually asserted that
if he died she shotild take her own life
Her letter from Emery came Tuesday noon
last. She did not become convinced Of the
truth Of il till Thursday afternoon.
Il She took to her room, wrote the letter to
Emery, and when the penny-post man came
about 6, she came TO her door and said NO
letter for rae !" closed it, and that was the
last seen Of ker, till her body was found in
the Canal
George w. Smith, brother of Icf lover,
has taken charge of the corpse, viii have il
eniombed, and will send 10 Hilton Head for
the body of his brother, and have them
both buried together lie considers that
his brothers death was the cause Of her
death, and is magnanimonsly endeavoring to
DO for her remains what his brother would
do, If he were alive. His action is COM
mended by oil.
NtpoLEox's IpEA or MAKING WAR;
The following letter was written by Napole-
on to Apgereau, on the 2lst of February.
lsli:-
"Whatl Six h ours after receiving the
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