The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-14
Love at Sigh. aid Witho1. Sight

Lave a Sight s1d Wltno1t olgl-
Corporal Merrill, il Lie letters 70 the R9cbes-
tsr Lrp7sss. rsla,s. the following romantic
ssory:
II have stated Ina; syus Of the private SOL
1isrg fran The upper -p91ns were employed il
tie officers quarters, service which they gladly
accepted az afor3ing superior raljons. Among
these was Corporal NJ d New Iork, i
young uan Of saitby parenlags. Of attractive
manners. good intellectual cnG9vne1t-snd,
witoal. handsoue ss APOLLO.
Al me request Of some ot tl4 c1esre he was
occasionally permitted - visi: ihv over floor.
ana Upo8 0ne occaci9o was yreuitted - leave
tie prison On parole. t9r The purpose Of purchas
Ing s1ptli-s. Will thus passing through one
Of tie main thor. 1htares, Nh was accos-
It'd ~ little g.rl. WHO presented bin witt
bouquet, II tie szms rlm2 pointing To a young
lady q the opposite side Of the stree; AZ The
donor. The corporal acknowledged the gift BY
polite bow, ana Ifoo9eced upon ai: mission.
TIE lady. apparently i4ciDsted. followed hin
Il distance To the prison. and as ne entered j.
sbe rec procZtgc Ills bow and leisurely walked
away
Eor some ioexTlicable cause the corporal
va. not again ternItted ~ 20 out. and q negro
i should have mentioned nat quI.s Z. number
of servants "er: IN tie prison-was dispatched
ia liz stead. The negro rad not proceeded far.
when ne was met by tae young lady referred 10,
ana the ssquei to the interview was developed
in package, with wnIch hereturned 10 the Off
cs.. qvar,ers ard delivered ~ Corp. Ai-n.-
|: was found 10 contain new sui. Of clothes.
and upon one garment was pinned Z small card,
neatly inscribed with the name III nis Oeneiac-
tres
ONLY this and rc.hiny tnore''
Corp. NJ instantly addressed himself to
Tic tax u ep!stoiary c0mposiuon, ID which he
gracefully acknowledged the receipt Of the gift,
aut expressed Liz healt!e.; thanks This was
delivered by the negro on the day following, and
he returned with q package containing NUM-
Der VI poczet-haD1kcrchleis, socks AMI shirts.
AZ IN the first instance, the only commu Mica
.ioE which accompanied the eif: VIZ. the donors
card. The Corporal again acknowledged his
ob.!gations by poiIte note, which was duly de-
livere1 through tie same medium.
Thencsiorth the corporal vas in daily receipt
Of the choicest daiatics and q regular epistolary
correspondence vas carried IN until the day Of
bis releaie, which occurred Oh the Sd Of January.
A matrimonial engagement had been made du-
ring the interval, with the understanding that
the parties would meet in Baltimore On the fist
Of March next.
have omitted to state that the corporal had
been sent back to his old quarters, but, having
asertained that his fair ,namorata daily prone
uaded within view of the officers quarters, he
obtained employment as cook, and vas there
after uniaiiing at mis- post to recprOcate the low
ing smiles Of his te!ro:hed.
She mad sent him her daguerrotype, which lie
frequently exhibited TO me. 1t was a lovely i'm
age and would have required no collateral
lnducemcn, to carry captive the most frigid and
Iethargic fancy. | learned that she vas OF d
wealthy family, and of as good blood as was to
be found among the +. +. VS. and Der letters,
was assured, evinced that she was no less in
telligcnt and refined.
the name of Corporal NH was found in
the list. The intelligence was quickly conveyed
to his yearning admirer. We saw nothing of
her, however as we marched through the streets
Of Richmond though the Corporal's longing
vision was strained ut every animate object
But when "A hal. was ordered, fine carriage,
driven by a.negro, suddenly made it's appearance,
and halted a short distance from our ranks A
lady escendcd--tEcre was q brief butearnest col
oouy among the Confederate officers Of our guard
and the next moment the enraptured twain Cor
pOral Nh and his ailiancet) were face to
face few words-the first they had ever
exchanged in perSon-were exchanged in sub.
dned yet melting tones their faces we're Tor II
moment lighted az with fame-the engage
ment.was sacredly renewed-there WIS II Ter.
vent, thrilling pressure Of their hands, ard they
separated.
A circumstance is connected with the da-
guerreotype above referred to which deserves
passing notice. Before it left the prison, tho
picture was taken fiom the case, and a small
slip of paper closely written, ana addressed to
Gen. Mcclellan, was deposited therein, and the
'iaguerreotype then replaced. It was safely
delivered to the commander. in. chief, a meeting
of the Cabinet ives called. and the day follow-
ing there was leak stopped mysterious
leak from high official circles, and which had
iuestimaby benefited tho rebels for many
months.