p.

of danger as much as possible - it is
an awfully solemn thing to die - & oh may
I be permitted to look upon thy face
once more - Perhaps Mc. C. is do-
ing all for the best - but might they not
as well have fought at Manassas as to have
died by torturing fever in camp & now
be forced to follow the treacherous enemy
farther into their own territory - where
as the season is advancing & very soon
you must feel "The sickly sunbeams
glare, Through the hot & misty air" - I am
all the time fearing some deep laid strat-
agem in which [deleted]in which[/deleted] there will be
a complicity of some at the north who
are high in office - but I suppose, to
those who do not abhor bloodshed, the
news from all quarters is called very
cheering - It seems that "Fremont is
again in the field - & again rising to favor
after his severe trials - I think he must
love his country to be willing again to
do her bidding after such severe repulses.
I have felt much interested for him &

]page break]

believe he has a vast many frends
all over the country - How does thee
think the President's plan of emancipation
will operate?

I suppose Mary informed thee the par-
ticulars of Horace's accident - he seems
to be doing remarkably well - had his
cloths on & went into the kichen with
crutches in a week - Jay Lewis
is also gaining finely - Harrison
starts back tomorrow - I have not seen
him to speak to him - I hear he is im-
patient to get back - Person's folks
have heard that Levi is better - Sophia
has got quite smart - It is said
that [Asenath?] Nutt is to be married
to a - Bowen - brother to James Lang-
don's wife - who resides west - it is thought
she & Fanny will be married at the same
time this summer -

Jesse Bassett died last 2nd day &
was buried at the east village on fifth-
day - the snow is so unprecedentedly