Litchfield enquirer., 1843-08-24

[ VISITING THE SIcE. There IS Sifaige iD. fatualion on the minds of some people at present to visit the sick, which, without ore. suming to impugn the motives or the visi- tors, we hesitaie not to pr0n0nnce source of much injury to the afflicted. and q custom whichought 10 be' discouraged and 1fowneG upon. ssR s ss@ <. The neighbors are all anxious to just call in and "see the patienl." This $ very l well, provided they can be of any service to the sufferer, in the capacity of attendant, nurse UT watcher; biit ie they cannot, de. pend upon it, they can do good hv staying away. for few who are ptostEsse upon u bed of suffering, and racted with paiils q ke to he annoyed by constant visitors and theaccom
 panying consequences. AIang pAlients no doubt arc seriously injured by his lily man. ifested good will and neighbQEl attention, and many serious and Protrtcted relapses are brought on by 1t. =.
 Pure airis often equally unnecessary as medicine and good nursing, hdwhere the sick room is thronged with yisstof5 great portion of the time, as is often lhe case, they not only exhaust the oTygeIi which is all important to the patient, but HeQuently ob- struct a free entrance and cifenIAtion of air. in the room. to the great detfiment Of the sufferer.
 When the patient begins ta recover, this desire to visit Is ffeqhently iii feased, and numerous calls are pfieR allowed through courtesy, at the expense of the health, and no doubt in some cases the life of the suffer- CT. This Is unjust both 10. physician and pa tent. How often does the doctor on enter ing the room of his convalesent patient and making enquiry as to his condition, receive as aE answer. "He is not so welfthis morn. ing--he had too much company last eve- hing" t'4 }e
 F Many a sick person is confined to his room weeks and months. and subjected to useless and unnecessary pain and expense, from al. lowing him to be visited before he was in condition 10 endure it.-saud all from the best motives too, on the part of tho visitors. Ii we really have the best interest of our friends al heart, there are other and better ways of exhibiting it than by annoying them with calls before they are in condl. tioD to receive them without pernianent in.. jury. New6u,gh Gazenes N Y .s GEN iFiAMlLToN AND REfUpIArroN Gen. .erat James Hamilton wasa gless at Fourth Hof July Dinner at Columbus, Mississippi, and having been "called outp by atoast, referr. ed to the doctrine of Repudiation. In the course of his remarks, he narrated the fol- lowing circllrnstanee, which occurred while he was in London: sS ,s,
 Gentlemen, | was in England when the
 inteilige nee was received and she shock was felt of your failing to pay the dividends. on your bonds. l might describe the panic which this intelligence produced andiis dis astrous influence on the interests of our whole country but ! forbear. ! know the losses of large capitalists nre not very apt 10
 
 |sbonds, you will permie ma to inform you, were sold atn price which sensiied fo pfofns ise a high rate Of jntescsgs tlex sN 6 sliefes fore purchased in Europe sefeohg i,1 moderate circumstances, seeking tn this way an augmented income ey disabled half.pay officers, by comparaiiyeIy destitute widows, and by trustees for orphans, in no wise in a better condition. The statement ofihis fact recalls to my nind q circumstance which occurred shortly afler the news reached London that the yexecutiye of your State had declined recognizing the validity of your State bonds, l happened to step ins to the office of a friend, a highly fespec ectable merchant in. London, where tnet gallant officer ofthe British Armys whose aecquaiut. ance had the honor and pleasure previous ly to make He informed me sthht he was an unfortunate holder of Mississippi bonds. lille remarked, .I shall carry to my. grave a large deposite of Anericaif lead. which l received at the BattleIef Chippewa, where, wounded and disabled, T1elE into the haDds of your countrymen. From tbeif generosi- iy, unbounded kindness aud humanity. ! thought might deposite in tieis good fisith, the little gold limited fortune had still left me. T saw the seal and signature of the State of Mississippi; thought this enough i; but I am nearly ruined by my confidence in your country" This gentleman, was said
 with sensibility free from all lsvituperation or | querulous abnse. It was said by . man who stood six feet two inches ip his shoes. the perfect and entire impersonaiion of the finest models of Phidias and Praixteles. It was,
 in one word. the gallant Sir John Marilon
 Wilson, who was wounded in seven places at the battle of Chippewa, and who, amidst
 predjudice and ignorance in regard to o1I country. stood up as her generous and noble defender in his own. Can you blame, gen. tlemen, if assured this veteran. with gush thing of the Mississippi bonds, interest and principle, which he held shopld be paid c.
 sure as 6isee is Go& is Hedreh that knew theresources of this Siale ard the charactes l of her people that this was q mere pause oT suspension in her good faith, which had re- sulied from causes entirely connected with the supposed unfairness with which an in
 termediate negotiation had been made tor the aggregate amount of bonds in the United States ; that there was not in her people . particle of meanness or sordidness {; and fo
 hold on with infiexibie coniidencel0 his stock ! EXTENSIVE DRINKING. Some time on Fri fav slAes ne is ssannoSeA a dOyn river ioafef