The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-07-21


grasp, and transported by the illusion, he casts
himself among the bi1lows. Among all the mis-
er.eS OF their lot, the poor negro slaves are pe-
cularly subject to the fatal heart sick ness they
have been frequently known to commit suicide;
under the Impression that, when freed by death
from slavery, they would be transported 10 their
ear.y homes.
1ne mai az pays utterly battles medical skill
ki dness has ITS salutary effect in keeping off
the fatal disease, or i'll preventing its spreading
for II sometimes spreads like contagious dis
order. In regiments which are commanded by
harsh and unieeiing officers, il has been known
10 prevail to great extent. Medicine instead
OF relieving aggrnvates the symptoms. The only
cure whicn ever was, or probably ever will be
found for H. is the prom of speedy return
To home. The magical effect Of this is known
10 those who have had opportunity Of watch
ing the progress VI the complaint; they have
seen II 10 revive those who reduced to the
last exIreIniIy Zimmerman tells us of q young
student at Gottingen, who endured such anguish
while separated from his home, that be Iel! into
this disease, and became as it supposed, a
confirmed hypochondrlac. He was SO thorough
~ Impressed with the idea, that ii be even mo-
we'd he would break a blood vessel that no en-
treaties could prevail On him TO stir When
told that arrangements had been made for his
immediate return home, every bad symptom
vanished, as Al by MAJ gic; he Instantly jumped
up; he IrayerSed the length aud breadth of the
town, 10 take leave of his friends. The most
desperate cases cured in like manner are ON re-
cord There are, indeed, Instances of the pow
erful effect OF local impressions ia every form Of
disease. There is not one which could be ma
med, where the PATIENTS life would not be en-
daDgered by removal, in which the physician
To give him a IDS! chance, has not recommended
has native air and scenery; and their efficacy
bas been often found ail-powerful when every
thing else has failed. There Is not IA day of our
lives when We might not be led to acknowledge
4 fhp Iuti of inn, s
very nature The affection for home seems
to have been benefcialy inspired to shed bles-
sing on every lot the most bleak and rugged
home IS asdear to its inmates the finest land
scapes are-to those whose destiny places them
among them. ''Home is home, be il ever so
homely, Is a common adage that conveys q
world OF meaning, although IL may be sometimes
eNempilhed III IL manner To make US smile. A
servant that his master had taken from
Ireland to London was asked what he thought
OF that marvellous city. lit is fine town. to
be sure" replied he, '.but it's nothing to Skib-
beTeea."
Memorials scattered here and there,
which tell how the thoughts of u long absent
one have been in the home of his fathers. We
were much interested by account of a faithful
servant, who WAS leaving the service OF cardi-
nal III Rome that he might pass the rest of his
days in his native village His master, wishing
TO give him some substantial proof of the esti-
aSon i'll which he held his long-tried fidelity,
desired him TO name any article in the palace
which he would like take with him. The ser
want declared his choice; it was the picture Of
our Saviour's removal from the Cross, by Guido,
at which he had often looked in the cardinals
gallery 1t what he would have-he would
present il to the church of his native village.
the good cardinal somewhat confounded,
but his promise given, and he allowed the
picture to be taken away by the servant; and
IN the little church of the remote village of Pc
tit Bernaud, in a wild secluded valley, this noble
specimen of art, by one OF the first masters is to
be found