Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-04-27
Dromihe Richmond Diirateh.
Remarkable Restoration OF "A Poet 10
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The announcement In lFtlday'S paper, OF Ihe
leomRleIe teslOtaton 10 heal and 70 te dnIies OIL
line Home Jouinal, Of Nathaniel Z. Wills, must
have dl(Tused an exquisite SLOW Of satisfaction
Though its kisasls Of The frlenls Of that gentle
man, Ilot excenting his asctionate but somewhat
Ian anil decidedly discerning Sis'et Fanny Fern
| II /, not long since, that the peel Willis nceor'
Ing 10 his own account, ives haSleHlOg 10 lIe gave
under the Stern and apparently Irresistible luIlIl.
sncs OF settled consumption, lie ayal1e, himself
Of the melancholy occasion 10 tttre IRON Tie dnSy
arena Of New York lie, and amid ihe classic
slalts OF illewild, I've believe that's The name OF
Ills rural retteatj II ISM It's some ollet equally
Charlottesville and tlllcnousl u prepare Iot that
melancholy bourne, "(tonl Which 10 ttaveItE Ie'
ltulnSn From the gteell leaves apdSPatkllls wa
ttfs OF tho peors rustic home CAME melodies Us
sweet az fable gives the swan, breathing out lis
eSnitins soul III song Like the dolphin, which,
in the act OF jyins assumes variety Of tue most
magnificent colors, anil Is more beautiful in death
Thai, IN lfs so the ehiux OF genius from lie poets
death bed gaYe iOrIlla thousand gorgeous lues d
Imagination and (Illcy, which ouiSlonG tile bIigh'
est sctntillattons OF his meridian glory.
We fecOlleet thot, among 6lltt elllanallonS OIL
this time, OF that productive intellect which seem.
ell 10 bud anl blossom and put loFth fo%eis aud
foiuse with The most astonishing lhpldity, nS Tie
bany atmosphere and genial SIN Of Patadise per:
yaded and inSpIted IL, was a most touching anu
nlaintive description Of the condition aud thoughts
Of constructive, as no oppioaChei the last Of
earth. The gifted author did not seek ~ conceal
from, himself OF ohets ths consciousness that lie
was the victim OF an iucurale nlaluty but he
kroke OF II with such Christian philosophy, such
swee, resignation, nay with such placid cheCElul'
ness, That death seemed quite istObed Of It's tet'
rots, and lie datk yelIey Gecame lighted up with
calm elTuIsence, It's goomleSt Eecesses disclosed
ptntose paths, rs thick atmosphere was Ie
jolent with the Rose VI ShatOn aud lie balm Of
(ilead lis feryserpent beCans holy Gloss, dtOp'
ming mercy aud compassion on broken heats; It's
cold jordan Ilutrow stream, Whose wallets retreat
Hben the feet Of the clillten Of lstenl touch lis
shore, and psthit them " pass Idfy'Sllod 10 "a
man.
In the midst Of Tile pleasant dream, 10 which we
have been lulled ly tie SlNg'llke celestial ans ol
| ldleHiIj, came succession Of lu0e JOlllISS,
which woke US fairly W, alll scaiteIel 0Hr pleas
ant reyetleS " tue fJnr winds OF Heaven, Fist
came that lltigOon IN Peilicoals, amy Fem,
aHaing the invalid Nathaniel with q hundEed
btoUlnstIck power, COMPUTING w all soil d dl'a'
sreeaJls "reminiscences Of Ills past lite, unb even
Of The sshO( Ills tender S0tFOwS ad Lamentations
nerfotminy the c0tSsctew quotation with hst nose
and hnset, with Significance which said mote
plaiay thon language could speak, "iuH can!
cone Il osT me, lm your sister, am, and
know you Of DID," Unnatural Wretch! FlenI
IN hulnun shape, disturbing with Thy malicious
tettinss tie bedside Of dying saint! AYounl
thte, witch! E1yrtiGo tel Gtddte Thy Ir"Onl'
stick and tide hack to ly ab0le IN the SuIPhut0u'
tegicnsOf Salem, thatgreat manudctOty OI wSatd'l
abOlition;sS aud hell.caIsl
However, last about tile same lime, our un'
lucky eyes Uthell statement III some papei Thu
Nathaniel, wlpsy lungs we supposed had been
altogether teYouEcd bY tubsTelcs, and who Wa
UaitsSd 10 be lifted from one bed 10 anoIleE y bis
veiianl attendants, was ticking the most iainOn'
and furious morning rides uH hoISeOrcS, and Of.
irrwatds eating q berlstcAk breakfast tlal would
have done more hunOt to q VICIOUS buIche; lhnr
al Invalid poet. Could il be pOsslblel Was lIO
this the invention Of some brother poet, Whose
ambitious lyrics had been eCIIpSed by the swee
huspsltaiRY Of ldIswildi AluA, we ots cOuSIfaIn
ed u say, wU itat moi.
We greatly lear, since the late announcement
Is authority Of n. +. Willis complete r.tntn Il
health, lhoI lie las been playing upUn OnI conf
JInS NATURES, aud eSrlUcianS our sensibllllses /!
false nloru- That II WAS not The notes Of the dy
Ing swan which had W melted ~, but nOekin!
IhiIL nj Idle wild, mimCkiRS The sony Of DEATH
Oh, NLthnnIell Nathaniel Son OF the PuIIluiIS, at
her which of NotIanitls did thy Inihet cal
lhtei Surely not aftrt That Naihanc IN the Scrip
lures concerning whom II wdS SAID "Behold Of
jlsraelilc iulseJ, IN whom is no guile"