The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-03-24
TROUBLE KILLS.

The secret sorrow OF the mlnd--a
sorrow which must be kept--how it
willis away the whole man, himself
unconscious meanwhile Of its murder
Gus effect! He cannot feel that he is
approaching death, because he is sem
,sible of no pain; in fact, he has no
feeling, but an indescribable sensation
perceived about the physical heart.
Lord Raglan, commander-in.chief
of the British army before Sebasto-
pol, the bosom friend of the Duke of
Wellington for forty years, of whom
partial friends have often said: his
character seemed without a flaw,--
such man died, fguratively, of a
broken heart. In moment, almost,
trouble came like whirlwind, avail
anche followed avalanche, in quick
succession, that no time was left for
the torn spiritto rise above its wounds.
The British government, quailing be-
fore popular clamor, left the brave old
man to bear the brunt alone, because
it could not afford to recall him, and
yet had not the courage to sustain
him. While the tone of official com
muncations deprived him Of his sleep,
weighed heavily upon him, and broke
his gallant spirit, the failure en- the
Redan closely followed. On reaching
head quarters letter was in waiting,
which announced the death of the
last surviving member of large
family of brothers and sisters; the
next day the death of general, his
companion-in-arms. Next came the
news that the gallant son Of Lord Ly-
ons was sinking under his wounds. -
These things, coming so rapidly one
after another, in the course of few
hours, as it were, caused such change
in his appearance, all unknown to
himself, however, that his physician
had to request him to take to his bed,
and within forty.eight hours he died,
without supposing himself to be in any
danger whatever.
Within year, worthy lady in
Ohio sickened in consequence ofsome
groundless rumors affecting her char
acter, in the community in which she
had recently moved. She knew they
were all groundless, and knew the
motives Of the miserable wretches
who originated them; but her delicate
and sensitive spirit shrnnk before the
shock, retreated within itself, and all
torn and bleeding, she died
Within few months, most excel
lent clergyman found the feelings of
his people so generally against him
that he resigned his office. The res
ignation was accepted; but all under
such circumstances, that it was really
a dismissal. and that, too, for causes
which ought to have made every mem.
Der of the community stand up to him
like man. Conscious of his integri-
:ty, aud feeling that he had been badly
dealt with--his sensibilities received
a shock which carried him to a pre-.
mature grave in few days.
You are worse than you should be
from the fever you have. Is your
mind at ease! sold q quick.sighted
physician to sleepless, wasting pa
tient. No, it is not, was the frank re.
ply, and the last recorded words of
Oliver Goldsmith, whose "Vicar Of
Wakefield" and "The Deserted Vii
lage," will only die with the English
language, died at the age of forty.six
of "a malady of the mind, from blasted
hopes and unkind speeches of the
world around him! He was a man
whose heart was large enough and
kind enough to have made the whole
world happy, whose troubles arose
from hi, humanity; yet the base things
ssid Vf him, - undeseryed, 80 malig-