The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-04-07

Trouble HiiS.--The secret sorrow of the
mind, Il sorrow that must be kept: how i,
willis away the whole man, himself uncon
sri"us meanwhile Of its murlerous effect.
lie cannot feel that he is approaching
death, because he is sensible of no pain :;
III TACT, he has no feeling, but IN indiscrba-
bic sensation perceived about the physical
heart.
Lord Raglan, commander in. .cl,cf of the
british army before ScbastopuI, the bosom
'r'end OF the Duke Of Wellington for forty
years, to whom partial friends have often
s;'ld,-hls character seemed without q flaw
such man died, fgurtivey, of Il bro
Ken heart. In u moment, almost, trouble
came like Il whirlwind; avalanche followed
avalanche in quick succession, so that no
''me was !e!t for the torn spirit to rise above
It's wounds. The British Government, qua.
ing before popular clamor, left the brave
"ld man to bear the brunt alone, because it
could not afford to recall him, and yet had
not tie courage to sustain him. While
Tie tone OF ollcial communications deprived
INN OF his sleep, something weighed heav
NY upon him, and broke his gallant spirit,
the failure Of the Re,lan closely followed.
On reachin@ headquarters Il letter was in
| waiting which announced the death of the
last surviving OF a large family of brothers
7 al Sist,,
general, his old companion in arms. Next
came the news that the gallant son of Lord
Lyons WAS sinking under his Wounds
these things, coming SO rapidly one after
another, III The course of few hours, as it
were, caused such change in his appear
ince-i'iI unknown to himself, however,
that his physician had to request him to
take t" lis bed, and within forty .ciyh
hours he died, without s,,pposins himself to
be in any danger whatever.
l"u are worse thar You should be from
the fever YOU have. Is your mind at ease %
Said Inick-sightcd physician to Il sleep
less, wasting patient "No, it is not" was
the frank reply, and last recorded words Of
Oliver Goldsmith, whose Vicar of Wake
Held an! the Deserted Village will only die
with the English language He died at the
age OF forty-six, of u malady of the mind,
from blasted hopes and nkind speeches Of
the world around him He was a man
whose heart was large enough, and kind
enough to have made the whole world han
ry, whose troubles arose from his human
I,v; yet the base things said of him. SO mn
deserved, so malignant and untrue. broke
hi, heart.
In view Of these facts, let parents early
impress on the minds of children-it is not
what they are charged with, but what thew
are guilty OF, that should occasion trouble
;'"d rc'h"rsc; that carping word should
not blanche the check or break the spirit
SO long us there is consciuos rscti,ude
within.
And let us learn what the commoncst
humanity dictatcs-to speak no word, write
II" line, do no deed which would wound
the feelings of any human creature, unless
under sense Of duty. ard even then let it
be wisely and long considered
Io"rrs' Statue IF IjcJster.-It is very
difficult to get certain Bostonians to adj
mt that anything peculiar to Boston is
less than perfect. 1t is, therefore, quite
refreshing to learn that the inhabitants
OF this notional city have ut last had
something to brush the scales from their
eyes, and teacl, them that perfection is
not always to be found in their midst.
Powers statue OF Webster is conccd,.d
to be total failure not from any ideal
model they had in'lulgcd in of the grea,
eXponndcr, but simply from the fact that
they Were familiar with his personal ap.
pearance while living, and the statue
while it has nothing resembling it, is a.
So unhapply, not Ideally interesting
possessing, therefore, neither the merit Of
being literal or poe,ical. We are not Sc
verely pancd at this result, for Boston
possesses an artist in Mr.. Ball, tho sculp.
tor, who can do Justice to Webster, and
who has already displayed his power TO
col" with the subject, and yet he has been
entirely overlooked, because. most likely.
he had no foreign airs to deck his native
graccs. In nothing could Boston have
been more disappointed than in the failure
of the statue; had i. been equal to the oc.
casion. no Jupiter in ancient Rome cou,d
have been more revcrcd, but n form with.
out grace, face destitute of expression.
and head wanting in stresgth, are things
not peculiar to Webster, and the want of
them in the statue turns the popuace sick
with disgust, and we sincerely hope that
the feeling will find no abatement until tho
statue is safely housed from sight in some
lumber room, or, if utility is desired. il ;s