The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-11
u.t,r,uc Effects Of Sickness.


u.,,;uC Effects Of Sickness.
- greatest seniuses have been
,>arsons ~ some rerus rkable pny Weakhess
Al some period of their lives. hIhe Ne ~" 10.
wavs was Coleridge Vas near! an NC ~
Walter Scott was cripple. ah1 ,se ia Later had
not two club feet Robert Hall was d mar'yr
10 a series of complicated disoroers .xio.sn
Ufs-a diseased spine-making MN sunei '.'
.gonies of a thousand deaths. III wouiu SEEN
@hsn that suffering gives a peculiar sensitive
ness 10 the whole nervous system, or IN III son.o
way connecte with 1t, ana ina, ~ III re-
acute and sensitive state OF nina 'na' o. -.
highest works and efforts OF genus PPnea
duced In private life, as in puoiic, ING san
ia observable Who cannot can 10 ~ lnu go
menu Der of family always alling' aiWsS
and vet the most exemplary anu III ..
go, 30 ~ ,ha family circle In the rougnest
families In the baCkGoodS such cniiu "tii
grow up with tastes so pure ana simple u" ~
80 neat and so refined, ana aHec lions ~ e
yated a, 10 give all the highest results OF
most finished education without going through
any OF the fashionable forms OF el's insL uc
ton She may be the weakest OF the " noie anu
yet her words of love and gentlehess iisn, ~
The whole family circle, and rule ana reg ui1le
and refine the whole. Or, in the number Waihs
of city life one such weak and sicKiy eniio WIZ i
contriye TO establish habits or nealhess anu
cleanliness and refinement In an at'ic VI 80.
tage such as are often yainly sought in palaces
and splendor. If she dies, her memory Is a."
grant the whole family circle perndps TIE
neigh borhood, are really elevated oy lne men'
ory of the plans and habits she INST es taonsneo,
and OF the atmosphere she breatneo. put II
she recover, then she carries mp INTO iiie ai1e
vigor the neatness order and quiet eiefaioh
first conceived through the rennihs processes
of suffering and of sorrow.
Our best writers, our most ngenlous invent
ors, our most acute metaphysiclahs' ciealest
thinkers and abiest discoveries, can geneTaIly
trace some sharpening of the intellect ana re-
filming of the nervous system to a sickness or
enlightenment at some period or otner OF Tue
And tn US il is that the sickness when "eaRehs
and wearies for the time, and lncapacllates LOT
exertion afterward, capacitates Tor tehloid
and higher excellence and usefulness 80 lohg
as the depressing effects of sickness lasted, IL
was wasting and hindering, but these soon pass
away and leave permanent elevation ana lih-
pToVement on every size.
Nearly all sorrow has in ii the same tend
ency. While il lasts il dapresses action,
brushes hope. and destroys energy, put IL rem
ders the sensitiveneSS more aCnte, the syrnTd-
thies mere genial and the whole character less
selfish and more considerate 1t Is SAID that
IN nature, but for the occasional seasons OF
drought the best lands would soon degenerate
but these seasons cause the lands TO suck up
from the currents beneath with the moisture,
also, those mineral manuIes that restore ana
fertiliZe the soil above. II is thus with SICK
ness and with sorTow-o once surrounded they
fertiize the character and deyelope from the
deep fountains of the human heart a JOY and
fruitfulness not otherwise attainabie:
Even error, though, while il lasts. sleKening
v.
seen 10 be erroneous and forsaken and reject
ed, produces moral sensitiveness against err
ror most beneficial 10 society. The reaction
from tyranny begets the highest, purest ana
best defended and defined forms of liberty,
and from the depths Of sin aud degradation,
the returning prodigal rises to higher place
in our esteem than the elder brother who
never transgressed the commandment, and the
recovered sheep gives more joy than the ninety
and nine that went not ARRAY. Thus 1t has
been that the greatest event in history has
been the advent of Him who came to seek and
10 save thai which was lost.-PhH. Ledger.
FLY &-Reader, We're you ever. on
hot sticAf1ay, driven "clean daft by pes
tiierous, relentless fly, whom neither groans,
tears, entreaties, or slaps could move. or at
lest for not more than minute; settling on
your nose, haunting your ears, tickling the
back OF your neck, biting your arms, dancing
Jig on your temples, and skulking in the
curls of your hair Atlength, with one eye
On the wretch. You steal carefully TO the door,
closing IL quickly behind you, and retreat 10
another and a darker room, sink exhausted
into the luxurious recesses of friendly arm
chair, circulating NOW then" as you open
your book for dreamy revel Buzz, buzz,
buzz. Powers of misery there is your per-
secutor again. In vain you philosophically
try TO despise the midget. One vigorous
tickle Of your nostril sends you to your feet
with howl of rage and disgust. You rush
into the entry, only to meet another half
crazed member of the family, with hair on end,
who has tried every room in the house, cellar
included, and now silently confrons you, a
miserable lear-eyed, despairing wretch.
Some philanthropist present suggests "a
saucer of molasses." Good (! You get il, aud
locate yourself as near as possible 10 the
treaeie The fly puts his foot into il, and
forthwi it'll transfers the contents to your un-
happy nose. Howl for the second! in which
You demand the instant whereabouts of that
philan hropist, the disnteres tedness of whose
proposal you now consider open to debate
Meantime you throw open the windows to
the blazing sun, in the vain hope that its
brightness may lure your prosecutor TO an
outdoor voyage. He doggedly settles on the
window-sill, with a no-you-don't expression,
quite demoniac in oEe SO young. You throw
your slipper after him you grab at him with
q spread handkerchief; you flap at him with a
ToWel; you thrC W mug Of water on him he
has more lives than cat, and lights his
feet fresh as ever, after all your frantic as
saults.
Humbled and dispirited you sit down to
think over your past misdemeanors, wonder
ing for which Of them you are undergoing this
purgatorial penance. Was il for barteriug,
unbeknown 10 him, your husbands most
cherished walking tick on board the - boat
the other day for country lads magnificent
bunch of posies Perhaps So Was il for
writing stupid things! There are plenty
more who have done the same, and keep doing
ii. When one ear was boxed was the other
angelically turned for a repetition of the COM
pliment! No-and W hats more, it never will
be, because the sort ofpersons to profit by such
magnanimity were long ago gathered to their
fathers. Well, then, that point is settled you
are as GOOD as your neighbors, and consider
aoiy better than some OF them. Now, what
want TO know is, if don't choose TO keep a
carnage why should be compelled to keep
ny funny Fern in the NsW York Ledger