New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-29

The weather has become very hot, the thermometer
reaching 9e in the shade and there is not yet the
least prospect Of the rain much needed and fire.
quenty prayed for LEV.
An IEvaIid's Whims-IHottcntOt EFcnt-Thc
miscrics Of Correspondents.
From Our Special Correspondent.
WITH The ARMY or TIE POTOMAC.
Saturday, June -, 1904. )
Inyalids are proyerbally querulous and I'M
reasonable aud because they are inyads it is forgiven
them Their vhims and vagaries are humoTed. They
may fret and soold abuse THEN toast and their friends
scatter their maledciions and the furniture. and who
shall cry them "Nayi" The reader OF this, if any
there be, is nformes respectfully but firmly that the
writer being invalid proposes to avail himself Of al
the privileges which attach 90 the character heeasel
from the bonds Of the proprieiC for hin there are no
improprieties Careless u consequences careless III
rhetoric altogether careless Of everything this letter,
that is 70 be shall write itself am an Invalid ii an!
thin stratum Of sense news should happen TO crop
out between underlying and 'eriync strata 81 non
sense such formation viii be accidental, abnormal unac'
cOuntable
Yesterday was hotter than the day before. The lAy
before hotter than It's immediate predecessor, ana ~
than is and 20 indo'crminatciy. Furgaiory ~ az
least week back. and hell Itself lot lar ahead now
hot ID il thermometer of words VIII begin 10
indicate. The boy who extended the comparison OF NE
adjective from hot 10 hottest then began az am WIN
effort but failed. In other climates De may be thought
to have succeeded Bu. in TIE sight AID heat Of this
locality denOuIce tho aub bilious youth as unequal 10
his attempt Ii IS hot Has the lower void invaded
the confines OF this, IS Virginia part OF that w0Td
THIS indescribable lotness Is pat OF the m.scr! oil
| II is dusty wrote the doarotheosis Of dust the
other day did You see IL in the DAILY - bU; failed IN
the deep damnaton commensurate with tho subject
Did you ever smile and smile, and feel HE villain
We down here DO Whenever We come IN dusty from
long ride. Did You grit your teeth in rage We do
whenever We shut uiouihs-oise should Mt shut
EN-. Nater adore thee soap thou AT ID! beneiac
Tertiary deposit good for growing potatoes, but
contempt IL bred u familiarity with thco-beh.nd ine
Sataui
| Dust is part OF the misery Of correspondents.
Scene Three Specials" OF metropolitan journals
smoking meerscharms, and coming letters yet TO be-
Mail arrives vith New-lork papers. Each reads one
| Of Ills own letters.
Reading thciF own letters is part Of the misery Of
NH speeiai .srars oath- both loud ard deep
Thcv have reWri ter ny dispatch 2" Tirles speclnl
finds something be rpoke oi ~ impudent pronounced
Important" TmBySE special IS amused He had
said certain troops were handed shlniniyt ne Is
made 10 SAY thct they were frdceief skiiuly.' In
another place where he bed described foliage as OF the
densest deepest green, II appears that u was OF the
diT.a green Magnificent Is transformed INTO
magndsd, and destroys the point Of quarter OF .
column q elaborate rhetoric
Verify reading their own letters Is part oil Tic MS
ery Of correspondents
Mr. winser Of The Tnaes Rad his horse shot under
him at Cold HafbOr. Nj Anderson Of The HIRED was
hit ia the arm at WILDERNESS. Richardson and Bru"n
OF TIE TRIBUNE have been sixteen months N Hepel
prisons. All have had their haTbreadth scapc-.
Constant danger, without The soldiers gIoly' IS
part Of the misery OF correspondents
/ Abstracty considered, horseback exercise Is
good thing. / have known il 20 be recommended by
physicians Taken in moderate quantities not TOO lobg
after sunrise not too long before sunset have IN!
self found II not unpleasant. in alton see my
self September next. INDUCING IN flowing rein on
smooth beach roads 70 The munur Of ocean waves OF
i'm 1ouutfV where tie foliage il crimson anu
there cider presses in the orchards, following where
Old rosds winding. old roads VIII
Here to q ferry, snd there to o HiiL'
/ That ia one picture Now look on this: Virginia
wastes. where only dcsoiaiion dvcls arid with sum.
mer heats and now four weeks without sprinkle Of
rain The sky is brass heated 60 a white feryor the
cir YOU breathe heated like the blast of furnace aad
laden with dust that chokes you. fierce, pess sun
sheds Iays Ike heated dageeIs these impalPabe Dag
gers stab you. You brOil you pant you thirst your
temples ihIob with thrills OF mighty pain; you are
threatened With coup de soei You wish yourself any
vhefe-anyWhere out Of such torment.
Pooh man You forget that yOu are a Special
and therefore not supposed 10 be subject 10 The laws
which govern other InOItas You are Salamander.
You are Bhaerus. Yon ere Argus. You are Hercules.
You are Mark Iapey DO Jolly. Ride yonr ten, fl.
teen hours; your twenty thirty, forty, City miles.
Fatigue il your normal condition Slcepessness ditto.
Tired nature is yours; the sweet restore some.
body clses Balmy sleep is for babies. Yon are
Especial / tell you.
Incossant riding in the sun part OF the misery OF
correspondents.
Composition is pleasant sometimes. don't mean the
mighty JOY OF creation OF the great author but tie
simple pleasure OF ordinary morals writing ordinary
thugs. With dressing gown elegance and Oeslipporcd
ease fair prospect out of the window. fragrance steal
ing through from the garden beneath tempered by the
fragrance Of a rich Havana between YOUR lips, well
ordered desk before you quill pens. and clear white
paper snug bookcase in the corner baSket OF uit
and bouquet at your elbow good dinner in prospect
and drive at sunset with somebody your friends 10
In the evening and only a column 10 writc-under such
circumstances. by ST. Paul the work goes brayely
on -
But you are Special" 1t is far into the night
when sou begin. You rode al! day and part Of the
night and have only had your sblution and Jour
supper. You begin Squat like toad before A
campfire. A stunpy lead.penc and smoke IN your
ewes dngy paper. and ashes pulled in your face No
ment. Yonr brain Is In state OF confusion worse
confounded" Your ewes viii shut, your pencil
will drop from Beryeless fingers bat say unto you
write. DO you forget that you are a special, ana
must writer force yourself 10 tho rack, tug away
bear on hard and when you are done, do not read 1t
with the guard have yourself awakened at daybreak
an hour or two hence. and then lie down. wondering
who wouldn't be Special"
The necessity Of writing Just 80 much every day Is
part OF the misery OF correspondents
You will inevitably write things that will offend some
body Somebody viii say harsh things OF You, and per
haps seek you ont TO destroy you. Never mind. Such
/ is part Of the misery OF correspondents. 80
Was your horse stolen last nightt Are your saddle
bags and all that theT contain missing TINS morning
No matter. 1t is thing OF course II part oi tic
misery Of correspondents.
| You are special, and who wouldn't BET
There is news at the front for hear great guns but
too sick to ride till the is lower down the sky
Now, sweet restorer," now is your time CAP
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