The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-09

No man and no woman is safe who has once
formed the habit Of looking 10 drlnktOr solace,
or checrfulncsS. or comfort. While the world
goes well they will likely be- temperate, but
the habit is built the railroad 10 destruction Is
cut ready for use, the rails are laid down, the
station houses erected, and the tram IS on the
line waiting only for the locomotive: II comes
10 us: IL gmpples rs, and away we go in a
moment, down the line we have been years
constructing, like flash OF lightning 10 de-
struction. -Churiss Rtut..
Many deists attack religion, not with the
weapons of men, such a. reason and argu-
ment, but with grin aud grimace. Railery
and wit were never designed TO answer our
inuuiring after truth. Plato and Socrates
might have u fools cap clapped upon them,
and so may Locke and Sir Isaac Newton too,
and 50 be laughed At, but they are still great
and respectable characters Rldlcule and rail
erv, especially in religious matters, are the
weapons of pride, ignorance, and envy.
1t is no easy thing 10 order q household
Alright, there is SO much perverSity in nature,
and Satan is SO ready 10 back that pcrYerslty,
that with heart fun of grace a man may be
contradcted and opposed continually, so that
instead OF being in the midst OF q little heaven,
he finds himself III " Mesech and the tents OF
Kedar." No, ii i not easy, nor done with one
effort or one sacrifice, 1t IS llie-work untll
the work is done, IL takes the prime, the matu-
rity the entire best Of n mans life TO fulnl II.
But then what work ii is Worth whole
life, all its energies, all lis efforts.
MB,-Some very humble persons in a town
NAV be said 10 possess II, rs the prnny-post,
the town cricr, the constabli-aud they are
known 10 everybody while many richer,
more intellectual, worthier persons, ARE
unknown by the ma lority of their fellow cltI-
zeus. Something analogous III the world ut
large 1tohorme.
A compositor. yesterday, looking at the new
building a stones throw from our Office, con
sisting OF roof flung acrossfrom one house TO
another, with the front and rear boarded up,
observed that the architect " made the walls
MT" Printers will get the idea. -JlckS0n Ga
ri0n.
Beast Butler, it is said, presented Artemus
Ward with q splendid gold watch. Artemus,
in the fullnes OF his heart, was about 10 return
his thanks for the magnificent present, but
was prevented by the beast: " No thanks, II
cost me nothing, and l nave baTrel OF theHl
left.
Conscience is too sacred q possession to be
trified with its voice is faithful, but may be
extiuguished and he that would have peace
with himself tand God must take heed OF the
art and sophistry by which its admonluons
may be suppressed.
OPPORTUNITIES OF showing kindness and doing
good are continually presenting themselves
and we have II Ill our power, In greater or
less degree, 10 lessen the amount OF human
wretchedness, and 10 increase the sum oil
human happiness.
Memory prcsides over the past; action pre-
sides over the present. The first lives In 4
rich temple hung with glorious trophies ana
lined with tonbs the other has no shrine but
duty, and ii walks the earth like spirit.
We often wonder At, and are repulsed by,
manners and habits which would appear natu
raj and inofiensive did we know the pecullarl-
ties of circumstance or education from which
they spring.
Frogs do not croalr in running water, and
active minds are seldom troubled with gloomy
forebodings. They come up from the stagnah'
depths OF a spirit unstirred by generous I'M
pulses or the blessed necessities Of honest toll
Imparting pleasure is like putting money on
n interest; it benefits both the lender ana
borrower at once. No one can be really nnd
truly happy unless others sympathlse aho
share that happiness.
He who has made time his friend Will have
little TO fear from his enemies but he ina
has made 1t his enemy will have litQe 10 nope
for from bis friends