The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-11-22

sjRemetimes regarded it as 'sa milestone
about his neck he nevertheless devo
ted his life to it, and found in it hi
chief happiness. lie looked to it as
source of power and wealth in the fu
ture. OF that future, ne was more san
guine than any man 1 ever knew. How
we'll remember the night he said t.
: me, without proyocation, il l recollcc
Alright: .s.fg ..,
81 shall live to eat the goose that eats
the grass over your grave" r,tg
i Perhaps there, was something in my
appearance which called forth the re-
mark, for | must have been Worn By
the enormous amount of work l was
then doing. 5I Hu alF ,tidg, of
n l. looked up from the table, where
sat waiting, and said quietly: rt
4 81 don't doubt it; but what makes
! you say so?'' zJ#f5is .ey f4o.r. t.,,r q
"Two reasons; I CONC of long
? lived race, and have an infallable, sign
OF. longevity" .i., d.
'"What is that ~ .rs., ID
81 never, dream-my sleep is always
sound and refreshing. y - ... t... =
Little did L then think that before
two years were ended, l should see him
in his coffin. lie was mistaken, how
ever, in saying that he came Of q long
lived race. Ills iather was not old
when, he died, and his mother was conf
paratively young when she came to, her
Jdeath-of eopsGAption, if ! mistake
not, He was thinking, probably, of
! his uncle, Judge Daniel, more than of
his parents. His own health was never
robust his constitution was delicate,
as a glance, at his figure showed. His
1 chest was narrow and rather shallow,
though not ,sunkcn, aud his hips were
broad. The organs of digestion and
respiration were alike feeble, lie, had
had an attack Of pneumonia before go7
ing to Europe, and during his whole
lie he was a victim to dyspepsia, from
which he had suffered greatly in youth
and early manhood. l often warned
him against the injudicious and frequent
use OF blue mass, his favorite medicine.
Great yirile strength he had, as was
shown by his dense beard and the
course hair on his feminine hands, but
in muscle, sincw and bone he was def
cient. He took great care Of himself
was told that when he returned to
Richmond his person was protected by
triple suit of underclothing. q Next
his skin be wore flannel; over that,
buckskin, and over that again, silk: -,
This load of clothing he conteiidcd was
indispensable to health in Turin, where
the atmospheric changes were very
violent and sudden. In Richmond he
dispensed with some of this undergear,
but probably gave up only the buck
skin. Among other items which he
gave a Maryland blockade runner, who
waited on him one day while was
present, was an order for ''one dozen
silk shirts Of the largest size." The size
he particularly insisted on, and the in
ference was that he intended to wear
them over flannel. What availed all
these precautions when the final sum-
mons came? -.s'...., - I'D
Long as this arti Gle is, cannot close,
it without some allusion to John M.
Daniel as an editor and as man. He
was a born editor. Whatever may
have been his abilities asa diplomatist
and a politician, whatever distinction
he might have attained in the forum or
in the field, his forte lay decidedly
in the department of letters and more
especially inthe conduct of newspa-
per. 1Iewas not apoet, not historian
a novelist, an n-essayist or even if may
coin the word, nagazinist.o He had
talent enoughto have exceled many or
all of these, but his taste led him in
another direction. 1t was hoped by
everybody that he would on his return
home write volume about his resi-
dence in Europe. Such book would
have been exceedingly interesting and
valuable. But he was not a book-mak-
err Moreover, it is not improbable that
he expected to return to diplomatic
life. and did not wish to embarrass HIM
self by reflections upon the manners
and customs of the people among whom
lie expected to reside. He could not
save written about the Italians or any
other people without dipping his pen in
yitrioi. The publication OF a part of
one of his letters to his friend, DR..
7Peticolas, had brought him into trouble
with the Italians and made him t,,rious
with his associate, Hughes, who took
charge of the Examiner in his absence.
This. occurred early in his career as
diplomat; aid made him cautions. He
preserved his dispatches with utmost
care, in large handsomely bound vol
umes but whether with al view to
nubi;cation or for his own use in after
years. am unable to say' A,..'I
remember his tehing me- one night,
that he intended to MAKE d book, b
"I wish you would" said l. -.... .''
"Marh you, l did not say 'rrite
book, but make book"
"What do you mean?'' .....
II mean to make book with the
scissors" he replied.
GLOW so?n
"Why, by taking the files Of the EN-
aminer from its foundation to the pres
ent time, and clipping the best things
from them. | am sure that L could-in
this way make book consisting of a
number of volumes, which would con-