The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-11-16

and tide" as Shakespeare has it, con which a
man may food on to prosperity" If man have
any character it will evince itself at this time,
and he will rlse on the wings Of mighty events or
fall crushed forever beneath their glorious flight
not that every man is Lorn what is vulgary con-
sidered hero. Some men have mole common
sense and less rashness than poor Captain Nolan
(who was we'll known and deeply lamented by q
dear friend of mine; but there is in nv opinion,
| far more heroism required to bear, with quiet,
manly fortitude, the exhausting, painful demands
of nature, the sudden destruction of lifelong
contracted habits and comforts, the nsidious raw
ages of the two most positive evis cold and hun
GER to contemplate with stole selfuossession the
sudden dissolution Of ones being any moment
any hour; to be playing the frightful hazard of
rouge et noi with life tor the stake for months to-
get6er in support Of principle held to be noble
Such man, in my humble estimation, is hero.
Oh, what glorious dey it will be when these men
return to their country Deep heartfelt welcome
Will greet them on every side; strangers hitherto
will regard them as tired trends; and oh the
happy moment when, once more among your own
friends and amily, tho hearts that have loved
you, that have suffered with and watched aye, and
prayed for you (for: be the ultimate good what 1T
may, it is natur Il to h1man nature) shall gladden.
at your safe return, better, nobler being than
vou left. I am not mistaken In this, or I never
was right in my life; and I sometimes upbraid
myself when catch myself entertaining lurking
wish that you had never gone.
yond measure, or we are bad steerers of our bark.
Ouel tour eie nous joue You certainly acted your
part well and stoicany. But, oh, you must let me
grumble little bit; my heart and head are full Of
it; and if you will not letme speak of that, must
be silent. What is the use Of telling me Of any
future reality? You nre ghost, phantom. q
coinage Of my brain-that is all; bright, lovable
one at first, now become painful and torturing
Transit, Vectis are all stuff don't believe in
them bit.
Major Yelverton was expected by one of these
transport ships.]
waited for You every day. every hour and everv
mipute OF the hour. sat in my tower Of observa-
ton, with long lookout at sea. I saw o ship
come in and it said, II am the Transit'-what q
alsshOOd T9Ghea dsnsiot the little tile boats come and
vert near. wished all the men had Deen sick
and wounded that ! might have boarded her.
Horrld wish return to my tower and watch
and wait again. voice "a seraph's it may be-
whispers, "You are wanted below" Down fswim
'sTrust no future, however pleasant" 10. I do
trust it, know it is pleasant. My head is in a
whrl of something very pleasant, don't know
what; but it is not impassabiity or emotionless-
ness; but he would soold me for want Of stoicsm;
no; and am on the threshold. I see the per-
sonifcation Of my ideal-my floating dream my
myth the sunlight on the stream Of nv thoughts.
Such q reality? God Forbid It Is the three
tailed Pasha, with eyes as bright and Wild as
those OF the hyena.. He is like tame tiger, whom
come to tease, but am dreadfully afraid of his
rising, and the ship sailing OF, and then awoke.
Was it not painful dream2
The first principle Of intellectual advancement
cret of developing the faculties is to give them
much to do and much inducement to do it. Llis
must become as q feather in the balance where
there is an object to be gained; and what is life
without an object? l for ons do not value it. I
must have iptenser joys than the mere fact OF eat
and the apparently hopeless position have got
into, only serve to excite my imagination and
roiSe every faculty of my mind. have but one
object in view, and that has taken full and entiro
possession Of me. Every day it grows stronger,
and who knows but this event, the unlocked for
source OF my character, which else might have
lain dormant. Perhaps hopeless dilemma may be
the salvation Of US both for you, too, prone to
be lazyj but il you ever feel as intensely as do
you will wake up and with such an ally je rardi
du nez de mile didb.es. Neither is feoling wanting
in you but it is mighty deep down, aud, Like gold
ore, is difficult to bring to the surface and trans
fuse into practical use. In your character there
ia an immense amount OF latent power and energy |
which you do not often trouble yourself to bring
ed and strengthened. Mental superiority is at
tained by work. Strength Of mind is power
power over yourself, power over those around you
power to influence and control the will Of others,
silently but irresstibly: never met one so in
nately imbued with this as you. do not mean
in my own case exactly, as that might possibly
occur by accident. I wish still further to Oh
serve this process, to see the extent TO which it
might be carried the amount Of superiority you
might acqqire-in fine, to see what manner OF man
you might becoms.
BY the by have you never any nal lsurs on no.
.its nnseres de Ia pie, You must be true philo-
sopher, and practice what you preach; but what |
do you do with feeling? Par erCm. te, if there
was any one yen were very fond of, and they re-
quired your assistance and you had no money 10 |
assist them, and the case was desperate and the
most dreadful consequences would ensue from |
your inability, and that incapacity arose rom the
stupidity or malice Of some other party; tell me,
under such circumstances, could you feel stoical? |
Tell me your secret, and will try and put it into |
practice. do not want to dppr0fondT te fond de |
DO re nature. want to pull you do yn from your
pedestal in my imagination, and pluck you to |
pieces-to find out the secret mechanism and the
diosyncrasies Of your iamost Characteristic
charm of your interior existence; whether you
nave any community with all that is beautiful in
nature, with the bright sunlight and the solemn
shade; whether you sympathiZed with Burns ''wee
modest fower;" whether. on summers morning
rolng forth, your heart expands, and you feel
spiritual congeniaty with all nature with the soft
music of the futtering leaves and the bird that
woos his mate; with the bright, glad insects, and
,he mellow light caressing the fowers2 II these
things speak not to your soul in language no lips
,ould repeat-ten me, do you not return wiser
md happier man? There is no monotony in ma
ure-ever varied, e'er new. Oh, for one congo
lial spirit and ramblo through the wild woods.
Let me into your soul it is only now and then
hat get a sly peep. You ought to know me bet
;er than know you; but fancy women have more
ntuitive perception than men, and are quicker to
AXE advantage Of any unprotected nook or corner
% slip IN and take survey. Addio, caro- Carlo
1aio. Il n'io bsne s,a Il sio5a ma.