New-York daily tribune., 1845-12-12
Letter from Mrs. sumner l.. Fairfield.


a long time has passed since had the pleasure OF
either seeing or conversiue with YOU and though my
acquaintance with you has been limited, am convinced
from occasional paragraphs have in your paper
that YOU are my friend very few words will explain
the cause and object of my letter This is the second
time since the death Of my husband, have felt the
painful necessity of answering malignant attacks against
his family both articles have appeared in the Daily
Evening Express of this City The mrs; appeared against
mysei "a matter OF no moment0 the second appeared
Yesterday A cruel and brutal attack against the aged
the once devoed-bui brokenhear,ed and bereaved
mother Of the poor Poet She who during the HE oi
her ony child from his cradle, 10 his grave-through
long and hopeless years OF poverty and pain when MS
sorrows became greater than he could bear snd his
mental energies were wasting away in struggling with
te and his dependency prored 10 the world the deph
OF mothers love
Mrs Fairfield is engaged in obtaining subscribers
the biography OF her son, and is still eSertng aersei
TO aid education OF the only remaining OBJECTS OF
her affection, namely, her grandchildren.
short time before the death of my husband. as he
ourneyDg toward the resting place where bis ashes
repose he met his friend George D. Prentice, Esq lie
requested that when life with him should terminate
snd he ie, il speedily drawing TO cose) that he
should be bis biocraphcr Their meeting was one OF
deep feeling and probably will be forgotten by
Prentice they knew each other IN early life. and were
classmates az Brown University Inever shall forget
paragraph in OF his letters addressed TO my hus
band after marriage, in wafch he says Per
secuted You my friend, would not exchange one
Of your midnight dreams, of your sublime aud
earthly aspirations for all the lowborn pleasures tina.
ever entered into the conceptions OF your enemies Then
why are you not happy am not much used TO doing
the sapient by dotard pedants but others
are happy in the OF their eroveng pleasures
surely you ought 10 be 50 IN the consciousness that
have soul that is capsbe Of going of upon the wings
angels and drinking the bessedncss of earth and sky
The health and occupation OF the Editor prevent me
uliilmenI Of his desire write the book have there
fore determined perform this task and though pos
sess the perec; knowledge Of my husbands history
feel my inability 10 elucids.e in al is variety, the
character OF man OF genius. The world IS already
acquainted with many incidents in the life Of the Poet
Yat there remains much TO be said. The OF genius
changes in character with the change OF Time and Fate
but wantony rejects the principles by which alone
he work out the science OF ie-a desire o tie good
"a ycarnins after the true.
In the prosecution OF this work shall be greatly aided
by the recovery of book OF manuscript continuing let
,ers from both friends and enemies Many of them con-
tain tributary notices Of the Poe: who toled in solitude
and died in poverty. With great respect yours
Nee- York, Dee IOts, lsi5.
NArivIsM GIVING Iy-Several OF the Native Al
deren in Boston have heretofore combined 70 prevea!
the choice els Mayor by the Common Council 10 serve
during the remainder OF the for which the la;e
Mayor Davis was elected but since the la;e emphatic
verdict OF the people in The election OF Wing Msyo-
who will enter upon his duties on the Of January
they hsve backed out from their dog rsngsr posi-
ton and the Common Council were meet last even
ing TO choose Mayor pro TEN.
RAILROAD ACcIDESrs-We learn from the
Newark Advertiser tbs, instantly killed and
two others severely injured few days since on
the Camden and Amboy Railroad, COW getting on the
track and throwing Of two OF the distressing
accident occurred Monday morning the way train
from Trenton leaving the station. near the brick
schoothouse about miles from: Camden. Afertae
train had been put in motion young named Wsl-
lace attempted get into the when he was caught
between il and the stationary platform which goods
landed and carried along with il the whole length OF
the crushing him awful Ee was cot
expec ted TO survive.
r The Long Island Temperance ConreHtion
IN relation to the License Law will be held a: River
Head on Tuesday next a: P. NJ Delegates from the