Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-06-10
Free. fAs NJ. Y. Mirrsr,

'Ths distinguished writer" says the London Examiner
Of May TO- "ded last Saturday evening He has long aud
calmly expected this close his painful Illness and his
death was quiet and Another and better opporu
nifty will ITSELF for of the character Of
his genius. This Gill ssy aow he great wri,sr
genuine humosiss, vii. zoe SERIOUS poet; and era-
ase has immediate o his death. Cor biz genius nsver
barat brightly within the Last three years. He ,ock
warm interest in public questions hated every form Of
oppression and injustice with hearty hatred; had
sound and right vews, and always active and humane
pshies. He buried this day Saturday tho Ksusa
green cemetery, and many literary men. and personal
friends and sdmirer had assembled in respect bis
rnory."
The last Brosdesy Journal contained the following,
written previously arrival Of tho steamer and the
news OF the great humorsrs death. Poor Hood, In al
luson to the long hours Of pain and suffering preceding his
departure, no said Time seemed growing and
like Eternity.
alt Is the heaviest stone thai melancholy can throw at
man.. old Fuller. tell him he the end Of
his being truth which excellent, witty, stout
Thomas Hood has been rather playing with football
shuiscock any time thsse years than receiving
gloomy missive. But alas, tho diminishing with
80 severe an antagonist well nigh over aud Hood
with the certainty Of immediate death before him. re-
ceivng from friends aud the prcss those hvnors which arc
too often withheld for Posery and the "dull cold
late number Of the magazine which be has ssiabh
ed. announces his approaching dssouion and
him as very great suthor HIS merits will appear
the greater when the light 10 Withdrawn. and cit
darkness writer starts up amuss and enlish,en
through the Pres-day after day, month after month"; he
pours easing flow Of jv.ts and sentiment and
wsdom we take tie gut, aud look for the gver:
seems matter o course that the morning paper should be
wise and witty. just the morning IL expected 10
shine. But little reputation il formed in this benevole
and beneficial But let pompous author time his
appearance with due attention To self aud his
OF wcr and come forward In octave, hail the
We willing u praise the one, but live with
out the other. This the difference but the honor should
be more wisely distributed.
has horn ng,in tha inron NJ I.nu
disease the consumption, let him tell himself pas
OF his mir,hui philosophy written l635-he very
fingers % arisoer.eay slender, that hold pen
hint plainly OF the Ills that flesh is heir my
have become grestcoss pautaoons have been turned
into uowses, and, by bargain than Peter Schle-
mihl's to have retained my shadow aud sold my
substance In short happens 10 prematurey old port
wine, am oi bad color with very little body. But what
ihenf That emacated hand still lends hand cmbody
y Fancy those gauni sides yet shake heartily ever
the Groiesques and Arabesques and dull Pctureques
my Good Genius "a Pantagrueian familsr) chsriiably
eonures up To divert me from more sombre reslities-
The raven
cracked but persuaded myself that Nightingale
there the smell OF the mould but that
nourished the vioe,s" There faith aud sound heart
there was Tor nohing Since that day Hood has wri
ten some o his best his quainest stories his
oct philsnthroPc appeals English readers and English
hearts Wilson noU forget them Ii Hood revives
he will DC n sacred man while he nves.
the sympathy Vt the good 10 with MIN. We trust
are violating courtesy Of private lite while quote
from letter received by the last steamer, from
which adds psthos TO every inc that necessary
"Poor Hood is tying-in state Of perfect preparation
and composure among the Of his friends HIS dir
ease has been consumpton-, in fac-but the crisis
combined with water the chest, which is expected To
bring death. To friend who asked him the other morn
lug how was with him, he answered with Characters
TIC playful Paihos, "The tide is rising and shall be
in port" IL Is said OF him that he regrets for fe
excep, for the unborn works which he feels striving impo
teny in his dying baiua species of regret which pc
euiay aeet to me- as NUT be to all who understand