New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-09
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.

tyr Late n. P RoGERs.-We have been per
mi.ed to extract the following paragraphs from the
private letter OF a very intimate trend OF Mr..
ROGERS. Our readers know something OF Dir. n
through his letters which have appeared IN The
Tribune under the signature OF The Old Man OF
the Mountain Probably no man ever had warmer
friends and, according TO this letter oI'serer enc
mics bat his ferocious prosecutors n OF may not
have existed only in the imagination OF TINS "ri'e'
HALLowzLL. Maine, Oct II, lao.
Since heard of Rogers illness hope and
despair for him have alternately had possession OF my
mind and notwithstanding he 10 considered as beng
Just sbou. to lay aside mortality yesterday sd to-day
my heart 10 full of hope for his recovery. He has lived
no long in this extremely low state that IL seems TO me
M the next change win be for the better You usea
not 10 realize half The worth Of Rogers though tiN
you were friendly 70 him We ne er shall iook upon
his like again. He is incompatible He has all the
simplicity OF child and all The grandeur OF the greatest
Of human beings he has the nderest Of hearts iu m
,ove-.o Overlooking tell you, John F. Cleveland II
TINT man dies now he dies martyr TO true Freedom rs
much ss II he had been burned at the stake. II the
calamity of lis decease shall betan the word,
.na,l ever feel tia. ne been murdered Former frend
whose eyes were not yet anointed discern his true
position have persecued him death because he fol
lowed not with them. But
More tue joy Marcellus exiled. feels
Than Cesar with Senate at his heels :
and would rather be the almost dying Rogers with all
mis- sueriDgs than be any Of his aenated friends with
all their prosperity though believe some OF them
verify think they doing COP and Man aerTice IN
warning against him. How should like the privilege
of speaking a. feel this subject IN The Tribune =
But that suppose would be considered the place
for II.
Th,vsday O1 2l-I wrote thus far last Saturday
night after all were sluDberng save myself and poor
puppy that heard crying most pteousy, some wncre
III the neigbbrhood, for shelter from the co!d anu
piercing rain that falling Poor thing suppose
his did the hearts of those at whose door
he was pleading but they troubled me as much as If a
human being bad been there suffering. But knew not
wha, to do How little people think Of the comfort or
misery Of tho poor brutcs found it inconvenien; to
resume my writing during the two succeeding days
and On Monday evening learned from The Niagara, a
paper published at Lowell that n r RooERss suierings
were at an end o how can write IL How can it
be that VIC have lost him that e tongue and his pen
are silent for ever To pail seems spread over
the earth The world is of the dreadful loss it
has sustained in his death Iseems too much 10 think OF
how the hounds have barked after him 10 the very
of the grave But perhaps they knew not that nc was
dying when they continued publish their cruel attacks
on him. Have you been reader OF the National Anti
Slavery Standard Of late II So you know TO what /
refer But "tis past It's past He Of whom the world
was not worthy has last been fairly cruched. The
Past cannot be recalled May his mantle fall many
others who shall prove faithful perfect freedom Of
soul, whatever the cost as he and though his smiling
eye shall no more beam with love this suffering
world, and his gentle voice more awaken response
In loving hearts and his pen and tongue shall On the
worlds naked heart scetter OF the living
coals Of truth, may what e has written be sought out
and read and laid to heart till the spirit that led
him ON in his sefsacrifcing but upward aud glorious
course shall animate others be equally TO the
light within. May there be reprint OF his writings
that he may continue to speak. | will not attempt to
express what feel this subject for his death colors
every thought have. 1t lays heavily my heart
when first heard OF it Farewell
Your friend NJ c. IL