New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-16

~. ie- TIA. sss--ui i.ensc attended by Dr stokes
wi,a t-',herly kindness snd unreui'rns care. TIE
dscase yielded % medical treatment and person pre-
r.ou.y healthy snd vigorous would Rave convsescsi
rapidly but the shattered nerves and hroken cous1ir
non q; Nan.an gave way and T. passed from world
10 which b. hal found few c5nseni.i minds Those
who loved him Save lite o. mourn ;1T his days
though few were ful q we. Strangely enough bis
ast prose composition 20 TIE i-ith-aa was sketch 81
Csrat Griffin me broken hearted Gerald 'iri1u s.
b. terms him. whose career. IN many respects, re
scubied he ovr-genius suffering. intense reD Sous
fce7s these were common 20 both but IN le last y
striking the difference, Gerald G-hn. loving as Sc
raph.u Mangsn longing % ezF lore the Jascea gazing
With strsring eyes Tito the Future specializing uPon
"the when the where. he low specializing blt mover
doubling lie swung co: from bis moorngs, but
lived sri died Christian Another similarity Both
struggled against lons neglect These things may hsve
been present 20 his mind when writing his sketch,
anf urconsciousy deep ned the Indignant sorrow he
expresses for the prvaons OF the lonely student in tie
great metropolis Though writing thcsc many years
Mangsu's nsrne ia only emerging from obscuniy-ini-
isis and periodicals. are not short roads 20 faue-tu
BIZ. Grru-a ana has msie 10 more extensively known
One knows notwhch 70 admire most, his original poe
Try OK bis transiaons bur most wonderful Is the ease
with which he welded ~ Will the untrsc-a. language
Of England and most wonderful the cosmopolitan 90
MUS that could nfuse i;sei into and give voice 90 the
ny.tlcal muse Of Germany. tie imprisoned one OF Ire
and aud the lisat SD graceful one Of France re
member hearing an sneciote OF Mangan Illustrative OF
his minute know Wedge Of Germany well as German
literature Il occurred in the house OF a relative Of
mine some years $50 There il nothing more dithcult
10 remember than how such such subject of con
versaon arose do not feco,eci how. but during he
evening Germany became the theme. hangan gave
glowing description O.. several places he had seen the
Summer before while touring t through that plciu
resQue and poetic land He entered niuuiey into every
detail his landing at Osiend, the appearance Of the
town. the management OF The jlnks tue kinds OF con
veysnce the distance between posts gloated over the
Cathedral Of Antwerp and dwell with rapture on The
beauties OF the Rhine. This viii give you idea Of the
wonderfully minute accuracy OF his descriptions, tho
wild fowers the iAtes the dresses, the local superst-
lions were all wildly brought before the hearers
thatt required some ereduiy to believe that the speak
er was never In Germany believe he never left Ireland
during bic life Yet 90 u was Some Of his listeners
were well aware OF this tor hey had known him all his
life but entranced they that they forgot that
little Circumstance until h. ended Tue following,
which take from TIE lrttwas, Is painful bui true
you have passed through the streets OF Dublin any
time four years If you were abroad when the twi-
ight began 10 vanish, and the shadows grow backer
on the walls you mi ght have noticed middle sized msn'
irdrm looking and stopped moving on slowly and with
no -eless step His hair white new fallen snow,
which gave him the appearance OF age before he wss
old One may live longer In thirty years. said
Shelley than smother who drags outthe chain TIL sixty
And in thirty aud odd years, this man has lived
long enough become gray. bis face 10 calm, though
marked with the thunder scars His eye i lmmeasurs
Div deep and beautiful and centerej therein there is
union OF quiet lsve and daring thought The mouth
has lost the charm It had but the forehead IA I'M
wrnkled and white as ever. His hgur. Is wasted away
the sword 4. eating through the sheath be moves
seemingly with pain and plainly his hour ia not far OF
lie i but
IL .s.i at saslo- ofs man.
and the outworks OF HE already carried the citadel
will soon yield You look at him as he passes II
he speaks you cannot choose but listen to his low,
touching voice ike the Ancient Mariner, 10
"HIi, go WfA hs s.it-ras 80"
The spell Is upon you, and you remain docile and ODE
dent That man so mesny dressed, 50 weak, 50 mis-
erabie-thst man whom you meet in lie seeking com
panionship in darkness, is James Clarence Mangan -
Night not Burnss Pronunciation OF the modern Asheni
be applied TO others. Nm