New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-23


eminen,ly our readers well know. Her re-
views Of Longfellow's Poems, Wesley's Me-
moirs, Poe's Poems, Bailey's Festus,'
Dor glass Life, g.. must yet be remembered
by many. She had previously found fit
audience, though few for series of re-
markable papers on The Great Musicians
Lord Herbert of Cherbury,' Woman, &c.
&c. in The DIAL quarterly Of remarkable
breadth and vigor, Of which she was at first
co-Editor with Ralph Waldo Emerson, but
which was aftervaId edited by him only,
though The continued a contributor TO its
pages. In l843, she accompanied some
friends on tour via Niagara, Detroit and
Mackinac TO Chicago and across the Pralries
Of Illinois, and her resulting volume enti-
tied Summer on the Lakes is one of the
best works in its department ever issued
from the American press. 1t was too good
to be widely and instantly popular. her
Woman in the Nineteenth Century an
extension Of her essay in 'The Dial was
published by us early in l845, and moder-
are edition sold. The next year selection
from her Papers on Literature and Art
was issued by Wiley & Putnam, in two fair
volumes of their Library Of American
Books We believe the original edition was
nearly or quite exhausted, but second has
not been called for, while books no wise
comparable to it for strength or worth have
run through half dozen editions. These
Papers embody some of her best contri-
buttons to The D;el,' The Tribune, and
perhaps one or two which had not appeared
in either.
In the Summer Of 1S45, Miss Fuller ac-
companied the family Of devoted friend to
Europe, visiting England, Scotland, France,
and passing through Italy to Rome, where
they spent the ensuing Winter. She &C
companied her friends next Spring to the
NSrtb of Italy, and there stopped, spending
most of the Summer at Florence, and return
ing at the approach of Winter to Rome,
where she was soon after married to Giovan-
nj. MARQUIS d'Ossoli, who had made her ac-
quaintance during her first Winter in the
Eternal City. They have since resided in
the Roman States until the last Summer
after the surrender of Rome to the French
army of assassins. of Liberty, when they
deemed it ezpediept to migrate to Florence,
both having taken an active part in the Re
publican movement which resulted so dis
astrously-nay, of which the ultimate re-
suit is yet to be witnessed. Thence in June
they departed and set sail at Leghorn for
this port, in the Philadelphia brig Elizabeth,
which was doomed TO encounter succession
of disasters. They had not been many days
at sea when the captain was Frustrated by
disease which ultimately exhibited itself as
Continent Small Pox Of the most m Malignant
type, and terminated his life soon after they
touched at Gibraltar, after sickness OF in
tense agony and loathsome horror. The
vessel was detained some days in quar-
antine by reason of this affection, but finally
set sail again on the 9Th ult. just in season
to bring her on our coast on the fearful
night between Thursday and Friday last,
when darkness, rain, and terrific gale from
the south-we st 1.-THE most dangerous quarter
possible) conspired to hurl her into the very
Jaws Of destruction. 1t is said, but we know
not how truly, that the mate in command
since the captains death, mistOOk the Fire
Island light for that on the Highlands of
Neversisk, and so fatally miscalculated bis
course; but it is hardly probable that any
other than first class, fully manned ship
could have worked off that coast under such
a gale blowing him directly toward the roar
ing breakers. She struck during the night,
and before the next evening the Elizabeth
was mass Of drifting sticks and planks,
while her passengers and part of her crew
were buried in the boiling surges. Alas,
that our gifted friend, and those nearest to
and most loved by her, should have been
among theml
We trust a new, compact and cheap
edition or selection of Margaret Fuller's
writings will sOsn be given to the public,
prefaced by Memoir. 1t were shame to
us if one so radiantly lofty in intellect, 50
devoted to Human Liberty and Well-being
so ready to dare and to endure for the up
raising Of her sex and her race, should per-
ish from among us and leave no memento
less imperfect and casual than those we now
have. We trust the more immediate rela-
tiyes of our departed friend will lose no
time in selecting the fttest person to pre-