The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-19
The Rarchloness n,na.oIi.

Our last number contained brief noties of the
wreck Of the Elizabeth and the precious lives in
voved in that calamity
Ihe sympathy manifested on this occasion, has
been more general and more intense than such
casualties apt to awaken in these siays Of heaA-
long risks by sea and land. We remember no dis
astsr by which, with SO few DEATHS so many
hearts have been made sad The sadness In this
case is aggravated by the feeling thar SONS care
lessness on board, and great and euipable Dprli-
genee on shore, have contTibgied to bring abont
calamity which might have been aversed, had the
elements been the only peril IN the case Acrord-
ing TO one paper: Our informant states that The
people IN the vicinity often exclaimed in hiu h~ar-
ing, that had they known that any such jnt.vswt
was taken in the lady on board as has since been
manifested, the result would have been OF hersgi.e
7 mercliul Heaven! is il then necessary 10 know
that person Of distinction is concerned. before
men VIII make the attempt to rescue ships CON-
pany in the horrors Of instant dearh, wnen their
keel dashes against a rock and their h0pes bulge
under them!" We venture TO say that the Eliza
oTth contained no one passenger or mariner TO
whom HE was not more dear than il was TO the
person in question. To her 1--WE speak from per
sonai knowledge) it was dear only for the sake Of
those other lives that were newly plighted with
her own.
But what shall we say of the wrseksrs who
could see vessel go 10 pieces within quarter Of
mile OF the shore, and never mise the alarm; in
tent only on securing their plumber ont OF the
goods Of the unforunate, which she waves had
tossed upon The strand What, but that human
nature sometimes turns up hellish side which
tempts US to question is divine origins We re-
member hearing at Nantucket some years ago,
that the siors-hOuse, with food and clothing which
CHRISTIAN pie " had provided for the shipwFeeked
who might founder on the eastern coast Of that
island, had been repeatedly robbed, and thai this
provision wonld have 10 he abandoned
Of The principal victim in this tragedy-the Mar
chiOness 'Ossuli, bet known as Sarah Margaret
Fu'er-we look for memoir from some one of her
numerous friends, which shall do justice 10 the wo-
man an the writer. For our own Part, we say,
speaking from the recoieeIions of long and inti-
mate acquaintance, that The writer was a very
small part Of the woraaa. We scarcely know m
what estimation her writings held by the pub
/ lie at large. But this we know that however ss-
leeIned wrier, her literary reputation sonstitu-
ted the least part Of her claim 10 love and honor.
| To her friends it always seemd that her books
and contributions to the journals were very made
| quate exronents OF the mighty power known to
them Margaret Fuller. These might represent
| her opinions, but they did Justice to her verv
remarkable gifts. Her conversation was so much
better than her books, that could bs said to
know her who had not heard her talk and that in
her best days, dozen or fifteen years ago before
sickness and care and suffering had sapped the
vgor Of her mental life, We have heard some good
talk from persons OF distinction Of both sexes, on
both sides Of the water, but noae which rixalIed
hers in meiodous fuency and precision.
This faculty like the rest of her intellectual
gifts, developed itself very early. AT an age when
most girls are busy with their dolls, or remping
with their mates, she astonished the social circles
| in Cambridge, with her pFecocious and marvellous
rhetoric. With no personal charms, she somehow
constituted the chief attraction of every circle in
which she appeared. The fippant Of both sexes
sneered at the Bluestocking.' who Z talked like
a book, and knew more about French dramss, and
Italian eplcs, than she did about fashion and lace !,
but the better part OF every company listened in
1 maTR and me Confessed a charm in
| her speech beyond the charm Of beauty. Preco-
ciousness was not in her case, as It often is the
presage OF imbeeiity.
In 1885, her father. who had previously removed
with his family from Cambridge to Groton, Mass,
died suddenly, leaving wife and seven children,
Of whom Margaret, then about twenty ave, was
the Oldest The paternal estate was foand insaf-
fcient for the maintenance and education Of so
large family, and Margaret, who, bred in ease, il
not in luxury, had dreamed Of necessity now
felt herself called upon, not only % support herself
but to help to support and educate her brothers and
her sister by her exeFtions. She this call with
heroic energy; she took the yoke upon herself, and
became Tor many years the main stay of the family
But her health gave way in the pressure Of toll
and excitement, to which these efforts subjected
| her. A disease Of the spine, Of which the ioun-
dation had been laid in childhood, developed ilssll
with alarming rapidity, and during the last ten
years she has been a constant sufferer, and con
frmed invalid.
NoIwilhslsBding this draw back, she found op-
priunity, four years ago, 70 Rrauiy her long.
cherished wish of visiting Europe She sailed
from New York in the summer Of 1886, in The
company and care Of hr. Spring and his family
| but did NOT return with them-preierring 10 make
the most of her opportunity before repsssing In
ocean barrier, which sle could hope 10 cross
third time in her frail life. Travelling In Scotland
in the fall OF that year, she Lest her way Ben
L0mUnd, and spent a mig sht which had nearly
proved fatal in wandering over the mountain Ii