New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-14

some spienuO, "a .o.'nr,sing in their band per-
- have since disclosed sterling worm
and elevated aims In the conduct Oh me-
cto v,o,. All. circle of friends when first
knew her. as a necklace OF DIAMONDS ABOUT net
neck They were so much 20 esoh onnei, s"aS
Marsaret seemed % represent ihem an, ana, 70
80 ber was to acquire place win them:
5rna eonfdeuces given her were their best, and
- bol5 tbeSo to them. She was an active, H.
sniring companion and correspondent ana all
tbe ari. the thought, and the nooeness IN New
England, seemed, at that moment, related 10
heT and she to it, She was everywhere well
Come suest. The houses OF her friends in town
and country were open to her, and every hos
pitable attention eagerly offered. Her arrival
was a holiday, and so was her abode one
STAYED few days, often a week, more seldom
month, and all tasks that could be suspended
were put aside to catch the favorable hour, ia
walking, riding, or boating, 10 TAX WIN 1nlS
joyful guest, who brought wit, anecdotes, love
stories tragedies, oracles with her, and, Win
her broad web Of relations 10 so many hne irlends,
seemed like the queen OF some parliament VI
love- who carried the key TO all commences anu
TO whom every question had been hhaiiS re-
femed. :foa
Persons were her game specially, If marked,
nv fortune. Or character or success to such
was she sent. She addressed them WIN hardl-
bood.-almost naughty assl'raEce,-queeh-iihe.
Indeed. they fell in hey say, where the access
might have seemed difficult, by wonderful cas-
uaities: ar ,he invetera!e recluse, the coy
Get mid. the waywardest poet, made no re-
,;stance, but yielded at discretion, as If they
had been waiting for her, all doors to this
imperiouA dame She dsarmed the suspicion
of recluse scholars by the absence OF book
ishness. The ease with which she entered
into conversation made them forget all they
had ,hhsessrTsas,ed "a literature than in life They
saw she valued earnest persons, and Dante,
Petrarch and Goethe, because they thought as
she did, and gratifed her with high portraits,
which she was every where seeking. She drew
her companions to surprising confessions She
was the wedding guest to whom the long'pent
story must be told and they were not less
struck. on reflection at the suddenness OF the
friendship which had established, in one day,
new and permanent covenants. She e1torted
the secret Of life, which cannot be told without
setting heart and mind in glow and thus had
the best of those she saw. Whatever romance,
| whatever virtue, whatever impressive expert
| rence-this came to her; and she lived IN
| superior circle for they suppressed all their
| common place in her presence.
She was perfectly true to TINS cohlsence'
| She never COMPOUNDED relations, but kept hun
| bred fine threads in her hand without crossing
| or entangling any. An entire intimacy, which
seemed 10 make both sharers OF the whole hOrl-
| zop of each others and Of all truth, did not yet
make her false to any other friend gave no title
| to the history than an equal trust OF another
friend had put in her keeping. In this retlcence
| was no prudery and no effort. For, so rich her
| mind. that she never was tempted 10 treachery,
| nv the desire of entertaining The day was
| never long enough TO exhaust her opulent men,
ofy: and |, who knew her intimately for ten
! years,-from July, 1896, till August, 1876, when
she sailed for Europe, never saw her without
| surprise at her new powers.
tkaD OFT ahO b.
| stance was whatever was suggested by her pas
| sionate wish for equal companions, to the end
of making life altogether noble. With the hrm-
est tact she led the discourse into the midst of
| their daily living and working, recognizing the
| good will and sincerity which each man has IN
his aims, and treating so piayiuily and intellect
ually all the points, that one seemed to see his
| life en- beau, and was fattered by beholdlng what
| he had found so tedious IN its workday weeds,
| shining in glorious costume. Each OF his friends
passed before him in the new light hope seemed
| to spring under his feet and life was worth
| living The auditor jumped for Joy, and thirsted
| for unlimited draughts. What is this the dame
| who, heard, was sneering and critical this
the blue stocking, of whom stood IN terror and
| dislike this wondrous woman, full of counsel,
G ana es this
more variously gifted, wise, sportlve, eloquent,
| who seems to have learned all languages,
| Heaven knows when or howl should think
| she was born to them, magnificent, prophetic,
| reading my life at her will, and puzzllng me
with riddles like this, Yours Is an example OF
destiny sprlnglng from character and, again,
Il see your destiny lowering before you, but 1t
always escapes from you
The test of this eloQuence was 1t range. IL
told on children, and on old people on men OF the
weGld and on sainted maids. She could hold them
al by her honeyed tongue lady OF the best
eninence, whom Margaret occasionally visited,
I'M of uv ipe nj SDlpdlpS.
of her neighbors said, 81 stand IN certain awe
| of the moneyed men, the manufacturers, and so
| on, knowing that they will have small interest
| in Plato, or in Blot but | saw them approach
Margaret, with perfect security Tor she could
give them bread that they could eat" Some
persons are thrown off their balance when IN
society others are thrown on to balance the
excitement Of company, and the observation OF
| other characters, correct their bases. Margaret
always appeared to unexpected advantage IN
conversation with large circle. She had more
sanity than any other; while, IN private, her
vision was often through coored lenses
her CONVERSATION.
have separated and distributed as could
| some of the parts which blended in the rich
| composite energy which Margaret exerted during
| the ten years over which my occasional inter
| views with her were scattered. IL remains 20
| say, that all these powers and accomplishments
| found their best and only adequate channel IN
| her conversation "a conversation which those
who have heard it, unanimously, as far as
| know, pronounced TO be, In elegance, In range,
in fexibility, and adroit transition, in depth, IN
cordialty, and in moral aim, altogether admira-
bic; surprising and cheerful as poem and
| communicating It's own civihty and elevation
| hike charm to all hearers. She was here, among
our anxious citizens, and frivolous fashionists,
| as II sent TO refine and polish her countrymen,
and announce better day. She poured stream
| of amber over the endless store OF private anec-
| dotes, of bosom histories, which her wonderful
| persuation drew forth, and TRANSPORTED them
| into fine fables. While she embetished the
moment her cnnYersatinn had the mart of