New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-13


rsistd to Paine on the eve of his infde ou5ca 100,
deserves to Re remembered with his appeal to the OBJ
liz atiOps OF that srch-coTuper himself to religion:
Perhaps you are indebted to her orisinsy-;ha'n IL,
10 your religious educ s,ion-or the hsbis of vrtne
upon which you Low justly value yourself. You nitn'
easily display your txce lent talents Of reasoning upon
kss hazardous subject, and thereby obtain rAnk
with our most distinguished authors; fer among Us
is not Necessary, as among the HotteDto's, taf =
youth TO be raised into the company OF neo tnouad
Prove bis manhood by beating bis mother. IN me
letter he Asserts his belief of particular frot
dence which he once 40 emphsca y announcpr D.
e ve1 ton of 1877. At the close Of his lIfe
dent Stiles of Yale drew from him an expression Oh ns
religious opipioDs, in which he simply announce s
belief in the unity and moral government OF he De'i
and the paramount "sysem OF mqral' anu .odf ever
ssw or is likely to see" bat bis Interpretation 0,
The latter would probably have differed muca II I'LL
that Of DIR. Stiles. %
One of his very last acts on his death-bed was 20
recite TO his abful attei dsDt Mrs. He rson, Tue
dau1 hter of bis LONDON andady the simple and ele
waited verses of good Doctor Watts.
The coH pmeIts TO Franslin, the rage pbiio'o2ntr,
politician, would 6l q voume. Perhaps the ts dL
epgraph, written by the philosopher Turko mas oeen
the moe productive ever paid:
Erpnis colo fulmen scsptrumque tyraLni'
His portrait is frequently graced with sim,r IN
scriptior of which tue best is that from Horace
placed by Bishop Shpley in the edition OF the Misce
1anies Of 49, Non sordiduS ductor Nature Eeri4ne.
Louie XIV, the grand monarch" commsnded re-
uD Of his thanks TO Mr.. Franklin for his useful as
coveies in elecuicity" the court OF Louis NJ is
philosophers, wits and ladies of fashion, nahed u
with entl usiasm; Chatham was his euloget IN bu-
gland and W8shiDSto in America; he bad the oes'
in both hemispheres for his ei DIS and correspon
deIts towns ano counties, and even STATE hsve
been named after him. his portrait and bus. ara fani.
lar as those of Washington; Every peony stamp,
ssys Robert &. Winthrop, happily in his ADDRESS 1r'
chimedes and Franklin, sis a moi pment TO Fraukn,
ca ned if lot established by himself the fruit OF his
esry abors and is signal success in the ORGANIZATION
Of our in sn post Office His writings are read with
equal zest, though with different emotions, ID child
hood and ageas the old man goes out Of the Sordrs-
peatDg TO the grandcbild at he resde the apologize
OF quaint familiar WELDON which he had learnt IN bis
primer.
A very different character was the old Tory
divine, Mathew Byles, who is chiefly remembered
at this day for his nveterate attachment to the
British Government. and his detestable attempts
at pun making.
The Rev. Jacob Bailey, the Missionary at Powna-
borough before ,he Revolution, says of him, after
visit 10 his house in 177s" The perp tua reach after
tuIs renders his conversation rather csss,eu to per-
sons Of ordinary elegance and refinement" And Mr.
Ke!tell quotes some contemporary verfes to the same
effect:
There's punnirg Byes provokes our smiles
man of stately psris-
He visits folks to crack bis jokes,
Which never mend their he arts.
With s.,uttiDg gait and wig 30 great.
He walks along the streets;
And throws out Wit, or rats like it,
To every ole he neets.
The latter part OF his parody Of Joseph Green's psr.
ody Oh bis psslm, shows that he was occasionally
coaise in bis jesing but we have never heard any liz
delicacy or iireve1ence alleged agar ct him.
The ana which have been preserved, show that bis
reputation as a wit was we'll deserved. There was
10 hIs in yxhl air We
6ey chaise containing two of the town council stuck
fact. DR. Byles came to his door, and Lutei this Off
Gals with the remark, Gentlemen, have often COM
psin.d % you OF this nuisance without any atsntion
being paid TO it, and am very glad TO see you stir
ring an ms matter cow"
In The year 1850 very dark day occurred, which
was org remembered as "the dark day. lady
peipbbo sent her son TO the doctor to kno he could
tell her the cause of the obscurty my dear, was
the swer to the messenger, give my compliments
to your mother, and tell her thai am much in the
dark abe is"
ore day a ship arrived at Boston with three hun
dnd street lamps. The same day the doctor happened
to receive call from lazy whose convorsado nal
desirable. He awaited himself of the newly arrived
cargo to dispatch his visitor, "Have you heard the
neWsr said he, with emphasis "Oh no! What
news" "Wby, three hundred new ghts have come
over in the chip this morning from London, and the
Seecmen have wisely order ed them to be put in irons
imme diately." The visitor forthwith decsmped in
search Of tie particulars of this invasion of religious
liberty
Whtn brought before his judges of the time OF his
trial they requested him to cit Gown and warm him
self. Gentlemen, was the reply when came
snong you, expected persecution bat could not
think YOU would ofertd me the fire so suddenly.
A mot of Byiess is related by the hospltable wits of
Boston, TO the visitor as he passes by Kingss Chapel
IN fremont street. There are two eolrses of wndo
by which that bulldog is lighted on its sides; the
lower are nearly square. In alusion 10 this arch
tectural popularity of the square embra3ures of its
solid walls, Byles said that he had ofen heard Of
ecclesiastical csnons, but never ssT the porihoes be-
fore Another, a revolutionary wtticism, does ustce
TO Byles's toryism. When the British troops, the
LbsttIs passed his door, after EN- ericg the to
"Ah," said be, "now our grievances wi be red
dressed"
His sysem Of practical joking is said to have been
as feci'Ous IS bis verbal though rather more expen
sive TO the vjcms.
The doctor, however, occasionally me, his mstch.
la6y y om he had long cOurted unsuccessfay,
married gentleman by the name OF Qdincy. $50,
IL adam ssid the cesstnl sutton, on NEE ing her
sferward, cit appears you prefer Qdlcy 70 Byles
eyes for il there had been anything worse than
biles, God won d have afflicted Job With them
He was lot, however, always unsuccessful Wit the
fair rex as he was twice married His first wife
a niece of Governor Becher, and her successor,
The dignity apparently diminishing with TIE relation
ship q daughter OF Lieutenant-G werner Taller.
Ia person DR.. Byles was tall aud well proBoroned.
His voice was 30 werfa and mel)dious and lie was
graceful and imprestve speaker.
The arrival Of Berkeley in America has been
note as an event of no inconsderable influence on
the progress of literature, particularly 10 Rhode
Island and Connecticut On this subject, we have
several interesting statements.
Dean Berkeley ,et sail, or at least was ready TO
embark from GraveseId Septeu Der o. 1928 FOR the
New Wcrld He had Just con pleted The honeymoon
OF lis maIrisge with Anne Forster, tie daughter of
the Speaker o. the Irish House OF Commons TO waOm
he had bee united on the LIT of Aus us-and of who
he W tes h fnre svin1 ENGLAND az this tine his