The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-15

alluded. = . saw . good dsal Of Alb
ner during the voyage, and saw him sfssr the eeear.
renee Of the terrible disaster, but cannot recoect
seeing him ss the time Of the awful contamination.
Had the possibility ofrescue for momsnt entered
into the thoughts OF any One, there would NO doubt
have been messages and tokens but there was one
universal feeling Of settled conviction that each
ones last hour was come, and ht al that couid be
done Was to use the short remnant Of time as bes.
We might to prepare for entrance into eternity.
was always pleased TO meet Abner. enjoyed com
mnnicatipg with his strong sense indepen tent udg-
meDt and expressive language, and had some very
agreeable conversations with him In the Arc
with his usual good sense. sagacity aud
good feeling. He was evidently 3 good citizen o
good husband and good father, and did not utter
sentiment which the subsequent catastrophe
Mr.. Benedict dsvotedly loved aud honored his mo
tber, who now, in . green old age, Upwards OF S0)
meurns the loss Of her son and will not be comsorted
In his family and to his family, Mr.. Benedict was
rental aaI ction was boundless. When, Just before
leaving for Europe the last time, he took his lite
children to TIE country to stay during his Absence
the morning that he parted with them the deep ear
nestuess with which he prayed for them il he should
him, and seemed almost prophet, Of the sad event
which was so to make them fatherieas and mo her
less. Very s0lenn, al5o, was the manner In which
be spoke Of them to his brother and wife on
The days we spenttogesber at one Of the Gsrman wa
tsring places in August last, have Left eHgraveu on
my memory many delightful reoOleotions. Toe last
ofthese days was the anniversary Of the wedding
day Of my friend. On that occasion Mrs. Benedict
toncbingly referred to the twenty years Of their
married life, and stated, as II anxious TO make me
participant Of those cheerful memories, and per.
haps the medium Of communication with her absent
and row orphan children, that those years had been
years Of happiness, and that during that time no
harsh word had been uttered by her husband TO mar
their peace. What more EXPIRE sive record could
be left Of the merit Of the deceased than Ia found In
this touching testimonial Of the b art. The SPOT
where reposes beneath the troubled waves the form
OF our lost associate. bears no monumental tribute
the heels OF buried ships p'ow the waves that roll
over him. yet his memory shall not perish, 1t will
survive while talent shall command respea and mo.
ra worth be treasured In our hearts.
MIR. CHARLES A. PEABODY seconded the resolution
offered by Mr. Bur, and then proposed the follow.
ipg:-
Resolved That by the calamity which has clad our
country in mourning we have been called to lament the
premature death of member of body in the person
of Henry Austin Brady, whose fidelity, genteness and
purity OF character justly endearod him to his friends,
and render bis removal and loss to u.s. 1t is to Them
a source of unfeigned sorrow.
Mr.. PEABODY addressed the meeting Substantially
as iollOws:--Mr President, Mr. Brady was not long
amongst ne. His career was snort--too short for
him TO have left any tery great or very numsrous
monuments Of II. In early life he was attracted, l
am told by an Irresistible taste to literary and
tire pursuits. He Stunned society ard the turmoil
and strife OF life. As scholar at school, as
boy in the pursuit of his profession as young man
entering upon IT, these characteristics strengthened
and grew upon him aud absorbed him 70 q great
extent In the brief ho1r allotted to notice Of this
kind, very little can DO said or done towards "a
adequate comnenoration Of the virtues of those
whose memories we have assembled to nonor, and
particularly SO In the case OF who life has been
Of this retired and domestic oh araccer- retired,
indeed TRAIT but few Of us who met him profe ssion
"a ky q VAru nnnh Of hxp, ham
who knew bin socially, those WOO came in coatacs
with him otherwise than Ia tia pra tics Of our pro-
ession forssed Impress ons OF him which IL is ho
o,abie to any men Der OF sOc'sty to have left behad
lim. HIS taste 1or literary pursuits hsvieg with
drawn him, in gceat degree, from the N lrs atiye
hbIs OF his profession, and brought MIN into those
waiBs OF II bich are pursusd qulety aud Ia the re-
tTement Of tie office, we saw much less OF him than
O. these More mascnline, and pc 0aps more heroic
Characters OF whom We bave heard this sfsera)on.
This literary taste, that so absorbed him from mis-
earliest ycusn until he arrived Ut manic ID a)rdei
him almost the ony erjoyment he raj, and afforded
h,m greet deal Of enjoyment. His delicate nat1re
and tre taste prepared him when ne arrived at
msnt God to commard tne sflsctil2 ami esteem OF
another; and in the lady who Afterwards became his
wife, be fOuDd ample scope for the cultivation and
indulgence OF his sftci1Ds and tss es. He mar
lied early. Trat early marriage gave him more com
pete and perfect power 10 retreat from MS profession
ard from the turmoil OF society, az 1t provided him
with amp'e means of living, and accordingly be
pursued quiet life for some three or four years.
This quiet, so copgeDial to him, aad apparently so
Indispensable to his happiness aud almost to his
existence, could not, seems, b. allo ged to con
tinue. In three or four years after his marriage,
his lady, who affo ded him all the happiness and
pleasure that dpmest life is capable OF, was
sDatched from him suddenly by the band of death.
Overwhelmed by this misfortune, robbed Of almost
his only resource, his home made place Of mourn
Ing and iugubrious and dreary beyond his power to
bear he yielded to the persuasions Of his friends
and believe of his clergyman, and certainly to the
advice OF his physician, and took o trip abroad,
hoping by change OF scene and change OF occupa.
ton, TO restore the equilibrium OF his mind and
health to his debiltated body. After remaining
abroad some months, he sighed still Tor home. He
was dissatisfied to remain longer way ftom it. We
all know the strength with which, under certain cir.
cnmstances the human heart ccvets the pleasure Of
mourning, ard insists on ndulging in those feelings
OF gloom and sadness which more udicious frieuis
advise it to shske of and avoid. Mr. Brady resisted
the persuescns Of his friends, and resolved to rs.
turn to that home where he Ind been happy in the
Domestic circle, and to his only child. He
had, as You know, arrived near home,
ard wss almost on the point of grasping
that child In his embrace, All revisiting
the scenes OF his happiness and joy when he was
suddenly called to his final account. He has left
friends who lament him extremely. understand
that those who knew him in the social and domestic
circle felt the greatest attach nent to him. and with
tie character that he was possessed Of, well they
might. He went abroad, as l have said, with q
view OF alternating the grief ne bore ia his breast by
abscnting himself firm scenes calculated 10 remiud
him Of the source Of that grief. Bnt, sir, hoE little
did ne imagine, as he pursued his homeward track,
his mind continually thronged with the recollec
OF the scenes be was Fastening TO revist-how little
could he have imagined that he was, In this sudden
Hamper, to find not partial, but total, a com.
gcte, an endless remedy for that grisf which had
driven him abroad! How little conIi he have sup.
posed that he WAS destined Wi:h bat four honrs'
notice, to be re united to her waose absence mad
rendered him miserable and made the voyage indls.
peHeable 70 his health and to his life. Mr. Presi-
dent, to detain You and the audience longer Don
this subject would be TO 90 volencs so the proprie
ties Of the occasion. There are others whose me
moIy Is TO DO further noticed this afterGcou--meu
who have spent lives, aud long lives, am ,ng US
one OF them man very much advanced in life. for
whom we al eut rtained the most profound respeot;
second not quite so much advanced ia years, but
man whose lie was 10 thropged WITH g6at acts and
great events, that he lived TO accomplish what auy
man may be proud Of at the age Of four score wears
Mr. O'CoNOR then saii--I sec md tAe resoiu ion