New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-01

for .,iAe to stIoliDs oallsa dealer with DO iieA
party. Ola sudden. Montgomery 6ods him.sx a.
rsieped on charge Of Publishing libel asAns.tk tho
Governu ens, and, af.er an exciting trial wss Laad
guilty and snts need b. three mcntbs imp'isonneot
beside The payment Of considerable fne. The
cert Of the trial was mostly hquidssei By HE
friends, and after "rripg out bis time 10 York
Caste Re returned 70 the charge of bic newspaper.
He 10 soon once more 10 hot water, being prose-
cutsd for an article in Thc his which wss supposed
10 reflect on the Government, and this time gets q
sentence of Imprisonment for aI mooths. Awong
,be fruits of this duraoce vile was volume Of
poems called Prison .1mnssm,nts, which probably
ade little impression at the time. and 10 noS for
gotten.
The fret poe.ca, production which gave Mont
eopery any claim 70 the title of . poet was HE
Hasd.rr Of Sra:tr,asd, suggested BY the aggres-
siops of Nspoleon on that country in lsT'. While
th, wa. passing through the pre.s, the Common Lot,
the Jog Of Grief the G,are, and other fugitive
pieces, appeared in the columns Of TIE his, and
gradually won their way to the favor Of the public.
The Annual Rsrisse, conducted BY DR.. John Akin,
WA apcpg the eayes. critical authorities TO recos-
uize their merit, ard an intimate friendship coon
sprung up between the p.et and the reviewer. The
Edi.bwgh Rri.r on the Othe, hand, which has
never shown much favor to any one in the shspe Of
Montgomery, "sheok its terrible paw in bis face
with sassgs growL" lie was weak enough 70 be
made miserable by this onslaught but thanks 70
certain vein Of common sense and q good digss-
titn, be escaped from the "tomahswksof the north
ern bapdith' without any fatal Injury. The Worl9
Before tie Fiood and the West Indias gave proof Of
bis continued vitality, aid from the date Of their
publication be .eems to have risen above the iguc-
mnions dread of critical ogres.
About this time q new iwpulse was given 70 his
religious character, and entering into full eeunun-
ion with the Morsvian fraternity, he engaged with
enthusiastic ardor in the various benevolent m>vc-
ment of the day Toe duties Of edisofsbip began
10 grow dsta.teful h, Montgomery. aud in the Au-.
tumn If 1925, after service Of moro than thirty
years, be d,posed Of The Iris. with view OF de-
voting him,elf 70 more congenial pursuits. Tho
remainder Of bis life was passed in the competition
of the religious p, etry, which contains many Of tho
most admirable specimens Of the Christian iyric
10 our lapgusee-in various other literary laoors-
srd in active devotion to several enterprises Of
missionary and reformstory character His clos
ing Itars were signaly marked BY the.meet orna'
ments of ripe old sge,
Honor love. obedience, troops Of ffends,'
and among the later be counted not few distin
eui.bed nsmes Of our countrymen. whe made their
pous pilgrimage to the retreat of the venerable
bard.
It was on a bright June morning Of ls4i. hst cur
ow d e, Bry ant, paid vsit tn The Mount 70 see
ore Whose psme,' he ssid 7" he bad long h"Dcfcd,
al of th- admiration Of whom he he'd given evidence
by committing 10 memory when young the ~nose Oh
The WapSerer Of Swi, riand.
The quiet and unaffected mspners Of hi. American
guest charmed Montgomery, and he felt at home with
Il am anxious" .sid he In the course of eouvsrss-
ton, "to your poets give to their works as I'M
PtftioD of ns.ive more Of 40 lnteryss qe-
ard initiate .ss those OF our own-on this acco anti
have heep much pl, sseo with Longf.lIow.'
OF Brysrt hius.lf this is marked e9ceIlence,
sid the graphic felicity Of wboee details transport "a
u all the bil,snt p.cul sntes of forest scenery.
Op Montgomery playtuly rem 1king, 4" Yoa pirate
bo, he so in your country, somenmes reprntings
"And you cert.ioly return the compliment; ! say
notbirg Of Lcpgf-llow's poems, which you have
nan d; but my own have all been reprinted here,
without .ither consultation or concurrence on my
part aid was surprised, when in London the other
day. to have put 10 my hand metropolitan impression
ds few piece wbici publbh he'd only just before
tft home 10 complete volume. The Eogilsh printer
retms to have thought them equally desirable to per-
feet bis surepttious edition "
Ten year, passed gently away, and the poet was
summoned 70 the closing s,ene. The Winner OF
1854 wss one Of unusual severity, and he hsd con-
fined bins. II entirely within doors during the whole
uastn. With the return Of Spring, be entered
with renewed zest into The vernsl delights Of tho
Year, but not without marks Of increasing bodily
~taknsrr, Which were noticed BY bis ever waschfu
friends. A .,isht failure in hs memory vas per-
csuti,le, though be retained bis woDted relish for
b, obs and cohver,a.ioD. TosMd the end Of April,
be showed new symptoms Of iDfrmity, though
compl ,ins rarely fell from bis )ips. On tho lsss
Saturday cf tho noo.b hs went Oat in the sitSF-
neon TO witt friend; Q shade of more than usuI
tbcugt,fulpe.s was observed 90 bis couotsnanee;
ard at he evening worship If the family be ON
Quoted the ssrvlce With an earnsstne-s aod pathos
tbs, attracted attention. The ne1t morning tho
,,rysu. Who knorked at the door, receiving no
answer. entered tho chamber and found him insen-
d Die on tho floor. He sooo rallied, after beng
returned 70 bis bed, aud everything promised
speedy restoration, but during the afternoon,
sudden charge cano over his face, and it "as se
once found that he had breathed bis last Tho
,o. ND toting Of the cburcn.bell soon spresd toe
tidpes Il at Sh. field bad lost il most beloved And
distinguished citizen.
Such was the earthly career Of ono who viii oe
remembered ss th- most tender and pstho6c Of re-
eett h ric ,o-'s whose harp has beeu tuned 10 Ne