The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-18
Obituary.
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Ku6NE SUE, TEE rR1NCE xovRLlsr.
TIC mails o: he Colombia brings word Of tie death
of Eugene sne ne famous French novelist, VITO d.ed on
Cd inst
Eugene sue his day. had been ore Of the most ropu
Ia, writer's not Of the Iess.ng minds CT France.
Ike ThacEerxy, he was the OF wss,hy man, and
Inherited and threw Away q fortune. Ha fatner
surgeon 81 Paris, AID distinguished sccuch TO oe elected
u chair @. anatomy az te University. Young E1gsne
bTough. up TO his fAthers burLness hu. having -
youth hArkerrg sner adventure and foreign vsyel,
his father obaued for HIN comm .sson - sssar. rsr
recn beard French fsgi:e, In which be r,sis
"a voyages, ard acquired much OF re local knowledge
which 10 has since displayed ir lis novel;
II hi fAher's 5eath young Sue osne ITO mia fortune,
and redsred his pcs. IN TIE ravy 10 rperd u. Fssies
for SPENDING ousy being very great at PsrI he con
rivcd 70 rrr through the whole IN rna-veIossy ssort
space Of dine AM found himself At about tnrys ru.rsd
gonerr,r, with soms knowledge o. p1eeicioe, Ugh:
taste for letters, and 1rconmor spstrdes FOR expanding
money Ard en. oyire Ese.
BE tried, I, seens, " practice ne,.ert 81
psas. grt, a. Wa 10 be cIpec.t6, TIE exper,.
meni wts unsuccessful; he hs3 rener the %
bin nor the reputation neceusry TO oha,n c!.
eu.a Aner brio; ssssy, he ther reecrssa to La zen
for O.. satsaberce, and became oorrscsed, n
subordinate capacity, with ore o. mere OF tie myriad OF
journals which Paris produces Ee nsowso ptt Isbed
various 70 vels hose forgotten. ARD witch
correspond with the Eng,sh works o. Reynolds. Amer
precaios e1snnse or some year, sue wrote hEs poo
taned rs frK fGmous work "ks.hloe'' n witch, vsie
he I'D spare the usua vicious soenes, Es cor,vsd
somehow 70 naEe virtue triumph ara vice nee: liz ryope<
rewge. Party, Perhaps In consequence ofttrsc aersr
nora ty, and psrly nom tee dramatic rier~s q Ire
boct, lsAihsc proved & remarkable SUCCESS ard ro-
auoea IA sEihos ma nc'ay ci-c.si. &c Diie engage
nsns, t pro1tso,s rse. WIN sewers, eeres ,s-nG.,
l ~ tfsFS =.
ycbstc1, % several Vcir SEC. hs Ei.iIry % the
FroEsh vsvy,' vhich, nc; S.tsis,c.Dg tho aico
t-iv'e-e q 'an; and feucr proved ftlfe and rher
! he redeemed h mssY By wr,erg The "Vyfsre, o. Pc
re- ws:ch va an enorEess D.: ,ess knons vac poSre'
guage n kcrcpc, and cold nearly 40 nany copies % tie
sane space Of lime as "Uncie rom's csb.r-" -1 sOl
lowed BY the "Wsuderrg Jew which shs lie m aus
ces,ul, ard made the sOihor warn lends among he
ro.ss and ant cturce party.
This the summit o. spe'f 70 ne and rocoeu ~
author. Not even Alexander DAMS was as popular nth
The masses; and the pccunSy rjas Of his works we're
ps;ec for over hundred nes :. the Forte s.n s.,.n
ard the esik each play rave the s-hor sinai icrone
s1o's rubsequeri vorks-"Ysr,!n the Founding, ard
| "Tte Seven Cepnl sns''-hough s1ooessfol enocsh
France have aot been very well reoaved sbrosd Escn
Al rsr their success q plays Vas grcaer hsn .her sso
they realized for The author very siderable fortune
indeed and enkble; him 10 lriuso bis expensive ts.es
with frcsn No millons're 10 Trance heps
more magnificent hocse or entertained mere sur r,uousy
or lived more ooraSoT Aby-.n every serse-an Eugene
| sue.
q, late years, be fsncsd ths: he vs o policsn scd
got himself ee TED 20 The Nagousi Assembly. Ee tel
with ho konasne, and profeuea radical sotaitn- But
be comparatively insignificant spcai er ard poi,.
can and The only honor he ever earned ~as decree Of
exile on tho Emperor. HIS sceiLkn, indeed, tho1gn
saDgerov, in place Ike psrs was 90 mprsc,csble a. %
be harmless enough elsewhere, or IN the io1s run
tDege
4. an Gzihor and poyey sue oc;upies he very oppo-
rte ground 70 that which taken By the great E1gsh
novels Of The day Dickens and rhScxersv. BE de ght
depicting horrible scenes Of Woe, corruption and
crime. Bis men are uonfters, bis womsn Impossible
Isvs nature bio PRINCIPLES gnsas and frequent lm moral
though there effort "a his books 10 make virtue tr..
umph Tho end, s % labored, yiroe &c SOS Aad
stupid and vice 20 a aud attractive thai person
OF average taste could hesitate FOR uoment between Tie
two He taught In fact esboSaey tbs sthecs OF Woe,
n 10 various shapes and comminsllns with this poll
ca aud sosa code Of oshcs which Gould ret bit be rsd
osly destructive 10 any country which s6oped H. he
mace himself, in ali probability, the most pcrsoIoos
French writer OF the preyons day NO modern romasist
mot ever excepting Paul De EocE-has doue much
harm 10 The ore s'ive c-sscs IN frame Eugene Sse
In this country his ho'hs very tacssssS'
and nos they SCI no more thsn they deserve Hs destb
Ia no. Ekely n revive their r;orcst.
HE,ERLY koBipsoS.
Brrttr RoHs-oN, ST., yell known menSer 81 the
bar Q, old cizen. cied s his residence, New
Brighton Island, Friday last, In the 'sh year o.
bic age. Mr. Robinson grandson Of Colonel Beverly
Robnso~ OF the prush army 10 the of The Revoluou
and the declaration ~ the OF 1888 the family re
tired 70 New Brunswick, whore younger brptner too
late Norris Robinson, born. The su ojcctof the pre-
sent fketch rsturped " View York when young IN sod
nencec the practice Of the law. He msrrsi 90 90
Ter Of Colonel william Dner and grsoddairnter on 1rd
esrltrg, one 81 General Wsst,nston's sds Ihs say
sti living with two aid two dsusnters. kr kogn
les 40 active ife and veH spd vider spowr.
Ibc 1sc0Sec vac tvyiet yet'efeAy,