New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-24

SperbCrsr 6Id LIE tOr WIFE ClObu o.
eirg ber gs upon the rock II wss scene in which
sll the selfsh feelings Of human nature were drawn
nth in their utmost ntersity Men josted women for
q precsrious footing on that solstet crsg. Fathers
oar.les. of their families clurg 10 the j.ggsd peak.
sd eft those nearest in the world to them to perish
Without food without clothing, they remained nearly
three days On that slippery rock. Every hour soms
WEIGHED teirg, with exhaustion ,osed hs hold
srd wss swept assy for ever SpEsirsp say lis only
child, handsome boy, ersulfed by the hungry waves
without the pover TO him. Bat ia the midst Of
this terrible sfiicton he behaved Ike q hero. He
coTior'ed sdncpish.d, advised, tsught men their
cu'ies toward women, and, f,intirg as he was With
eref, burger ard cold, showed noble example to the
&c fsh beings by whom he was surrounded. More
then orce, wbep women slipped from the rock from
cheer weskItss. Spsradrsp plunged after them and,
By Incredible exertious, succeeded in brngiog them
bsok again. He shared WIS little clothes be hsd With
thero and wss in short the good sngel Of the comps
n.y. In time the stupd Irish of the coss contrvsd to
cast rope, OF which they psssed out food to the
suferp, ard, when the sea went down. al that
rensired or the rock-some dozen psrsons-were
Ieseued.
TIE Baron behaved noby, but still the chsrlat.n
bIoke out He msde cspitsl out Of that terrible
He published pamphlet describing the wreck and re-
ettetd COX in triumph. I read the pamphlet. sni
despite the self slorfcsor with which il is filed 10
with heart could resd thu. pas age describing
the Growing Of the boy and not weep for the grief of
the father. Qus,k doctors have hearts as well as
other people, although they do carry them over their
sleeves.
Some years aferwaid, Spsrsdrap appeared in
L0rdop, but with a reddcei equipsge. He used TO
drive furry cabrole in the Paik with horse, aud
still the coroneed hsrpets. Even the ciupper had
coropet on believe lie bad TO disappear from that
city in consequence Of charge Of malpractice; but he
left to respq.sr, TO my great astonshment in New
YoIk. Heie he has driven an equivocal trade for
soIne yesr, bu, lever see his queer hat and OWre
figure that the vision of that beaten rock does not
up before me, with its crowd Of cnsing shriekng
derzere, and the poor quack DOCTOR with his brave
nsDy heart, sbsmng them all in Il ST hour OF ext eny
ard PERL.
Since the foregoing was written the c,ronst has
elunbled. Tee bat that $50 gracefully curled" is
perhaps now, limp snj brmless, adorDing the head Of
rome Irish hod-caIrier. The renowned curriculum
may at Ii momeDt be driven by come strongarned
tanners wife through country roads, lis classical re-
cesses desecrsted with eggs and vegetables. In short
the Baron Sparadrsp ia desd.
Hs detceLt in this city by essy stages reminding
ere of the serits of prints embodying the life of
"bieb melted racer in which the melancholy career
of that qusdruped is depicted from the day when in the
pentude Of his strength he wins the Oaks, to that
last fatal moment in the knsckers yard where several
canine officials are cutting his hrost with Prussian-
bue knife. The Baron 81 sdualy dscsyed. His frs.
official appearance here was majestic. An Office under
the ST. Bobopk Hotel. Clean kid gloves out driving
every day. The coronets on the harness replated.
The blms Of his tat curling like the top of Cornthian
rlsr. This lasted short tne when some difficulty
about rent occurred with his landlord IN asonsbe
person) and the Baron moved little higher up in
Broadway ard little lower down in the scale Of ap-
pesrances From this time he kept continually chang
ing his residence, which grew smaller and smaller
every time, until used TO think that il he lived long
enough he would eventually be found living in the
great Saratoga truLk-and then he disappeared s!o-
gether.
Then cane the announcement of his death in the
psp.re, end presume, his puIiai. rev iuhela
horcs were, fancy, performed ovsr his grave, jet
have known worse men, who had stately psrs erected
10 TIER memcry and poupous epitaphs erdeavoiinsto
make lies immortal.