St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1859-03-31

psnions benin! him. and more than this, It
was his '5ittc.,fste 20 outliye those who should
have come after him, 10 see two sons OF rare
promise, who shouhi nave preserved his name,
20 sefore him, the pride of his life snatciIei
from his cyesithe delight Of his old age laid
low in the dJrt OF death. One OF these was
that Author Eenry Hal!anl. WHO died in 1888.
ard 10 whom -Tennysnn dedicated the remark
able series Of f5,pems which have been publish
ei under the title oG "In Memoriam.' The
tereavcd EtEer was broken hearted for his
son, and sppai. Of his hopes on ins side the
tomb beIEg struck down forever. \ year or
two afterwards, when nc produced the Intro
duction to tbs Literature Of Europe there APP
pcarcd a mos. affecting passage in the preface,
which to those who knew au, suggested the
hI..her grief -aat WAS proving on MS mind
lie reierroi - the impcricctip1 oT his work. 70
The iniP1S~ibi-ity uf rcnjyr.ug il complete un-
,ier any tircr.nlssauaes md u . espslisJ ipros-
siJIllty Of his doing So" laveFo.lie! varn-
inss," he sale, Ito bind up my sncavcs wli.g
| may-my. own advancing years aud the
gathering in me heavens F" His hopes, how
ever. revivc,Eas his younger son grew to man
hood, and s-cmci Il promise not less than the
accomplished youth whom his father had re-
garicI and sot without reason, As an ONLY
on" without ! fellow. But this son. also. Hem
~ FItZmauri'e Hai!am. was taken from him
shortly after ne had been called to the bar in
1850, and t:tc poor hc-eavrd father buried
him III Clc"c:I,n Church in SDmorsctShirc. bv
the side II ir-s brother, aud his sister and his
mother
There are Few literary men who lave reach
et m cuincEcc 10 nc compared with that Of
Mr.. lia.,am.:of whose personal history 80 H.
tie : known TO the great public. That h,.
was born in -r ahoG; I.7s, that he was ciu-
cates nj r.tok. that from Eton he p.->c,. t.
Cs!TsAt 'hurC1. oXi"ri. ..!.I that ~ this Uni
t9rsity re te-.il his degree in 1929, are almost
al tnn facts II his carly lie wI;,h have been
published After leaving the University. nc
took up nls-Fesldencc in l.,nl1n. i,inci him
sell 70 the Wings, aud ACQUIRED Is first rcuu-
uiatlon * a .c'mtrl"utor u the great Wiz
Review c,'at: ls.sc.. IN tie northern mctrupl-
is. i "Hr 3! account 0f' his supposed c.n-
ncction with tie .Eiiahur.h Review that
be incurred tIc wrath # R.rgu. who. in tu.t
satire IN wh-h he first ct al! showed ii, pow
cr referred - .ganicai terms. to 'l,r e. .s>ic
iaitam, much renowned FIR Grc.k Greek
however, WE not the p"euiW stgiy i oar
historian, Wl-o st himself the tasl; Of l,arl4.-
ali the i.uroEeau languages Of Importance. a,
In" stepIln--s,pne TO an acquaintance Uirh
n. -. :..i az 'H,.'''e -.
=; ,'''' .'IH :" ,.,' IN mar! .32
fir,L 81. .,.r, '", ~ 1'''H ii '"1
marvel - Il E.,ild ti.at n, i.ro a-c Of Srvc.. h."
Il VA, an;f liz ! ,,,, 80 ~
the rap,s. y ,icb !, nrl,;.l,.I H. -; I.,o ~"
At lc,,in ra.,o n ,i,. y,r1 ,in g., .'.,i ~
hans. inc o:ea..,t of H. c..,I'. |''" =,
f Inc St,,r. nf Fur" ,lr.;'', 80, . ,t';r,
,a.,'a wrr,, viii i;,ba,,,., 7,,,,,.l Wv
r,,.jvo ana ., -, ,,,,.,,,.
,,r taste has 1ana ,L,,,,-,L . J',.r
In every PACE Of tbi, i,r,or, We a~c s,r.,.l.
viii, the mons ip,jr,.,rv ,rJ ,l,o
ti,u,.u.e,s u( the wrir,~ ,r;.irf !, r,io,, ,,;,i
lis S.garity IF ti.r,,bt and NTH e ,.,,,,.,.s;,
ton have r.. .,,rrI every work ,r,l,r,i H.,
him s,ln.Iar, II lis Eiul lIa y.a;,,d ,;,,,
years ana len ave - the w.,,J Lis .C'm.
.t,u,i,na' I',.,r,. Of Eu,,,pJ f.',,,, ,Lc 49,
ca,.iyn of ii,arv Wi - t1c J.,,l, r. c..