The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-26

Thsnas W. Thsrns& 81 New York.
We regret - announce the aesth Of enc q our oldsS
and most yespSvsea etrssna-My. Tsomss W. rsyne He
dsd yssterasy ~ hin rest1ensc IN this city. Mr. rnorne
psessduns u tAe National FIRE Insurance COMPANY,
and had held tAas sfoe for . number q years. he Sm
= sse ssvensy-Isurth year 4 hA 49,
Ds~tA Of Able H.s. the Traveller IN
On the Int OF August 1873 there wss born q TsAloe
Fr.ssS shnd destined V b enc Of .hs noss intrepid
Roman Oatholte Church. Evashts Rigs Hsc, TO whose
birth refer tha ecscsiAstlsal rsOks very
Aassl prtsse, s.d week nom the time Of his ord-
natsn vas hk vay 70 The masi,n a Macao. Arrived
spsisosi .sos@ss o. tho isnumsrsS popussoa Of mat
= he ps.ss, and oSssrvss shss the prioCp. nspira
aDases4uc nsttuons Of Thiset he conceived the bold
dea d Waiting the interior Of tho country and psne
VIZ es sss
and Seudadchmbe, converted native Of rather dubious
C9.sssnxy, - undertook the journey; al. sanderngs
i've years. durston he has recorded In hs "Voysse
1874, 1s1s q is4e" Tn,s IVES poSilshed IN various
Known 70 thc world. Seldom ever has . book OF
travels been written in which, while utterly free from
ne :s. n ::n Ne .ss ;..s
Ro1s ass sss
features q biz ssie Certainly few M men nave Sses
placed " : more psrilou: si.ussson than NJ. Hac.
world thst had hitherto been almost totally unknown
70 NE Western world. He examined into The mysteries
and oersncnies Of religion probably older than CHRIS
thny and throughout al his troubles and adventures
maintained An unvaryDg cheerfuncss and hope His book
contains statements which require large exercise OF
sus described 70 render probable that they are tho
work Of fiction, were not the authors character
'or ~ ns c,ss0 y, Hue "a: ~.
been surpassed and which, had occasion required would
have enabled BIN to endure the death Of triumphAn,
festival In honor Of Buddha, ct Of the Chinese
where he toppng anumbor Of devices performed
s ~ the wound ~h sx
Of the hand Aths simple Able could only expisn by
attEbutg 10 tho direct Intervention Of the devil
pous aroused a the thought Of such black
influencing The ignorant multitude He therefore, deter.
mined to nierpose and decided that q the hour when
altar and pubncy proclaim that the priests and
were that Buddhs was senselees idol, and
that the only true God the God Of The CHRISTIANS Had
Not some unexpected incident that delayed the Able
yond the hour Of The body mutatiop rites intsrvened
hvsIy nearly certain that Hue would have been Killed
Of the remarkable and charming books Of travel
written. In the year lS4s when China was the theatre Of
Pss rs ssauoU. Ssd sss En-
and IN 1851 be returned TO Europe After the pub.
sssaion q his Voyage en- r.r;srie he published 1.-THE
won for the Able prize in the French Academy. HIS
last work, Christianity In Chna,' written in 1857
Able Hue died few weeks ago. aged forty seven years
In many respects be the ardent pioneer OF tbs
Christian fah and the most adventurous and practically
useful traveller Of the present century real hard
work In the cause TO which he devoted his life be con
sheIed he deserves ciR hOnors from hs church.
more than thoee holy whose lives have been spent
10 passive pety In the cell convent II Is happy cir
stance for the reading world that he could sepsraa
the priest from the traveller the missionary from the ex
PloTer and could leave works Ia which his remarkable
discoveries and statements not buried among tn,
mars Of religious platudes that 90 much Of tbs
literature Of missionaries OF little interest to thos,
outsde OF their own Oh urch Pot
Colonel JAMS MONROE the third con or the late Hon.
Benjamin Monroe, died at his residence n Frankfort
Of consumption, the morning Of the Goth
Inst Colonel Monroe commanded company Of Kentucky
volunteers At The memorable battle Of Bnena vista ca
the d and 23d Of February lS4 and afterwards repre-
scented Franklin county In the Kentucky Legislature
RALPH B. RoxAKx died on the 18th inst. at Big Pond
FRANKLIN township. Bergen county. New Jersey He
SOLD Yer OF 1872 and sta toned u Sandy Hook H,
was hale hearty and jolly old man, aud
IN HE life until AFTER the late town election he took coil
Of the polk and returning home confined 70 his house
and died eight days afterwards He eighty years
old
Hon. wnIAM c. A. LAWRENCE, late Speaker Of IL,
House OF Representatives Of Pennsy vana died his re-
sidence in Harrisburg Sunday morning. His disease
was consumption.