The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-22
Obituary.

DeeD telegraph Inc deceased was porn al
Mont do Marsan in 1870 and the time Of his death
consequently in his fifty first year Being intended for
the army, BIO went through course OF studies at Metz,
having previously been pupil mt the Poly technic School
in Paris In 1854 he was sent as a lieutenant OF
artillery to Algeria, and remained there for
twelve years. During that time he distinguished
himself in a great number Of campaigns against
the native tribes, and in 1858 was promoted TO the
.ns Of Of e Ms n
owing TO the breaking out Of the Eastern war; and
named the second division Of the French army during
the whole Of the Crimeap campaign He was present at
the Of tho Alma and spoken OF in the highest
terms by Marshal st. Arnaud for his conduct that
sAson He afterwards tookan active part In the attack
upon the Msmelon Vert and in the na assault of ebas
opol during which he was severely wounded Upon the
termination of the campaign General Bosquet was ee-
waited W the dignity OF Marshal Of France and shortly
afterwards was decor By her Majesty with the Grand
Cross OF the Order Of the Bath.
DEATH OF MRS. CATHERINE GRACE FRANCES GORE.
[from the London Times, Feb. Al
The death OF Mrs. Gore Will excite lively feeling OF
regret great number OF readers, who indebted
her for many pleasant hour She died Tuesday last
at Iinwood, Iyndhurst, after week Of suffering
lie than that she the wife Of Charles Arthur Gore
the First Life Guards that at the time Of her death she
had attained the age Of 81 and that she of the
most brilliant women Of her me whose talk overrowed
with epigram and lest and whose most commonplace
marks were more witty than the best wit OF others
Her literary Ia better known although she de-
parts from among at the time when II least ap-
preciated Der descriptions of fashionable life not
50 highly estimated now as they were when that species
of novel had q certain amount Of originality nor as
they will be hereafter, when through the lapse of
time her descriptions will attain somewhat Of the
dignity Of historical pictures For the oment we are
tired Of fashionable novels and inclined perhaps
derrate the great mistress of the but If any one
viii sit down quietly 10 consider what Mrs Gore has DONE
and how she has dono IT, he escape having very
exalted opinion Of her powers, In the first place. he
viii be struck with tho mass of her writings. she has
written IRON sixty 20 seventy different works. extending
10 nearly two hundred volumes II Is a little library ia
Itself Her various publications followed another with
nccnceivabIe rapioty sometimes rate Of volume
n rata of er hopke Of than
ten at utmost speed-would Ill this column. But the
most remarkable point OF all this fertility that ia the
200 volumes there scarcey TO be found dull page
Mrs Cores wit nexhaustlbe. IL might not always
be wit OF the highest ORDER but II certainly
cheap wit which s obtained In any quantity from tho
torture Of words For h1most part took the form OF
sme; but her comparisons subtle and her alu
sions 50 swift that she kept the readers attention at
play, novel q sketch, the composition vas always
above mediocrity. Ana then for the nstterit IN
tercs,ipg while was new, and u will be interesting
again when IL Ia old some future Macsulay will turn
TO her pages for perfect picture or life We nnd
IN the upper crust of society Every phase Of IT who
possible tor a 30 haude she has desp,cted
with inmate fidelity which has al the merit CT frst
rate collection Of photographs. What DO ife
like and true not TO speak OF brancy, than such novels
Cecil" and "The namiltons in which sho displays
to tho height all her happy art OF porraying character
and describing mannersS such tales as these will al
ways fnd readers; but, though mention them ar
amorg her masterpieces one may take random any
her works, from her first, Theresa MarchmontD pub
Isned 70 iszS 70 her ias. which we believe, was "rhe
them clear cut portraure the most lively narrative
wit IN profusoD u has been objected that abe adopts
with too much sympathy tho tone Of the oety which
she paints and that her IDEAL Of life not lofty enough
This 10 but dsparagiDg method of stating which
from another point of may be reg Arded a merit
Most women apt 10 take the high poescal view OF
thrgs and 70 eas1re mankind by constant reference
70 this star dard that their heroes and herolnes
either angels devils Their aspirations very
teul hu: they are also very deceptive, and Mrs Gore
avoided tnom IN order teach the bomespun useful les
son II contenment she took mon and women az they
nd tbc sopor NJ 10 In nnI
evil happiness sand misery very evenly dis.
tri1uted m this world Tho Of domestic hsbi u
fancics himself, be sits BY bis lresile among bis
Oh loren better than his neighbors and happier than
king. The king among his courtiers fancies himself
zoo and wonders how he poor be hapJy eItnQ
6r sad and che,se with his sqnalng children. I, q
vort OF copen satons AMI Mrs. 70 had the COED sense
70 take y AZ u y, NJ mpathzipg with high life as other
writer's have sytapathyed with low life Whethsr she