New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-18
rebellion on the eide Of virtue IL revolutionary, de
stroys all the old landmarks, must be cruoifed.

pc,ience. knew of Ills career, though We had not |
net He had wished aud attempted, perhaps pre-
maturely, TO make bis fine genius Of definite use. |
He wanted to make the nations prayers; but the
Swergeriies pronounced biz prayers Paganism. He
wanted TO put the nations hottest thoughts into
poetry; they called bis poetry impious. lie wanted
to rtr ND the Young men of his day to franker stand
on the side of genuine liberty, and keener hatred
of Slavery, and so to uphold cbiyalry and herosm;
the cynical people scohed, they said lie wouid ge'
over his b0yish folly that lie ought TO have ved De-
fore Bayard or halfway through the millennium,
but that the kind of stuff TO preached ana wrote
with such unnecessary fervor did not suit the nine
teenth century, "a practical country ana pra ~
cal age.
We have some further hints before long on
the same subject, which serve to complete the
sketch of man evidently after Mr. Winthrop's
own heart.
zee Brent every step and every moment. lie was
a model comrade. Camp-liie tests man thoroughly
Com Ion toll, hardship, peril and sternly common
riaticnm Of pork, dough-cakes and coffee sans every
thing, daily ordeal OF good nature. Ii Is not
hard for two men TO DO civil across clean white
tableoloth at clnb. If they feel dull, they can
etudy the carte; if sriteful they row the stew
ard If surly, they middle themselves cheerful;
ii they bore each other, finally aud horelessly, they
can eXcharg e cigars and part for all time and still be
friends not foes. But the illusions OF sham good
fellowship vanish when the cute du lour 10 l'orc
frat an H0ture Ganpera dtscyet,on and cgjt rten,
always tie same fare, plain days or lucky days,
served on IA blanket, ON tie ground.
Brent and stood the test. He was Il model COM
rade, cavalier, poet, hunter naturalist, cook. Ii
there was any knowledge skill craft, or sleisht-of
hand or BRAIN wanted, 1t always seemed 8s if bis
whole life had teen devoted to the study to gain
il. lie would spring out Of BIS blankets after a
night under the stars, improyise q matn song 10
l.uciier, sheteh tie Mornings view into cloulaud
and the mornings earthly Logizon, take a shot at "a
gray wolf book new plant, bag new beetle, aud
lhen reclining ON the lonely psire, talk break
ias, whose Boyer be bad been, 30 full vi Eden,
Syharis the loloCausts OF Achilles, the triolnia
Ol LuCuilus, the automaton i0birs OF the pil de
! Ba.uf the cabinets 81 the Frerer Provencnux aud
TIE dinners of civilization where the Wise and the
Witty meet to shine and sparkle for tue beauti
ful, that our meagre pToyeIder suffered change
Z INTO eOmethug rich AMI strange ~; the flakes VI
fried Ivrs became peacOcks tor gues, every quot
81 tongh toasted dough Col ~ rent, and the coffee
:.,t never SAW milk or n,gscCvadO q OWNER poT-
ridge ,han ever was slipped on tie sunny submits OF
olympus Surh magician is priceless. Every
object, when he looked az il, seemed 10 reyolye
about and exhibit l's bright side Diiheuty skulkeG
away from hin. Danger covered under his eye.
Nothing could damp his enthusiasm. Nothing
coulS dfepeh his ardOr 10 drowning his energy.
he re.er qrowled, never skrlked never SNAPPED,
~ y. tiiuchel FROSTY NJ his on TIE Sierra trc. 20
cr,,no him: iogpy molnines in the valleys did ;heir
,yorsi 10 chill him; showers shrank his buckskins
and soaked the machee.s u lis saddle to mere pulp
rain pelted bis blankets III the biyouac I'll he was
uo,a island in a muddy lake. Bah, eienienis Try
il on A milk-sop! not Oh John Brent the invuluer-
nile He laughs In the ugly rhiZ OF Trouble. Hit
somebody else thou grizzly child OF Erebus!
Brent was closer to Nature thsn any man ever
know. Not alter the manner ot an sftEt. HE
orfi-t can i.Idly escape certain tecuuicalty. lie
looks 2, the world through the speciacies Of h.
sty.e lie loves mist and hates sunshine, or love-
h. ok, put ,hunks from the gloom OF forests prime
val or adores meadows and haystacks, aud breads
+ the iAr-swecIiug plaza ana the soiran snow-l eak
Even toe greatest artist runs risk. which only tic
greater than greatest oschpe, Oh suI;iug Nature e
ihe,u-elycs not thems Ives 10 Nature. Brent VIII
Name vas Ike yOuth with the maiden he love-.
She war always lis love, whatever SIC c0Gid do
however dregsed, il clouds or sunshine, unCdaEsing
fair. in wtaiever mood, weeping pr fniing, ~ Ter
svee'e.t; grand, bealilid Tor her grandeur tcIdef
leautiinl 10. her ten erncssi supple lovely ioT no
,in plcifv: careless. prettier than II he We're mn
ana .ftfel; rough potent and impressive, bar are
QUEEN.
But We must not omit the picture of the
heroine, who, strangely enough, fret comes t.
light in Mormon caravan vi English eml- !
crasts. who nrs plodbgg their way through /
the desert to the glOries Of the lat.ef'do! /
saints on Great Salt Lake.
In an instant the lady 10 sweetly hersldsi STEPPED
from beneath the hood OF the wagon, aud sprang TO
the ground IN more Duey aun ,hecfiu SVhse uih het
voice had promised.
Again the same subtle magnetism between her ana
Us. We could not have been more convinced Of her
right to absolute respect and constellation Il ehe
mad entered 10 us in the dutky light OF non Draw
Iug-foom or ii We had been presented ID due form
Al uic-uic OF the grsndest world, with far other
scenery than lhis Of - desart idle tenaned Ior
the moment by Mormon caravan. The lady, ike
her father fell that We were gentlemen ana inert
fore world comprehend her. She saluted us quietly.
Then, wasin her manner "a tsct and involuntary pro-
ties, against circumstances, Just enough Tor dignity
A vulgar woman would have snatched up and put ON
eli ,nsily a have.seen-belter-days air. This LADY
! snew herself and knew that she could not be mis-
taken for other than she was Her base background
only made her nobility more salient
! Sh. did not need any such background, nor the
contrast of the drudges and meretrcious Iigh's OF
III. carayu. She could have borne full iight WITH
out any shade. woman mt 70 stshd peer auong
the peerless. -. .:,;..
We had diyned her father rightly, US II ate war!
moved. Her voice has already hall disclosed her
cbsrscrer. Let her face continue the development.
We had already heard her called by her Christian
name, Ellen. That seemed TO Dring Us, IRON lne
tsoinninc into a certain intimacy with the woman
"A. womau sister, daughter, and TO subordinate the
circumstances Of the life, to he N future suggested
| lv the social name, TO the life itself.
Ellen, then, the unknown lacy Of the Mormon
caravan. was a higbbred beauty. EngIishwomen
Generally lack the tine edge Of such beauty Us hers
RI. owed her dark fairness, perhaps, 10 u Sicilian
bride. whom her Norman ancestor had pirated away
from some old playground OF Proserpine and brought
with him to England wnen ne sang ,oe'' A' 0'"'
There might have once been seorn IN the curve OF
her nostril. Not now. Sorrow snd pity had eau
Gated away the scorn, they had the tones OF chal-
leuge from her voice. Firnness se-respect, latent
iudignat.on, remained untouched. A strong woman,
o. bn,e nower WAS intense aI passionate. Calm, TILL
the time came. ard then flame. Beware OF arousing