New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-02

| ,s RENE
/ no,nar int that pun was hurled at my head; tii
! =" comp,ete my annoyance, two young devils o
! Ministers who began just 20 crow ~ the ART IKE
l young ban, ans penned me up In corner az yea
| party, and did 30 bcpnH me, that was reouceu W
rb,oiote stupidity. FASTENED home prodigiOusly IN
di.posed took to my bed, and wac only roused there
| from by tho sound Of the breakfast-bell. have
,ufcred more or lees ever since; but thank heaven
il is complaint of which few die, otherwise should
lie under DO small apprehension. Your message &C
/ the elegant shall be faithfully remembered
- - bas sent hin handkerchief OF yours
which she happened accidentally TO have Win ber
expect 10 see him wearing il in his bosom, or on bi'
| hat. or perhaps as nigtt-cap. lie still re'aips
spark of faithful recollection, and was particular IL
his inquiries Of Brevoort, whether you were not II
low q siiis. lie called on me two or three timcs
and on him, but could not find each other al
| home; by good fortune, however, L overlook DIN
yesterday he treating bis legs to al airing IL
Market street. As hold those ponderou5 supporters
of his body in 70 inconaderable estimation, WE
particular iu noticing their appearance ana hi hapPy
~ cay they are in state OF toeIable prosperity,
tboug they have rather II pensiye aspect, o"ii's,
sapp0se to the weight of misery ana Car Ass tney
have to undergo (mesning vanous pun, Iol M "; - y
uod forgive me.) The dear dos, was very 'o,inf - -
his ,alutton and made several kinds OF PWSeJtcf'
iug questions. W,re there not several ladies' cominb
on rom New-Yofk1 No! The reply was hee
gmilotine it chopped off his hopes and is uesti.
at ore stroke and the unhappy - rehpseu inso
| n,
such thing mslite IN my compostloi,' s''u ~ E
d5arly to make every body happy, AdVseu n,.n ~ -,
make New-YOrk Wit. lie expressed VIZ" W Wv Nv
so. begged him to 60 with me; De wah'eu 49,
how soon | should go; this could hot 'eh, "I ~
stnv depends entirely on NY wiD ana my Poeh,,'
ho seemed to listen to tho proposition MN eo"ta
oency, and it sLall go hard, but you VIII nave ni''
pulling ana lumb ring about your pador III the couse
| OF week or two. -, h,.
I have been introduced to Mfs D by hor bus-
4 I 81 .o.al all thar | link oil he YOU
,yould accuse me of nv yperbole but TO sy tbai au-
miro her would be too cold too feeble. tllhk S.'
would be a belle ia heaven ITSELF cahI'ol Ie',"n
from gazing on her continually wiencVcr i nlec, hci'
and were an eastern visionary, shouio DO" Gown
and do her homage Of the llodIis deril cd 10
perfect the blis Of true believers. his is all non
es, sober fact, whatever you nav think of II:
shall wait OH Maria with your mestage' ueHeNe g
she has apcipatd your project, Us we have ds'' icu
one Of your Handkerchief III her IOrsesfon, be-lurs
mir Of ear. .rinls comb, a bresst-pin. &c, viii II
Hiss - declares belong 10 different members "
tie family Maria has conioescd pair OF sleeves,
and have strong susI iiOns of bonnet.
You need not be under any nppreheI sions OF iny
forgetting New-lork while you are III 1t very k' d
COM limentl; Int have many engagement %"
hand, sm so iDtoler,bly admired and nave si''i 20
much nouey IN my rocket. that 1 really can ii% 10
time when shall return 10 my New-iorA ihti, M
canoe.
iear shall miss tie post, 20, though have
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,ilv conclude wi my warnest remembrance 10 your
family and feryent request ior al ''ln''"'' "'''
p. S.-Asyour mamma il so kindly soliciious about
INV health do not let her know oi my beng 80 Fip-
lstly indsposed With this yuH fever par lcuHfl 81,
feel my.eil OF the recovery since have read
tbnl e,tiinabe work entitled "God revenge Heiunsl
pubning.'
The romance of Mr. Irvines early life has often
been alluded 70. but the details Of that event.ni
episode in his experience have never before been
published. We extract the whole chapter which
contains the touching narratye;
The history OF New-York WIS far advanced to-
ward iir onpletion when Mr.. Irving was called 10
encounter n blow which LIT him for while niue
heart for bis work, and probably gave color To is
whole future existence. For some months past, Iie
partiality with which be had regarded the second
daughter Of Mr. Hoffman Lad deeper ed into aseiipn'
passion aud the point to which all bis hopes were
turning Law in a union with her. lie was not ore,
however TO have been easily iustigaed 10 tie impu
deBce of involving another III his own III Nlhou'
some " sober certainty of incoms p" tllnk, be
writes in one OF bis later letters. "these cary ana
noroyident marriages. are too opt 10 break down tie
sririt and energy OF "a young man, and make him
bard-woiking half-tarving, rcp ing aiiinh hll his
days" Sometimes his sense OF the imprudence of
early matrimoDy, where tire lover J. without The
means of maintaining a wife, would appear III
lul tlI lllltlldllun. ftiIl i4th iu 'hi 'pNhbNf
he wonld saw "thnk il great cXtravagance 10 set
up horre and carriage without adequate means, but
they make account OF Hcliug ny vile aud iainl-
/ w. which il far more expcuslye.' But IN pr"por-
ton he felt the imI providence oi such atep III We
same degree DID he feel his precaIous tec'e
AID lie necessity OF betioring his condulon Ills
letters to Peer. Of this period, unfortunately
o, but the plies Of the latter have been preserved,
IN show what uncongenial plans he WAS sometimes
revolving TO advance bis fortunes. " am averre,
FL. I,.fi i.ft IlN.rIDsl
9, 1909 "to any eupeIcargoehip, or any hing that
may bear Won 10 distant or uniiieudy cin.atcB.
would not take one ol those Cursed lndis vOyGget-
Lardly--for young fortune Other le;teFr contain
Inim.tions Of hls relining at beng unemployed III
some means of steady livelihood; aud oil lanr d
uurposes which were pafsing through hs mind eyl-
denly pointing to advantage which might place
him IN a condition 10 huk aLOtber's fortunes with
/ ! il own. Ia the midst OF tAese came the blow by
" ich the dearest hope OF bis lie was forever over
I thrown.
\ Matilda Hoffman, The desliued shaIer Of lis lh in
lie elo.ed Ler brief existence in the City OF New.
York. on The 2Gh Of April, 1909, in the e'hiecnih
wear OF her age. Though not dtZzling beauty, she
is described 40 lovely III pertOn ana mad, o The most
ls.tle sud engaging mnnLeIs ana WIN sbtlbiiiy y
mat mingled gracefully with delicate and playful
hunor. H. lettel 10 Washington, written lutt after
the tidngs Of her death had reached bim, Peter bst
this sllurion to her: "May her gentle sTiut have
touud that heayon 10 which II ever reeued to aVper
tan! She was too ,polless Tor this contaminated
world" / "A an indication Cf tie depth of the M.
thor's feeling this subject, TINT he never alIu ed
to this pdii 0f Ls hi tory, or mentioned The lne OF
Matilda even 10 bis most intimate friends; but alter
lie death, in a repository Of which he always keIi
the kew, "a paCknle wns found, marked on the out
tiue piiyaie Ieus.;' from which he would seem
10 hays once uubosoned himself. This memorial
was "A fragnit ut d sixteen consecutive pages, oi
which the beginning ana end were missing, aud II
bore the impress II being transcript, " ch he bad
rot.iued from letter written as fur back as the pub