New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-27

piece Of hear strangers talk about their
works and plunge With them at once IN msdss yes-was
70 Jacob pleasant recreation But In the last period
Nv mother and sister purposey seduced MIN frvm bic
writing abe from time 10 time for II uninterrupted no
would have written the long day through, and whom.
ninscG the failing strength Of old age showed itself
Possibly be might have remained with ~ years
ionger If he had labored less constantly. .F7
Toward the close his tights were 10 longer 90 good
az formerly. lie would wake, and be unable 10 sink
again 20 sleep. "How beautiful are the long Su,nne,
days. In which birds and rejoice themselves They
remind Us Of youth In which the hours uI,nk ~ Ign
the darkness Of Winter and Of old age Now am u
almost &c. end when lie seeess in my bed and watch
the sweet high, comfolis nae and swaksns th0usn' a."
These words were found written upon bit OF paper
IN his pocket-book. Hc had from hs youth pleasure
N lookng at the stars. In letter to Lachnlsnn laD
forty years ago he complains that through difference
In tie position OF ney chamber into which he bad
r9ved, he had lost sight CT the beautiful Pessdes
IL seomed as though be might stu contiups on thus
hrother Ludwig painter and professor IN the Academy
ct Csssel died he said Nov only reman, and quite
clone without tho thorTht occurring that his turn
would 50 soon follow While collecting his materials
Tor bis paper on "Oh Age" he received AZ present
ficnrcnss book sar Ia LsN9eci in which Is argued
That the asuol age Of men should be hundred years.
TO which be said jokingy il his intention himself
to live 10 that age. That he occasionally lay down for
few mluies sluDbcrcd ut his writing table. rest
ing NE head upon his folded arns-but only for mo-
Den WIS rather the effect OF normal call for rect than
o. iang strength for when he thought 10 necessary be
worked without ceasing lie had no presentment tha4
be 80 sudaenly would be forever interrupted. He had
mary PINS. lie wcnld work away upon tho Dictonary
tho AGrchen should have new iutroiuetion-tbs
next Volume c.the "WeisAanorr should be printed and
provided With comprehensive Introduction lie had
planned work upon German customs and manners. 4
book upon Ossan ley in the future and no doubt much
more, Known only TO him. TIE last thing which 10
printed criticism Of the work Of Jonckbost upon
Reinhard IN the "G0ttinger Anseigen;" this would
have been followed perhaps BY an article for the same
periodical upon Goethcs correspondence with Carl Az
gust found in bis table draw a newly folded sheet Of
payer with tie title OF thai work u beginning. To
this end no wished TO read Goetbes correspondence
with Fran ron Stein and requested me- II was really
goi.g 10 purchase tho work had proposed 70 do Il
irmediately The last work which he read was col
lection OF Greek "EaTchen" Of which the single sheets
had been sent him. ana which be read with great inter-
est making occasional eycerrta with his psnoD. he
usually Rad books that were sent him at oace and al
ways with pen and pencil in hand He has lef an end
less number Of bits Of paper containing Citations thus
made
"a nv fathers case Joeob before his last sick
moss Lad been greatly refreshed by short tom. But
soon after his return he suffered from an inflammation
of the liver ceased By taking cold This seemed 10 b
overcome snd nothing troubled him bat AZ
night By day he wouh read for hours In lis bed but
when night came fever set In. He advised " leave
his bed and thus arouse the desire for sleep but the
afternoon Of Saturday Sept 49, the second time be at
tempted H. as he sat by my sister at the window she
felt him sinking down upon her IL vas an apop'eotic
sbsck which affected The right side He sunk into .
ethargc condition with occasional waking moments
His leg be could freely his arm little bat hia
tongue useless lie often felt OF his right arm with
bic left hand ifeXaminIng his own condition. Ibis
lasted tho night through. Towards the morning OF
Sunday he evidently 70 himself turned his
eyes and n friends who with as were abont him.
seemed b understand what We said ~ him. and wos
worry rcstess We thought him already gone, when no
suddenly seized q photograph OF Wilhelm which lay
there with his sound haDd brought close 10 his cye
In bis old manner looked at IL some moments, and laid
again upon the bed On Sunday Sept 20 10 20 P. m.,
he brsa;bed his last. His final bed he bad bong since
fetold has been prepa ed beside that OF his broher.