New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-06


the chord that wss touched IN the public heart.
ir Everett bad been vJrusying bright mtnIe age
american lterotnra and no proceeded. IN lines when
quote from mcmVy, and perhaps not Win exictness,
g u IN long sincsSl sa~ thom;
I, O scenes ihe t'ese htd rowing fhney led
And hope wss sa'teTed. =. tho pTosgte, spread
Fen now fl'r saw glorious Star bflse
Aud marke, n, futuie pathway up he skies.
Saw iis kDs inaueuce guiding follIe days,
And unbcr age, whkcnrd by II, rays
Bot Hesvs dread hand hath quelehed each senh lame
Tie elas Of genius and TIE Ugh! u idnei
Hath rired unwained that sbd and fatal blow
Which -obcs the forin- OF bliss in walls oil wos
The robleet reason and the warnIest heart.
Path yie.ds the priest With soIrow and complaint
Ara weeping virtue cnvies Heeyso the saint
SO brigh. .tsr, and so untinriy set
But Oh W Lsi papgs tho secret bosom Iend' ....
Ss~'gs,l. tfsn bleti TOO dars thy 10, sppears,
But ain look. n though sh am o,e Mn s 's
In nearer presence ,nd with nob.er powers.
60 with thy sire. for Bct ven, ~ judement hinas
The oil ain Of Gisl friendship spared TO nnems-
Or was that cord OF love 90 hney spun I'D
Tina, io.ned the terret souls Of sitc ond son.
That each unconscious, owned The fsteul oioNl 90
Aitar ur Buckuinsters death, the first time 'has 1
entered Tire room where bad BEEN used 70 see ~
ting aioouy his books, was IN April isle when s'ea
IL Ia attend 10 some rraDgcmerts for me TO Occpy
A. his successor 1t was 10 longer the fane " hed
been divided r.o two apartment ana 20 IL continued
rs long ns the house stood. Put had enc more 'pper
trinity Of SEEING 1t in something like the ancient iorn
On ~, oyenlue In October 1s.5, While workmen were
tes rre aovn the house climbed over the framework
Of stairs which had conducted 10 tho pace whe,e ~
schoolbey days Mr. BgssnsSI nad a'd hcS nov w.
mor.,l and the lights IRON tire negIboring houes re-
yched the chamber in the old proportions. should
have been alone but Tor cro%a z memories n, ,us
Whit Mr. RuckIHirster woald have become mac ume
been granite 20 realize the whole Of the rare promise OF
his few yeors woubl mol he profitable suect oi con
lecture What Is certain Is, that his short NE hiie
horne precious and impershable fruits Everything
about him was captvatBphi fnco his presence bis
voice his winning msDDers at once 30 graceful ad 20
hearty, his quick sympathy Win al thnes pea'.I ~,
his eQapt Accomplishments, his exquisite tast, Iis
precocious knowledge. it followed that Whatever ne
venerateI and loved ives Presented to other pnds VIVA
singular attractiyeness His enthusiasm ior the eh
celicnt was contagious. The religion for which he
pleaded was ene with all associntions hot male
seem honorable and lovely. lie inpersonstsd tne
6sau,y of holiness Some men and women sun i've 70
testify from their grateful memories and by the htpp
ness and Of their Christian li'es 70 the ian
once which lie e1cried; and far larger numbers Owed
to bin that IN their day they rendered the serVcesnnd
set the example OF which tie living generation Taps
Since his time. New.gnr,and has won recognized
place IN the realm of letters Looking back through
fny years I bod nothing to be more sure than That
much Of the impulse that has achieved that triumph
is 20 be traced to him OF whom make
this eesnliory record. An ndmirins eoup.ny o,
learning. Morton 1icknor. frothingham tue Evereis,
were among fhoto who came within tho orcls OF Dis
personal companionship. sparks. Prescott banorpit
fot the nilu.pce q further remove The more nuuer
Gus scholars who have WOE name IN later days have
known him only By The traditions Of their cireei tut
the propitiors atmosphere N which Their ssnins i~
been usfodet owes moro Of ~ Eourishing quality 10 no
other mind.
Avery Characteristic letter by the Rev. Dr. Samuel
Osgood Of this city presents striking por;raituEc
of rare man, whose decided Individuality made q
strong mark on q largo circle Of his contemporaries.
INV YORK, Nov 70 1862.
Ny DEAF SlR, Am most happy tohc allowed To Say
word ~ effect lonats remembrance Of my chcrish-d
friend aud csssmate the late Rev uturge T. simmons
knew HIN well. loved him mntb aud respected hin
even more.
He was brilliant but crps youth In Colleee eree,
orange whose tart uiccs gave tte promise Of what IT,
ripe sweetness would be- lie somewhat unsoci.
quite c-nsorous and scrncte- not content win the
ro!nt OF the tongue TO express s satire he borrowed
The help OF the pencil and tie cuicaturrs 81 is Fellow
students and Professors funny and lf' like enough
TO hove made his fortune ~ Q contributor ~ PancA.
lie was too with his pencil and skctched at
esy will the oldest and mcst original inps and elves
and bobgobins hat spenser. Holben or Goethe ever
dreamed VI.
Ito WAS always o strict rioraist hind Of good boy
ser The excellent mothers heart living very much BY
himself He hted 10 chat with bis classmates bat did
praois He was fend Of walking and think was
good hand o. base bal. and NOS backward among or
~ lTn.ners.
He was good scholar . fnir iinguist. good matho
ettre. scholar and elocuiiont the beet speaker BY
far fink In the class lie was always sppsISnuy
correct and pare. but toward the olcse u our cosu
life la became pos lively dcyouf. ara co'nmuhchbt o
hs church lic talked constantly III The SERMONS
preached IN the College Chapel especially those oi Drr
and War; ,@d II '. ys;s@ d
Iiyng and 10y lug he gave 10 me a. parting present
md which stiu prise sacIsdly aier lis holy hs and
death.
Simmons war the fourth scholsr In class ard II
was supposed from his vivid style and brilliant eocu
ion that no would he the most successful man OF oil tho
Iixty eight who ef; Harvard ~ 1872 10 did wcn but
never came w 10 tho expected marx and died without
finding an adequate sph6ie and bringing ont MI his
Cite He could OF old decls!n Shakespeare and Milton
xitb the passion Of Kean, and the majesty Of MscIca-
d. it med " us In Colleges yet he WA, In amer
years rather supdued and tender than kindlng and
pulpit orator lie read the scripture. and
hymns e1Qulsitey. yet even here purity and sweetncss
y tone were more obvious than ,rce Tire. II may
DO that in subdung bis somewhat irasc!be passions.
be slew them. anil instead Of tanning Destroyed the
fiery seeds that the superior intellect and viii need 70
carry them upon their long and weary and endangered
way He had gun powder enough IN his nature 10 have
,ert to It's mark any bullets that his rioh arsenal Of
learning and argument contained, but. fearful OF some
unhappy explosion he flooded lie magazine with water
milk and trusted 10 the sling and GROSS bow TO speed
he shaft home ~ its mark
In addition 10 bis severe dealing with bis rather quick
md rascble temper and over cooling OF lis native fire.
SIN mons had. III his somewhat unsooiAl ns1re, IN
obstacle IN the way OF his pfopsr influence with men
before hintcd be was lonely soul and did not need
IN most Of do. When DO sought them,
vas rot or the common level Of genial fellowship. but
On the high plain Of spiritual communion not on the
and at the table but in the library and The
Chapel Even bis p'ety wss somewhat lonely and |
shot up Oft Ike the PALM instead OF spreading Ike the
apple. His build Of body after the same manner.
and he was tal and spare with little funess Of muscle
or stomach. II seems 10 that uuch Of mans pfac
teal poEercertsnly his hunof and spirits arc seated
In his stomach and sympathetic ncrves and the genial
and Jolly Ireacbers who carry the popular heart with
theD Ike the Lnthcrs and Latimcr. not 20 speak VI
thunea nd kaV had
Of Juice Simmons was one OF the spare hind and did
not spread enough to connect him vitality with tho many