The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-12

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tenarian.
Among the deaths registered ct the Bureau OF Vita
Statistics last week IL that Of William Daily native OF
Kilereen Ireland who died at his residence No. S3S
East Sixteenth street. In this city, at the advanced age o.
hundred and six Daily born in the year i7oo
Of compact build about five feet three incnes
in height with large well developed head and cnes
high forehead and very intelligent expression OF iace
In early life he worked hard and for many years pass
temperate and abstemious. In Ireland ne was an
extensive farmer and held positions of responsibility and
trust but sudden misorune, late in life, led him to fol-
low to this country his daughter who had been residing
here number Of yeara He emigrated to New York IN
Is4s, and has since resided in this city, leading
quiet and rather inactive life. This removal from
his native island he often thought unfortunate for
him. and he often expressed the beief "that woua
shorten his life" At home he had the reputation OF
being the strongest In the county where ne
was always quiet and peaceable man, but with mig
of justice which led him to protect the weak and
unfortunate he retained remarkable degree OF phy-
steal strength until the last few months of his life the
powers Of his mind remained unimpared
personal appearance he until the attack Of disease
might well be passed for strong robust man OF seventy
HIS eldest daughter with whom he lived the last
eighteen years Of his life Is nearly sxynne years OF
age but looks like woman of fortyfve TO 1fty Daily
married twice. first after he had attained the age or
thirty He had seven children all by his first wife,
Three of his children still living He had sister
father attained the same age He frequently mentioned
his having been permitted to shake hands with George
the Third.
sleeper As back his eldest daughter can remem
Der he has required but very little Sleep frequently
sleeping but three hours in the night, sell
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his final illness he used tea and coffee, but OF late
wears seldom ever tasted alcoholic smulants of any
kind Dr. H NJ Field, who was his attending physician.
says, Lke Dr. Parr our patient kept his pipe alive TO
the ast For tho latter part of his life he took great
interest in reading and hearing read the history OF the
American Revolution, many Of the events OF which he
distinctly remembered as contemporaneous with his
early life.
Count Adam De Gurowski.
All Bohemia still mourns for Gurowsk and hunts to
obtain possession Of the immense Of valuable
scripts including correspondence with emi0ent men,
and of course DIARIES embracing shrewd opinions,
in caustc language, Of public characters Gurowski
wrote letters to everybody, but few public commit
ted themselves on paper addressed to Gurowsk for fear
Of next seeing them in print 1t is probably the few
who indiscreet enough to write to the old critic
who bescgng his empty attic in the hope of
erng their lost letters We told that his literary
mains to he edited for the benefit Of only daugh
ter If arranged and edited sharply the dia
res of the late Count they will be worth having
Gurowsk was a character whom 1t is pity to lose
He to the little society that knew him what the rel
ishes are to dinner He had extraordinary learning,
learning Of such character enabled him. while being
pedantc, to still be practical. He was philosopher
without being transcendentast Not merely educa-
ton but experience made him WISE He read character
as book, and understood not merely men, but peoples
Of character and impressed himself upon all classes
and minds, even upon those who called him eccentric,
and lifted him as an enthusiast HIS struggle In youth
and early manhood in his native country was for an
idea-his enthusiastic idea Of universal libery-and he
made nim , slave to his false idea OF freedom
country and found the liberty for which he had been
seeking Lying around oose in such profuson that he
didn't know how to appreciate and enjoy IT, and hence
ran off into abstract ideas of freedom and somewhat
graded hts liberty into license Gurouski in Europe
was sort Of Don Quixote who went about crossing
ances with knights Of all nations and all beliefs II
was enough for him to know that his foeman worthy
OF his steel He managed in some way to bring
about the dispute-the quarrel necessary to the
hght-the difference In opinion necessary to the
argument In this country Of much license he
Arab and went about in the manner with his hand
against every man and every mans land against him,
lished during war ia full Of such tilts He threw
sharp lance seldom heavy ono, but they penetrated
deep and LETT always the fostering wound behind. He
made no friends and boosted only of that Of General
Wadsworh, who was the only man he never abused He
mourned him with sincere regret He had great q
disgust Tor constituencies as for the propretes He crt
csed all aike-high and low-and bestowed alternate
praise and blame on everybody He generally hogan
with praise and ended with satire; and satire, unfor
tunatey, full OF malice, but honest malice. He scowed
every Vino he condemned and smiled he drove
home his lance His inconsistency was after ALL the
true consistency Of great minds which deal with
events as they occur and events are always
changng always presenting new phases, arguments
as II were, TO change tho minds Of impartial They
who are always consistent In opinions which depend on
events are merely stubborn, not consistent No greater
FOOL exists than the man whom events cannot convince
and change. And thus II happens that Gurowski felt
called upon occasionally to change his opinions Of men
the men whom he mentions are In the present light Of
accomplished events very generally and admi
rable What can he finer than Gnrowsks 'picturcs on
little, in line; In fact Of Chase Wilson, Sumner and
Adams or the latter before he tho OF 81
James he says "Adams has shown In the las, Congress
his scholarly classical, narrow. mindedness. Wilson,
of Massachusetts,, was TO his mind ga Of the
people, but too mercurialn Senator Summers great
aim he writes Is to be considered as having left tho i'm
print Of his mind on the legislation OF the country
noble ambition; but rather Unfortunately carried
II would have been better for him IL Sumner had
clusiveIy restrained himself 10 the role OF Wbsrforce
and had given up the attempts 10 lecture his colleagues
on each and every subject. Senator sum
attributes to envy his anomalous position with
best the republican side. He cannot understand
that IL Is his scholarly pretensons which render him
paa table to his cOeagues: His cold rhetoric
envies him his fertility IN random quotations.
And how neat the last touch he gives him-'1 have It
from very reliable source, tina; Mr.. lincoln considers
Sumner TO be not very entertaining" He exquisItely
calls Chase the Eat pompous and passive patriot
and gives this as comparison between Chase and
Seward: -.Chase and Seward deardearng each other
Amusing Kilkenny catsi At this game Seward will
have the best OF Chase, who IL not match for tricksn
When Lorenzo Thomas Adjutant General was oppos-
ing the promotion Of the foreign officers Gurowski took
his revenge by calling him the 'back spot the
department" When Thomas went to organizing
black regiments this name which stuck to him, was
stu more justly applicable. In his criticism
or diplomats, politicians and warriors he was
equally correct and very seldom mstook clouds for
camela Writing OF the warrior who failed, he talks thus
Of tho pedantc Hacck.n ''Ths Halcck Ia utterly un-
NJ for the duties Of chief OF STAR rather general ds
Jour- and his uniituess 10 intensified by his III will and
envy. . Just the man 10 be academician
In an academy Of Summers foundation.
Halleck's written orders remarkabe-not for their
cearness and precision. but for the cunning OF petty
lawyer Rosecrans autographed 10 head
quarters that he cannot send any troops Grant, and
that n he (RosccransD 10 10 attack Bragg, no must
have endorsements Answer: " DO what you like,
your own respons ibility." IL Lincoln-Eal.
lcck could create military department on the moon
they would instantly send thther troops and
major general 30 strong Is their passion 10 break up the
armies into frngmentary bodies.
Al last the Counts patience with Halleck like that Of
everybody but Mr. Lincoln, who said that Hallcck
had not single friend In the country he Mr. Lincon)