New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-13

cessay in fulnment OF an obvious duty Ho was not
person whom It Is desirable TO cauonize
The OF his thoughts was Soloreu ohd the action OF
his mind was controlled during tue neat part OF his exs
once by animal northumberland ihls excitement was
Informed nv no intellectual prudence 80 wholly dill he
believe I'm himself and so entirely ala he nnd the rude
mob I'm sy npahy with him, that he never till the sad
o, hogan 10 Gather over his pathway took In the idea
OF being wholly in the wrong. II he ever imagined
state OF things that he could deem TO be
| properly adjusted. Erwin Forrest was Its CEN
tsr In youth and early manhood no was
bcsterous sensual, revengefu and pIonigae. In age
he was misanthropical. He was capable OF good inn
pulses and Kind actions, but the impulses were often
checked by dsrust aud the actions often prompted
aud nodded by selfish aims His vanity was prodlgiou
He thought himself for many years, the greatest OF
TORS and of men, The least expression OF dissent from
his opnion or OF disapprova OF what he had said
done would sting him into outburst OF fury, mad
den him 10 a long fit OF suen resentment Tie idea that
under any conceivable circumstances, his powers could
decay or his reputation decline filed him with wrathful
dismay Carl azure OF himself, matter how delicate
nor how funny, he could not admire His personal pc
culiarities were be held sacred and laugh
al them-yet. unhappily some Of them were among the
most lau ghablo OF comic attributes OF selfpoise
scous rectiiude, patience, and meek submission be did
not possess a particle Nor was his intellect broad
enough to afford him consolation under the that
his vanity so often received. All his was to
shut himself up in kind or feuda retreat and grim
olusion he brooded upon himself as great genius
misunderstood. and upon the rest OF the world as
sort of animated scum. This an unlovely nature
but mingled In II the comprehension AMI the incp
tent love OF goodness. sweetness beauty, great man
ings, and benehcent IDEAS He know what ho had
missed whether Of intellectual grandeur, moral excel
ence the happiness OF the afodionsand in the soil
tude Of his spirit he brOOded upon lis misery The
OF this commended him to sympathy when no was
living and it commends his memry to our respect in
death
IN MEMORY-THE LOr0S CLUB.
At a meeting of the Directory Of the Lotos
Club held last evening The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Resofred That the news OF tho sudden death OF Mr.
has been received ~ the LOOs Club with
feelings OF profound SORROW, for in him we have lost
one of the brightest ornaments 81 the American stage;
man who Tor nearly half GENTRY has Illustrated the
highest creations OF dramatic genius by his eminent
abilities presenting remarkable OF originality
aud of answering fidelity to bis profession; and that
as club largely composed Of TIE representatives, OF the
drama, his death touches us mostnearly.
ReSOrcd, That tender our heartfelt sympathy 70
the lutves aud personal friend Of the deceased His
death alone converted tr homes into aces OF
mourning, but brought grief into every household
where the dTa ma is loved and revered. HIS lasting
monument will be the memory Of his sublime Geliuca-
lions OF the highest types OF character on the modern
stage.