, 1872-12-25

Personal lNccol1cc1ions OF 11r. Greeley.
The Hon S. S. Randall gives in the Chenango
a. y Telegraph 1eniniseences ct Mr. Greeley
As . fitting close to those ra.nEinS rem1nls-
co,,ces, / append tho following extracts from a
letter received from him in the summer of 1S49,
III response to one of condoleuce and deep sym
pnthy from myself and my family in the sudden
Young Greeley, beautiful and blooming boy
OF 5-the idol Of his parents adectonale
hearts, and most worthy OF their utmost love
fa1niliarly known in the family and among his
friends as little "PicEie: =
New YoRK, Aug. 4, 1870.
The loss OF my boy makes great
change in my feelings, plans, and prospects.
Tie joy OF my life was eonprehended in bis,
and do not now feel that any personal object
eau strongly move me- henceforth. 7 had
thought Of buying country placc--but it was
for him. I had begun to love flowers and
beautiful objects, because he retted them.
Nov, eli that deeply concerns mo is the evidence
that we shall live hereafter, and especially that
The rest seems subordinate and triaing. mean
to act my part while life is spared me but no
longer covet length Of days. II / felt sure on
the point Of identifying and being with our
loved ones in the world to come. would prefer
not to live long. AS it is. am resigned to
whatever may be divinely ordered.
L am not often sad, and suffer little. feel
none of that eating away Of the heart which af-
tcts my poor wifo aud makes ne apprehend
that she will not live long She has cried very
thoroughly Washing him, with dry eyes. We
had but q few hours to prepare for our loss. He
went to bed ns happy and hearty as ever; at a.
M, he wanted to get up, but went directly back
to bed, complaining OF no sickness; little past
3 he called again, and BOON the purgins and
this at 8, and I did not feel that be
was in danger till about l p. N, and at S
he died! His mother had bought him q fiddle
the day before, which delighted him beyond meas
by his delight at the idea OF coming up in the
morning and surprising me by playing on it
before I rot up. In the morning at daylight I
vas called to his bedside; the next day follow
cd him to his grave! You cannot guess how
golden and lovely his long hair (never cut)
looked in tho coffin.
We have lost four out OF five children, and
only IN infant left. Our last girl was over 6
months old; the other two we're infants. Pickle
was years old last March. So much grace, and
Wit, and. poetry we're rarely or never blended ln
so young child; and to us hia form and
features were tho perfection Of beauty. We
can never have such another child, and life will
not be long enough to etface, though it will
temper this sorrow. It differs in kind as well as
degree from any that We have heretofore ex-
perienced.
For the present, my prevailing sentiment is
TINT Of some adventurous Cortez or Pizarro,
who had burned his ships and most OF his bag
gage on al inhospitable shore, and feels that he
that have been heretofore derelict; but hereaf-
ter I feel confident that no fear Of personal con-
sequences can deter me from doing my duty:
Tho road before me. seems billy and heavy, and
I have less strength than I had; but shall
swing my pack soon. and face those1 meet with
as blthe countenance as ever. Kind regards,
etc. Yours, HORACE GREELEY.
S. s. Randall, Esq, Albany,