New-York tribune., 1873-06-20

wrongdoing. Ia this cruise tAe poet became
more intimate than ever with Admiral F.r-
m mt and it was noted that they we're always
closeted when OF duiy. IN 20 oio"hon. @ n,t Hao & %as
fifc Student the aghtng Admiral, who had been able
10 give but little time 70 books Iouhu
frank-hearted openhanded sailor the rather reurini
and sensitive poet found friend Who tooH nm ts'is
into his great heart, and, charmlaS away H'' "''''
Al the close of the cruise during which he hld visited
all the prominent courts aud cities ln Europe bt'
returned 10 East Hartford tnd maze 1l. one iN"i i
public appearance This was iu Juy, ls'l' NleA "a n5
attended the third annual reunl1n OK me " Army an"
Navy Of the GuL" 20 Newport, 2 l. Heie Ae - -
poem entitled "Gulf Weed which ehrdPtdiet .i'.
memory of bis old CHIEF and nearest f nd te AInrI'
who died last reunion OF tle society. IN
have space only FOR a few stanz,s
The Hips El rot % dast and 'As aaauons 'rae 70 rust
IN, si.l not -le ihst sraHi 'al pafs 'ea'3l'
"1;.e VIE ae at,.r. ave @ H-e upon '.e '.oin, ll. .-5,
the irou5el boar 'tvs not r rank power
Nor even Tor The fzue be Won and wore SO Hei-
B4i .o' E'elon 5o r.d 1eI .s.i s,aI r. 'a @ ol % @ m a
rT deei become, the great more -han reward state
.1 NJ, 4, ,I,s ,3i sect ,g t,s IA .r-s,rr, deck
Than the louorsi guest Of emperor or queen.
"what thoagh weeds he wo-ro-1igh, Es VII mourn
,1e l,e ol, r . ;ora 1 bat raro9s s s Won
love and honor shlI crown biz grave
TIE MANNER or HIs DEATH.
In August following the delivery Of this poem Mr..
Browneu felt rho symptoms Of the disease-cancer-
by eminent surgeons and his suffering IN measure re-
eved but for months before MS death his pain was
nexpressble although ne bore II with martvrke firm
ness shutting himself MP alone when he felt that le
an fs72 and his remains we're buried few days later
the quiet cemetery at st Hartford, tn sight OF the
whose waters he had been wont % spend hours IN
nusing NJ he rowed or sailed. Mrs FIrrlgu who was
upon his grave and the frame thereof yer the only
distinguishing mark Of his resting place though hs re-
artra atvIfin
quest viii bear nothing but h- name.
he man really known by very fe", htt thn'e
who dld know him loved him with sucn love G- I'W men
are ever fortunate enough % receive. tWrt-lis H'-
tachment instance OF this; rhat feit oy the at
the most eloquent that Connecticut ever sent 70
Congress. may be cited as another. Demng hFed ln
Hartford. and before the lad known Brownei nut
during and after the that they became int-
mate B1th great readers. alike interested IN psychQ
logical studies and the phenomena OF mesner-sn spirit
uaIsn. etc. comrades IN the and In the society ot
the Army and Navy OF the CUR the Two grew very near
each other toward the close Ot their lives. one DAY Do
the last Autumn OF the poets life, Col Demlng came 0
the invalid, whose sulieIuss were SO great Jhtt
left the Within a very short time thereafter,
DemIug died OF apopiecuc attack three weeGs ueIIe
death DE said very quietly Very probably 4e Wall De
the first man / small mc-t'
HIS CHARACTER AND ITS BEAUTIES
most devoted son and tender brother, ana one hold
so dear 20 those who lid know him. seems no first glance
surprising chat he should have been the general ta
vorte that his eonsderate ways gentle manners. and
rch learning might have made him. That ne not SO
70 be attributed his great modesty and shrinking
from uOtOrey, 90 s l0dJhlug Ot sham ana pieeIse Oh
said of uim TINT man ever bore MIN grudEe, ana
that in the village where he lived and died there were
none uut spoke wen oI NM III ne ud not -teh 20 curry
with the Masses never luItuIlulALl WLun-eA
anv man. Lacking a little the New-E1g md knack FOR
money making. he ref Used repeated oilers 70 Vie ana
10 lecture Jt promised rich CON pena&tOu, writing onJ
when lc tlt tuat IJ was h MN Jo Wl.c anu l-tl lc
must 1ve utterlnce 10 ms teehE dAd iar,.e'- Ie tp
what might bee OF pecuniary return. Yet no man
Lad greater horror of 4ebt, dnd ne never c0hldclel All
Obligation of that kind without knowing when 1ul now
he could It. His maternal property, his navy p'y
and prize money and what his publishers sent mIn SUP
pied a h!s needs lis ice'l5 OL cAdIIy were u4lIo'
uut hc never parided tem Two Instances VI JLa Wl-
show what manner of man he was.
Que cloudy afternoon very old woman stopped az his
house begging. Giving ler rest money, anu l1ou ue
asked her e sriultOu She said She on ler way 70
Providence, and blessing nm, departed. a. uour or
ater heavy storm came I'D, tndJ troubled i5rl"'
ell ~ Mucn as ht tAOuiL Ol tue poor ou "V'4 .Auh
aud following the Storm overlook her hve miles on
and drove her tne nearest railway station, ~nere he
/ bought her ticket 70 her destination.
Tae other Instance was the death Of John Beehe,
nose Tuesed and romanticaly beautiful "JOshuas
Rocks" winch Oyerhang the COnneclcut IN the upper
the Brownells Iad visited the Old patriarch Whrner
who soreiy afic ed by the deatho OF hls sOni"
that his Wi.e wrote To Henry BrOwue and begged Jat
hr would write some verses about " john" % comfort
the Old man The result was a most touching htt.e
lyuc Al Rest which should not longer DE kept from
A .reat reader with n marvellous memory, he once
quoted the whole or Tsuuys0u's Maud" after having
cen the poem Dut lie cared more Tor what Lc
said tla uJW e sad DO. Hence Ia LIS poetry fire.
Quenty sacrifices smOoJhlcsa JI style " strength OF
expression Bur has written Ot our late War any
l0tr- thlt can compare with uis in combining power
of description aId iIltnfuuess Ot narration Wu deli
cacy c ling anu real pathO lterspcrsed with uAaAe,
genius IN very ruth, Ae was TIE ar Laureate,
and as such De first welcomed 70 tie AOmes OI
1l Ic.rre IN i1Ee tl, nan a. Wei, as 10 4d.re the
poet MS death many Of them have written touch
lug letters 10 family, and A4drcA has paid Al-
memory a most appropriate poeuc- tg-Ju5o ~ TIC
.. ID 4
A RELIGIOUS NAN But SoT \ RELIGIoSIsr.
II only remains speak Of his religious belief n the
sense IN which the expression 10 too often Used he
not "a religious belonging 70 no church ana accept
ing no creed laid down by Yet his whole life
devoted the study OF the great questions OF right and
wrong aud In the Man Nazareth he saw the model Ot
the highest human lie. Recognizing IlLl, purity ana
clarfy wherever he saw IT, l0athng Of all things yrau-
uy aud oppression, despsIug hypocrisy dreadlng the
Llc0u OF pain and ueEFOualy sensitive ~ tue etnss
of others vet possessing the highest moral courage
carried him Uuaunod through tue horrors Of battle
aud Of personal physical suffering, ana uns@erN ugy
through attempts to change hls belief, Henry BrOwnel
ygas mol man 10 profess one thing and do another
he prOiessed what lac dd not OeAe'e, AID
did not flil in living ny % what be prOiessed
IL 90 do what yOu believe De right and never tO give
up your honest convictions or Thought To exercise
te fullest charity toward the belief Of others ana 10 snow
heart lul VI tender synpatAy for the sulering ana me
lOWy, marks he religious man, Jheh Nc was Ia lle 1Sh-
est sense religious. he ever remembered not 10 hate
the sinner lid the sn, but welcomed tue lrsJ evil
dence of On his death bed nc left not an
enemy but rs has legacy 70 the world an unpublished
poem on The e, which imDued with TIC thought tAa
he had previously expressed, that
" There Tor al 10 Gods free sky
friend OF Home the medium, and an ardent student
OF tIe phenomena displayed IN that gent.emau's
,aarcps, he never manifested any weak creuuhty ia
,plrtualIsm sO-cailed, bat hei,i firmly Co the faith
tItf while there are strange things IA heaven
and earth tlau dreamed OF IN our philosophy yet
tnat he dOeth who ve the closest % what he really
believes honest, pure and true. In this flltn le lived
and in he died and this Is that leads all who knew
him. who knew moreover his iaitn IN Divine love for
All MS creatures, believe that at his death ue was
welcomed home by" Christ the crucified."
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.