New-York tribune., 1873-05-19

.,,,noo. q, tho Il, MD and the denunclations
o.' os ,ho timo.servog syere to Richard Hlldret
10 10 'n moro than idle ,babbie. The man was
utterly incapable of wrfN ing 1aiSenopu' anu II9l
equally incapable of srppres sing trutn: lii y,
manner had something of the d ''u s1'o'I' ~, ~
his historical style, but nobody W. Hno" ,D Wv
author Of "Archy Moore" ever dcA"' '"0
thorough benevolence of his nature
Very different in all save kndncs OF heart
was that servant of song, called all 400 soon
to listen TO the Eternal melodies. Can We
forget him struggling with the insidious DIS
ease which had marked him for its own; OF. en-
leaving his sick chamber once more to via
us; full to the last of love for his chosen and
beautiful art; gratified. in those days which
were numbered, by the production upon the
stage of that musical drama to which he had
given so much study; weak and weary, but
never despondent; always going from desk
to desk with q kind word or with an
innocent jest for those companions who were
so soon to see HIM depart in quest OF health,
with death only awaiting him in foreign
land7 We who live long enough must In
evitably hunger for lost companionship, but
it is the gentle and the genial and the gen.
erous that most we miss in this hard and
selfish world. None better than William ii.
Fry deserved the tender eulOgy which Hal
leck bestowed upon his own friend; for none
knew Mr. Fry but to love him, and he was
always praised whenever he was mentioned.
AS we dream, there comes before us the gro
tesque figure, sholt, uneasy, and bustlng, of
man volubly talking in English which it would
be a compliment to call brollen-the petulant,
dogmatical, yoluble Gurowski, generally called
the Count, for he had received the patent of
that degree of nobility from imperial hands.
He was man of great and various learning,
and of unusual experience in European courts.
But if his speech was disl0eated, his written
English was more so. His contributions to The
TRIBUNE upon foreign affairs were always
timely and valuable; but as they came from
his own hand, it would have been impossible
for us to print them. Long and sore was the
labor to reduce them to something like gram
matical conference and accuracy, and to relieve
them of polyglot superabundance of several
foreign idiOms. 1t was job of bushwhacking
which only the real value of the essays could JUS
tify. The Count, however, was the most unphi-
losophical of all philosophers. To dispute with
him was simply to put him into rage which
would have rendered apOplexy extremely prob
able, but for the hOrse-laugh into which anger
was pretty certain to dissolve. He was never
quiet until he died; and he may even now
be fiercely supporting his theory of races in
another and better world, where his Op-
portunity will be improved. since we may sup
pose that there all will speak the same Ian
guage and will be able to understand each
other.
We have spoken Of old members OF
THE TRIBUNE staff, whom all the world knows.
If we do not mention by name other faithful
servants, it is because they were better known
to us than to the public. THE TRIBUNE from
the beginning has been fortunate in securing
the services of many men who felt a personal
interest in its reputation and success; and If
this same good fortune is to attend us In the
future, we can afford to dismiss all apprehen-
sons, and confidently to trust in the public
discernment.
Something upon this occasion we might say
of the many memories which all these changes
recall. But journal cannot halt in the pres
ent, nor must it give overhead to the past
It's business is with the succession of to-days
which will constitute the great future, toward
which we look with just so much confidence
as honest intentions and an honorable ambi-
ton may properly inspire. True to the highest
standard, we shall certainly continue to sue
ceed: untrue, we shall fail, and shall deserve
the failure!