, 1874-08-02

true sentiments of> tho fair rriter7 must pos
1885 all the eharacta1istics OF this hero in order
to sat1sfy and ma1e happy the woman whom
] have ch4sea As a companion Tor life - The high
I principle of Honor Which 1o possessed forbade
him to proceed with any furthers act that could
hereafter be chargcable with concealment OF
faisahoodY Y~and-La- Immediately informed the
! young lady tpat il the love which aho had por-
1rayed ID bar Work OF fiction should bo exact
ed from hum. then no felt candid to confess that
he dd n0E, neither coull ho ever feel, that Gls
| love was-anywhe1an near the standard which she
l,Hti written in words OF tire. Tue result Of. this
| understanding or misunderstanding; Whichever
YOU may cAll ". Nas iAe breaking pn Of. The ell
| .agcu,eut between Hll llmauus Biceckcr and Cath
/ aEiue 6edgwick, and -shoF-reinaiued from that
| day e5tzanged forsycr. Ihu lady lived celibate
| lifo to good old age, and WA gathered to her
fathers, regretted by all who enioved her ac-
| quaihtance. put hnr brilliant. genius will Ivs
until tho science of literature snl bb buried In
| oblivion. Tho love Of Miss .asugwich Waa the
! love Of romance, ~highwrougns and aleVatedh By.
! the poetic enthusiasm of L too active bralu.
| Such persons can lovn hrt otce, and, whom sud-
denly crushed their PASSION is followed, soma-
tim.s, by in nfu.iabto mala1y -uf injured dis
ease, and their action gives to the world onuer-
full elfecsB. Those who sln}1 under the burden
are lost forever. Perhaps to this event the world
oHos tho ea3oYmantof the many happy moments
which It nns employed III the pcrusal OF the late
works OF this gifted autlioresa. -.' :, ~ i
Not 30 with Har1nanus Bleccker. Tie took
u4O40 tolAA1uA>E9AaG t4H4AA011 A~A%-
ton. poseesscd of the practical good sense aud
philosophy Of his Dutch ancestry, le was lmpor-
yious to that Intense cnthuslasu which burlla III
the brain Of the Qesoandaats OF the lmpnlsiYe
Puritan Hud he married Miss sedgwick7 ha
would have taken hor home, when ann would
have gottled down into a ulatter-of-fact lady or
the mansion, and accommodated herself to tho
manners xnd customs Ut the Dutch KnIckerboca-
crs, and the world have been forever deprived OF
tile cf,}o1inen.5 rendered by her magic pen
tho lack Of atliuity aud tas:os between the par
ties might haro resulted in m open rupturp,
l!ke too many of tho unfortunate t111ions Of IN
tagonlst,e organizations. Mr.. Bleecher never
married until in the sore aud yellow leaf E"
years III Holland, and the language there
spoken beng familiar, and his mother
tongue, ho passed much OF lis leisure time in
cultiyatiuS tue acquaintance Of the old families,
expressed herself willing to leave her native
country and follow the fortunes OF an old man
il fureGu lands. This Was spr1ug welded to
hoary winter. Nobody would suppose that there
was any romance ID an arrangement Of tins
Kind, but IT is End that sruo, fervent, and last
ing affection eMsted between the parties, which
only terminated with the death OF ono Of the
twain. Having his trunks all ready for bis de-
Partnrs tor homo, he called to bid farewell to
the family, when some act or expression made
by the young lady led tho old man to be-
lleve that Bno would not be unwilling to aaA
company him in the voyage. The trunks we're
Immediately landed and arrangements completed
for nn early marriage. aud the old gentleman re-
turned to Albany with his young wife. Every
one who knew this worthy woman, knew how
well she performed every duty ais o wife. She
Rad no novels to write, but attended faithfully
to her duty at her husbands side, cheering his
last days with affection and smoothing Lis path
way totho grave; and, although endowed with .
princely leSncy from her husband. yet after hlB
dcath sho voluntarily surrendered = fortune to
endow institutions or education and benevolence,
wb,ch was intended to be done by her husband
before her marriage :