, 1877-03-12
OBITUARY.
MATILDA nkHHN.

Tho telegraph l,as already announced tho
death Of the nnca cnlncnt actress, MATILDA
1IRHoN, which occurred In Now York few laya
s!nee. ahc casnc Of a good family, and WAS born
In Londonderry, ireland, about Is years ago.
Hlic uas but child when she ra1no to this co,ln-
try, and, when mcrs girl, WAS q favordte pupil
Of l'ErEn l1tcllrN0s. sEe made her debut at tho
Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, as blanca,
in "Faz!o," Fcb. II. 1851. For two years sho
worked lnlustrlously as a stock actress, learn
tng tho elements ol her profession, and then
Waited California, wlicre She was very aucccss-
ful In the standard drnn.a. sho taun visited
Paris at a'ttmo when DuHAs' play, ;" La Dame
pux Camollas," was ut ttA height. 8ho
studied The play ysry carefully, also tha
artist who waa playing Ca'nta< When
rho returned 10 this country she msdo
translation os the play under tho tttio Of
'iCamilln; or, tho Talo Of Coquctte," pro-
duced II In Cincinnati and made hit with II.
She thcn produced It in all the leading cities OF
tho country, anil straighsway MATILDA IIEaoN
became a celebrity ~ famous Is ChAKLorTn
CusHMAN in her rola OF .Atg .Htrrat<s, She
WIS the raEe everywhere, and became 20 thor
oughly Identified with tho consumptire Can,laa
that no one else thought Of plaYlug It. Actors
would - soon thought Of taking Neg .Mtrrai<.
from Miss CusnMAN, nr FalstaT q from llAcKzrr,
~ Camille from Miss IfHHoN. She performed Il
in fact SO constantly that tho public hardly
know that she had any other characters in her
repertoire. She became ~ much I ono-charac-
ter sctor n JExrxason. 8ha w@ eccen~
re and openheartcd In her manntrs,
and although sho made money very
rapidly sho spent II very rapidly.
Her last years have bccn spent in comparative
poverty and misery, with occaaonal stacks of
jrknrf}r fn 1Rkf aha r1nty4AJ
sroarsL. theatrical orchestra leader. but tho
marriage was an unhappy one, Ono child, it,
| tic "Ht1ou " llxRoH, the result Of that union,
Is already upon tho stage. She was 4 woman of
rare gen!us, aud, although very eccentric Ia her
manners, was 4 favorito Ia the profession. Al.
though she died poor, old, aud In obscurtty, her
uans will 60 down ~ one Of tho few successful
American actresses, and bo remembered long
after tho shoal Of pretty mediocEities now on
the stage are forgotten.
oulTvAay MOTIFS.
Among other prominent persons who have
died recently arc Df. GoRpoN BUCK, tho visit.
| lug surgeon OF tho New York Hospital, oua OF
the most en.iuent members Of his profession In
| tho United States; of Josxpu AuTRAs, 4
member Of tho FFeueh Academy, who was
| noted tor his studies Of EuR,rlp1s, and who has
| published great number Of poems, cneiquea,
}GftQHes 4AM AEHuStAtauAei u VIC 00us 4AAAa
| COCHRAN, member Of the Executive and Leg
| tsl&sire Councils ot Nora Scotia; of OTts T.
RuooLrs. for nearly thirty years 6upertntend-
| ent OF tho Vermont & Massachusetts, Ha1i-
road; OF CuARLxs DouoLAs CoMpTos, Marquis
| Of northampton, who succeeded to tho title on
| the death Of his father In 1S31, and married in
| 1850 TnEoposA HARntoTT TELlxABKTu,d daughter
/ Of Captain and Lady MANY V1xsR, aud grand
| daughter Of THOMAS PalL1r, Ear pH GRHr;
aud Of G1oRoH OpoBR, the wellknoKn sgt-
tAtor tor the rights Of the 'Ensliah working