New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-18
THE L41E CH4RLES P. CLLNCH.

THURI0w WEED PAYS wAKM TRIBUTE TO THE
MEMORY OF Ills Old FRIEND.
T o the RAZOR Of me Tribune
SIR: / was startled and greved last evening by
the announcement in an apprecIatye obituary In
The commercial 4Gpcrts of the death Of Mr. Charles
p. Chnch. Ny SORROW for the loss OF cherished
friend is soolhcd by the merited tributes OF the
city press TO his character and memory. Outside OF
his immediate relatives few had known the deceased
longer and none better, than myself. Our accuant-
ance, commencing in $50, awakened spontaneous
and mutual regard. ID .l1ering politically, IN all
else our sentiments. tastes and srmpdthles harmo-
nized He was eminenty social and literary He
was associated with Filz Greene Halieck, Joseph
Rodman Drake. james X. Pauding. T. Romeyn
Beck and James f. DeKay, whose prose and poefl-
cal works aud illusions constituted the Auguslan
AgeD in New York literature During his leg-la-
tive career lie was frequent contributor to the
Abgav reaiRg Journal The following among
his hgnt o-nald productions, ana it H. as will be
seen, play upon The names of some of his iegsla-
tive colleagues:
FOR TIE EVENING JOURSAL.
Friend Thtrio,g In times when there's more rhyme
And AL kind Of sarses are crAck'd mp as wise.
viii lust Try my uau the close o. the season,
But can't cross all nv q nor dot haif Of my ss
Iizzvs verses grant you. have some kind Of Jingle
How they clst m rnr sna ie ta. dn.aisncd M'Fn-d-
Ana hes losi in me ciearings" Ike ola Natty Bumpo
Why quz the Assembly. in vile English metre4
There lar hotter methods of CHtng q d1s1;
We have an aud Us Of head. lub ana feature,
Aud what more TO. we've mt plenty 'f CAST.
If you'd snort on the H,H we have Try Jowlcr
10 start "a thr brd, f,r a shO. on the wing;
BIZ. we'll send along vita you IN excellent fol7'cr,
WuO vii feicn III sucn game "a is III Tor h"J
If for Sqies upon We stake or POnd, you've wlshor
Just tai along Win 'ou from u"d>on Rsed;
And from Manchester, too al experienced Ft5htT;
eaten cook what You IKE, but just send Otte to
Weed
II IN Holland or Coton you'l like 10 be dealing.
We a WCrc6nHi-ust show MIN the latest rofcc:
or Il in the Kntght eou would ard sheep ealing
We have two fHe ShcIherdS-roIne just take your
choice.
If you're wanting Spencer just go to our Taylor,
And Try-on a new one OF black, blue or BrocH;
VIM your brsl BIB and Tucker you'd look ike a sailor
Just landed, and taking stroll up the town.
should YOU need good Porter to act gate keeper
SfrOng 1'rpu an lines WITHIN yOur control
We hdre ouc-inercs others VINO You can get eAeaDer
Aud tcn prove bus - Thorn ia your So"'e
If of fruit Won are fogd or for PH0Js have notion
A b1nkit describe it-ja1t hdnd y1Nr cheek :"
or as We great men say, M. Speaker. q. q nation
KEEP DARK.
Mr. Chnch was in the Assembly during the palmy
DAYS of legislation Prominent among his colleagues
were Dudley Seldom. John Z. DevelIn, Charles l..
Livingston. Francis b. Cutting Morris Franklin,
vi
and Silas II. SullweI, of New-York; Benz.
ID. SllIman, of Brooklyn Henry G.
Wheaton and Edward Livingston, of Albany /;
Francis Granger. Mark H. Sbey, Henry w. Taylor
and John c. Spencer. from Ontario; Preston King,
of St Lawrence; Luther Bradish, of Franklin. aud
George W. Patterson, of Livingston. The Eagle"
with Mr. Crutienden. Its honOred host, where most
of the members named were guests, Is rich and IA
diant IN classic memories. In addition to the meTn-
bers of the Legislature the courts brought Elisha
Williams David b. Ogden, John Durr, Daniel
Cady Henry T. Storrs, William Kent. and other
distn guished LAWYERS IS temporary dodgers at the
Eagle 1t Is to be regretted that the after-dInner
wit. repartee, eOquence and even more especially
the inimitable reciatious of Mr.. Cruttenden, than
whom no more proud representative of Falstsff
ever appeared, were lost.
OF Mr. CliDcRs long. useful and proverbiay hon
eat discharge of the important duties of Deputy
Collector. the press has awarded 10 him its full
measure of approval Indeed, the tributes of the
morning journals are at so elaborate, minute,
and kindly that there IS little LEFT To
be said of our departed friend.
Tn 1910 when the late Ed Curtis, our first
Wing Collector. was appointed l called upon him
with request to retain Mr.. Cllnch-s request which
embarrassed him greatly. for he was intending 10
Give the place 10 an intimate and deservioy Wing
friend The Collector consented. however. to post
none the removal for a week, at the close of which
time he discovered that Clinehs services could not
he dispensed with. During the next thirty years
whenever Wing or Republican Collector. with one
execution was appointed. reiterated the appeal in
favor of Mr. Chnch. When Preston King was APP
pointed Collector. having served in the Legislature
with Mr. Clinch he too glad 10 avail himself of
that gentleman's advice and assistance Mr.. Ciinch
therefore remained important feature and fixture
IN the Custom House under every change during
forty years. until. yielding to the opportunities of
sister, Mrs A. T. Stewart. ANXIOUS that the even
ing of his life should be passed in repose and aiia-
enca. he reluctantly resigned. r.w.
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