New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-25

This sonnet Life without Health" by the stricken
poet William Watson. seems to strangely foretell the
madness which has seized him
Behold lie buded a., a eoodly house
And grown a mansion runous .
| With winter blowing through It's crumbling walls
The master paccth up and down his halls.
And in the empty hours
Can hear the t0tterng Of his towers
And lrcmor o: their bases underground
And Oft he starts and looks around
Al crraldng Of "A distant door,
Thinking ii may b, on" whom H. awaits
Aad have for many days awaited,
Coming 10 lead him through the mond"rng gates
Out somewhere. rom his hOm" dildpidldated.
An cnmg,d Partisan pet lately brought an action
for damages against his Publisher because some Of his
rhymes were spoiled by printers bIunders lie lost
! his suit, the court holding that In Withdrawing the
book the error was discovered and In cor
rcctinc the offending line the publisher had done all
that could reasonably be expected Of him.
Mr. Watson has suffered before from tonch OF In
sanity. IN English journal says: 1t appears that
about twelve years ago IA" prisoner met with dis
appointment in "a love affair." the trouble which he 'A-
! peTienccd inducnG for time suicidal manih Tie
care ana attention Of his friends combined with visit
Algers, restored hi, and since tlcn be has
been engaged in literary pursuits. his brilliant pro
ducton, havns indicated him a possible successor
to the Poet Laureate. lie recently gwen grant
Of 600 from the ROYAL Bounty Fund. This literary
success AMI tie highly favorable notices accorded lis
poetic work, seemed have unhngcd hi, mind, and he
lost his reason at the moment he had achieved the
fame Tor which lc had long labor,d. Toward the
clo,e Of la, week the prisoner quilted his home at
>outlond. on ga and went to Windsor. several IT.
raona. l,rams received by the prisoner, friends in
| America ana c,-.whcr, caused Mr.. Robinson Watson
tD follow ~, brother t. Windsor. where they both re-
main,d til sunday, when The prisoner proposed that
they should walk together To- nclam thurChNard, rear
,lalne., in ori,r TO visit Matthew Arnod's grave.
! Mi Robinson Watson cndclyored to dissuadc his
brother from hi, purp~,e. LaIeham Is about ten
mile, from Windsor. They. however walked 10 Vir-
ginla Water and back to TIN Long walk shortly
after O'Clock Iu the afternoon the Duke and Duchess
| u Edinburgh and one " the Irnccsses were driving
down the Long walk. when IL" pr on"r rushed toward
the nurses and, selling the ren> attempted to stop
! the cquipagc lie was speedily arrcS;cG and taken 10
! the police N Henry WIS cate. where he was
charged with the offence for which hc had been taken
| into custody Mr.. Watson was a.tcrwaId handed over
20 the chief ~ tie Windsor police insane person,
and Oh being asked los tho latter Why he stopped the
carriagc said lie dld 20 bcca,c he wanted to If
one OF the Two LEADING Royal pcr,onnSes was In II.
| Mr. Watson told Superintendent Armour that Milton
va, samson r,inclrna'rd. that he Wa'sonl was the
rcincarnaon u Milton 'hat during The night messages
had been flashed hy nstinng into his ROOM
! The melancholy which Swallowed Lncolns nature Is
mentioned by the Marquis 81" ChImbrun In the article
found among his papers after MS death and printed III
| he January scrlhnrr.' Anrr moments IN
| spccilon7 hc writes. Mr.. Lincoln let with you sh
IMPRESSION of vagu. ami deep sadness. 1t IS not too
,,,c, ., s,v ti.f /, wa, rir. 10 converse with him 4
while bout fcrling something poignant. Every ume
have rndciyorcd "a describe tn, IMPRESSION "CiuS'
| nav the very ideas. have HIl'i me. And, strange -
say. Mr. Lincoln was quite humorous. although one
could always d,tcci biz of Irony In his hninor IL"
would relate anecdotes, seeking always 10 b'ihs tue
uAnt out clearly lie Willingly laughed either at What
| VA. being said 20 him nt what lie SAID himself
I'm, All o. a sudden hc would retire within himself
thea he, would NJ, eyes, ana all hi, features would
Al once bo,loah kind 81 sadness rs ndesciisbIc ~
| II va, deep. Aftcr = while. ~ though II were by an
| effort OF nj, Will hr would shake oil his mysterious
! w,i.ht under which be- seemed bowed his generous
and omen iii -po-i'ion would again r'rppeai In one
evening happened TO count over twenty 81 these al
! icr.ilon, ana contrasts