Show DEATH or 67 GEORGE P MORRIS T this will known n Aniel american rican poet and journalist deceased we arc informed hy by one of ou our r exchanges in new york about the first of july lie was barnin philadelphia october 10 1802 and wits was coll consequently beque seque n aly ga years of age at the time 4 of his death we subjoin ill tile following record of his life sac sacramento amello union at an early age lie he removed to new york where lie his literary career by writing roi for the journals particularly the new york gazelle and the antei american ican to tile the first lie contributed tri buted verses as early as his fifteenth year in august 1823 in conjunction with samuel woodworth lie he coin merced the publication of the new york ja i whit h was ara discontinued december 31 1842 under the financial disasters of the times it employed some of the best literary talent of the country including among its contributors bryant biant halleck paulding leggett Hof hoffman finan fay and willis and stood probably at the head of periodicals of its class in ili 1843 morris associated socia ted himself with NV willis illis in tile new york oali mirror aar of hief which three volumes were issued and in 1844 established the evening jEo ening M mirron a daily pap paper le I 1 in which lie he was assisted by willis and hiram fuller at the close of lie commenced alone a weekly journal called the national pi press ess the title of which was in 1846 changed to that of the some home jow Jb urna nal since since which it lias has been conducted by liim hini gelfand sel fand willis As a song writer 10 however wever rather than a journ journalist alist morris has fias acquired his chief reputation rep tita and his lyric 1 ric efforts produced at intervals in 18 during his literary y career down to the present time have gained a wide popularity of his woodman IV spare that tree several millions of copies are said to I 1 have lv been beell ciraula taa 1 A were T ag e t I 1 ze r aoi p A ago 0 11 tile origin of yankee doodle dondl Is my mothers bible ll 11 whippoorwill whip poor will etc have ave proved sources of 0 great profit to their publishers the melo inelo dies die with which many of these songs ra s are identified have been written for them by ball balfe e sir john Stop honson sir henry bishop and other R english composers and a nd braham rusell sinclair dempster and ill madame a Anim Bishop have simp sung them in ill Va various various rions editions of his poems have been published including one in 1840 with illustrations by weir and Cha chapman third edition octavo new york 1843 a miniature volume in 1846 and a complete edition in 1860 in 1858 morris also published a volume entitled the deserted Bri bride and other poe poems ims octavo new york and he lias has edited a volume of american melodies ft consisting of songs by up tip wards or of two hundred and fifty american writers and in conjunction with willis the prose aud and poetry of europe and america octavo N york in 1887 lie he pi produced mun d a successful drama draina founded on oil incidents of the american revolution en entitled tilled Brier cliff andin and in 1842 lie wrote the libretto ot of the maid of saxony an opera set to asic by ch diaries charles arles E ihorn he has alao published a volume of prose sketches entitled tile little frenchman and his water lots 1838 morris has resided for many years at undercliff a counti country y seat on the hudson hudon on river nearly opposite west point and haa been a brigadier Gene general generalis ralin in tile the new york state militia JW sword bayonets have been disapproved 6 by y the southern Sont ler board of ers in the field guldi soldiers ers also alao some sometimes object to them IS H it i ia the fashion now ni at dij rerat ol 01 ala parties nt at new york to go at five ave ntine and return before ie j AW it is estimated that not not less than six aix thousand families thirty thousand southern and south western I 1 stated Stat eq have tak taken ll 11 alig refuge e in new york city till the war is ia over |