The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-06-29
DEATH OF CHALMERS AND O..
CONNELL-NOTICES OF THE
LATTER BY THE BRITISH
PRESS.
F0relg" Correspondence of'Me Iri5snc.

LONDON, June Sd, 1917.
The death of Mr.. O'CoNNELL and the
state OF the markets, have been the two
prominent topics since / las, addressed
you Inc newspapers are filed with ac-
counts OF OConnel's past history and
they reler, at much length. to the political
ehect which his death is likeI, TO have ON
the des;lnles of Ireland and the affair, Of
England But another great man-one
who exercised high moral influence over
manklnd-has also just departed. Ire
lsr TO Or. Chalmers, of Edingburg. This
melancholy intelligence reached Tendon
only last evening. He died a, his resi-
dence at Mooningside, near Edinburgh.
very suddenly and unattended by any oer.
son IN MS last moments. He went 10
church on Sunday, the 90th ult. and re-
tired to bed In the evening apparently in
good health, and ON Monday mornine.
the 3lst, he was found dead in his he'd
by servant. It's supposed that the cause
OF his sudden decease was an aDoplectic
stroke. He was in his six-seyenth wear.
1t is stated that a very great sensation
was created throughout Edinburgh when
this melancholy intelligence became
known. 1t was like shock which SEEM
ed to electrify the public EeeIinoi ltwas
generally felt,' says the Edinburg Adyer-
tiser, that an eminent character. re-
nowned master in Israel, had been cut of;
that champion bad faIIen, whose name,
for the last thirty years. had filed so
prominent space in our ecclesiastical
annals The North British Mail saws
that he has been justly extolled as tho
post distinguished and able of Scottish
dlvlnes, His works fill Twenty-Five VOL
umes. DR.. Chalmers has left widow
and SIX daughters, two of whom are mar
RED. The Mail remarks, that DR.. Chal-
mers reputation was European; he was
universally beloved as well as admired
and will be followed TO the grave by the
tears Of his country and the world.
win regard 10 another great dcpartcd.
II Is SAID that since the death Of Napoleon. no
man has so much engaged me attention az
Europe as O'COnncll. Friends and foes
alike continually spoke Of him. He was
beloved and worshiped By one large class ::
ihtcSSdully NiluDerdtcO
by another class, including even his own
countrymen. The former called him Tho
LIberator. the latter called him The Bic
Besgar- Man. He was the idol Of Catholic
ireland, aud 'busabOo' TO the rest oC tho
empire The English journals almost mani
lnonsly' IN summing up lis character. award
him little praise. The Times among rhs
foremost, is also the sevcrest Of all. The
Economist. however, says-Fur nearly forty
years. what ever party was in power, O'Con-
neil was The chosen monarch OF the Irish.
Ills word reused them to action, or lullcd
them to peace. Millions gathered at his bid
ding, 'r disappeared at his nod. lie had no
armies al his back-ht had gained no VIC
Torres What, then, was the source of his
power! lie spoke out. for the greater part
Of his life, the griefs ID an oppressed people.
lie made the Catholic Irish. bv its orcaniza-
tion, powerful and respectable, England bad
treated them with cruelty and eonrcnpr.
O'Connell gave them a conviction of their
suensih, and made them an object Of dread
TO politicians. With much discretion he ex
ercIsed lhs vast power. He foughi only with
moral weapons. in al history there is 10
oioer demagogue, very few cunqusrois, and
only lew monarcbs, VINO reigned so long
over the affections of numerous ipeop!e. The
continuance Of his power warrant the assrr-
uon, thai he was one Of The most extraordi-
nary men OF the century which has Witnessed
The rise and fall Of Napoleon Bonapart,'