Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-11-25


gathering to an end, remarks the N. Y.
Daily Times, will be remembered for
the number oi great men il has sped to
the grave. They have gone, one after
another ; men looked up to by widely
diffe ring nations, as their national types
and demgods. Hardly a people, know
ing how to appreciate the Divine gilt OF
a lofty humanity but has had reason 10
cIolhe itselfin weeds, and bury memoir
able men from among them. England
has lost her WELLINGTON the stout old
soldier, the embodied proposition OF
English character (; its courage, sieadi-
ness, coolness, deliberateness. Fellow
soldiers Of the En- peror NAPOLEON have
been lost to France MARMoNr, GouR-
oAuD, ExcELsMANs. MARR.sT, one Of
the noblest Statesmen OF the Republic,
10 gone, in good time 10 escape the
gnominy Of imperial servitude. Spain
has buried CAsrANos, the veteran
champion Of the monarchy, through the
terrible Peninsular contest; then, and
since then, the WELLINGTON of Spain.
And our American Losses were never
greater. The list is heightened with
the proudesl names Statesmen, Di-
vines, men Of learning and science, men
Of high distinction and respect, men of
all kinds, but more remarkably, Of those
prominent in the general popular regard.
In no year within the longest memory
has Death possessed himself Of har-
vest so rich. The demise Of CLAY was
hailed as national sorrow and bewail-
ed so. The long illness that should
have prepared every mind for the event,
failed 10 prepare it bat left it all lis
shock and sadness The great founder
Of Compromise was dead but the great
defender still lived, and this alone m,i-
gated the common regret. But the de-
tender has gone too the lists OF States
manship have lost their stalwart
champions, retaining only handful of
Carpet Knights and Jaineants. The
spec tacIe is melancholy.
And the Church has suffered unusual
". It's GADsDEs, HESsHAw, and CnAsr;
its STUART its HrpplsG its EDWARDS;
have departed. The number oi deaths
in the ranks OF the less eminent clergy
has been appalIingly large. Men. who
staked, and spent, and wasted much,
themselves included in the pursuit OF
divine enterprise men whose passing
bell called them to the banquet OF the
immortals.
In the line Of professional merit and
among men Of learning, our harcave-
ments are many. Two, who have oc-
cupied the highest places the law be
slows upon it's cul'ivators, have died in
the midst OF their dutlos as members Of
the federal judiciary. Noted surgeons
savans and scholars, professors and
teachers, swell the catalogue, outnum-
ber the losses ofprevious years.
And too among the quieter walks
queter only because unshone up'n bv
the glare Of notorie,y-of business and
private life. Prominent citizens, men
OF influence, the great men OF neighbor-
hoods if not Of nations, are on the rolls
of the missing. Women, famous OF
themselves or by reason of kindred with
the illustrious the wives OF Presidents;
the mothers Of patriots; authoresses OF
men, and of ideas and books. OF such
are our bereavements, differing, not in
kind, with those Of other years, but in
number. A glance at Deaths invento-
ry, as we shall present it hereafter, will
s,artle many upon whom the scattering
events have Called to make an impres.
sion.