The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-16

The Distinguished Dead OF 1854.
Probably i, will be conceded that not many dis
men saw their &c last Of earth" in 1864
n in some previous periods, yet the past year has
been noted for great and sweeping calamties on land
and on sea, which have carried off its victims, who
had their own circle Of usefulness to which they were
the center, and where their loss was felt strongly
" as when giant dies"
was announced. He had been Chancellor Of Ireland,
and was the last of that constellation Of Irish
that made the bar OF Ireland 70 luminous some fifty
years ago. He was 80 years Of age. tS5 z
viscount Bere,ford, noted English General, died
on the 9th of January. He served in Egypt. Ireland,
the Cape of Good Hope, and Baenos Ayres. He
was in the PeninsuIar under Wellington, COM
manding the united forces Of the Portuguese and En-
glsh in Portugal, where, as Marshal Beresford, he
gained the hattie of Albuera over Souit. fr1
Thomas H. Perkins, distinguished merchant of
Boston, died on the 10th of January aged 80 years.
On the 10th, Captain Allen Partridge, aged 10
years, died at Norwich, Vermont, long and favorabl,
known as military instructor. ...
Judah Touro, a distinguished member Of the He
brew nation, at New Orleans, January 18Th, aged 70.
He was especially distinguished for his benevolence
and the proper use to which he app lied his wealth
Some time during the month, the Marquis Of Lon.
donderry, who distinguished in the army Of Vel
lington, and subsequently a statesman.
Jan. 7ih, Count Thibadeau, Paris, the last
vivor of the Convention that voted death to Louis
XVI.
January 18th, Thomas Noon Talford, one Of the
Judges Of England.
Seah b. Hobbie, Assistant Postmaster General Of
the United States, January 2lst, aged 81.
January ed, Nj. de Bodisco, Russian Ambassador
to the United States, aged 20.
March 9th, the reigning Duke Of Parma was
stabbed in his capital.
April Sd, Professor J. Wilson, distinguished
Scotch writer, aged 66-known the Christopher
North Of Backwood. His best poetcal productions
the Isle of Palms, and the City of the Plague
He wrote the Lights and Shades Of Scottish Life.
He was much distinguished as military officer, and
probably ranked in England next to Wellington
He lost leg at the battle of Waterloo.
April 3Oth, James Montgomery, aged 80 years
He was we'll known English poet, and his works
were universally read. They were noted for piety,
purity Of thought beauty Of dicton and sweetness Of
numbers.
May 23d, John Smith, Patriarch of the Church of
Latter DAY Saints at Salt Lake City.
May oath, Admiral Hyde Parker, a we'll known
English naval commander.
On the LIST Of June, Mrs. Emily Judson, emily
Chubbuck) widow of DR.. Judson, the missionary,
whose writings under the name Of Fanny Forester
are well known.
Thomas Richie, long known as the editor of the
Richmond Enquirer, and the most powerful pol,-
cal writer of the Southern States died July Sd, aged
IS.
Count Casi,nir Batthyany. a distinguished Hmga-
rian exile, died at Paris, July 18th, aged 46.
On the I4th Of July, Abbas Pasha, Viceroy of
Egypt. He the grandson Of Mehemit Ali, and
the nephew of Ibraham Pasha, whom he succeeded.
July 10Th, N. b. b unr, well known lawyer of
New York city, aged 81.
In New York, Aug. 4th, Don Jose Barrunda, Min
lister of Honduras to the United States, aged 70.
August 10th, the King Of Saxony was killed by
fall from his carriage.
Near Metz, August 10Th, Gen. Paixhan, aged II
years, known for the invention Of piece Of artillery
that bears his name.
Rev. Leonard Woods, D. D., an able theologian
died at Andover, August Path, aged so years.
September 2lst, Right Rev. Jonathan Wainwright,
d. D.. Bishop of New York, aged TO- He wa. n
man highly respected and beloved.
September 18th, Marshal St. Arnaud, commander
of the French army in the Crime;,, died there. He
had been noted in the French wars in Algiers.
October LIST, Mrs. Annie Royal, we'll known at
Washington some years ago.
November 9th, at Washington, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hamilton, widow Of Alexander Hamilton, aged 81.
November llth, Charles Kemble, distinguished
English actor, aged 70 years.
On the 25th of October, John Gibson Lockhart,
aged 63. He was illustrous English writer, ed.
tor Of the Quarterly, and son-in-aw of Sir Walter
Scott, whose biography is of his ablest works.
December 10th, Mrs. Anne Bayard, widow of Jas.
A. Bayard, aged n years, whose father, husband,
and two sons, have been United States Senators.
December 9th, Thomas w. Dorr, of Rhode Is
land, who will long be remembered as the leader of
the rebe on against the constitutional authorities
that State in IS4l. f
December 18th, Ex-Governor Morehead, of Ken
lucky, aged So years.
The Husband and the Artist.
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