Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-03-29
The Dist;nguished Dsad-Is5i

Probably it will bo conceded that not so
many distinguished men saw their 'las, OF
earth in 1894, as 10 sons previous period,,
yet the past year has been noted for the
great aud sweeping calsmites on land and
sea which has carried off its victims VIII o
had their own circle Of usefulness, to which
they were the centre, and where their loss
was felt as strongly as when a gian; dies.
On the 4th OF January, the death Of Lord
Plunket was announced. lie had been
Chancellor Of Ireland and was the last of
that constellation OF Irish orators that made
the bar OF Ireland 50 luminous so,no fifty
years ago He was 80 years Of age.
Viscoun; Beresiord, a noted English Cen
sral, died on the 10Th Of Ianuary. He sery-
cd in Egypt, Ireland, the Cape OF Good Hope
aud Buenos Ayres. lie was in the peninsula
war under Wellington, commanding thc uni
ted forces of the Portuguese and English in
Portugal, where, as Marshal Bereslord, he
| gained the battle OF A.buera over Soult.
Thomas II. Perkins, a distinguished mer.
chant, of Boston, died on the 10th of Janu ry
aged 80.
| On the 18th, Captain Allen Partridge aged
rs, at Norw!ch,Vt. long aud favOrably known
as military Instructor.
I Judah Touro, distinguished member Of
the Hebrew nation, at New Orleans, January
| 18th, aged 49, He was especially tistin-
| guished for MS benevolence, and the proper
use to which he applied his great wealth.
! Some time during the month, the Marquis
Of Londonderry, who was distinguished in The
army of Wellington, and subsequently, as
statesman.
I January 7lh, Count Thibadeau, at Paris the
'ast survivor of the Convention that voted
death to Louis XVI.
January 18th, Thomas Noon Tallourd, one
of the Judges of England.
Selah B. Hobbie, Assistant P, stmaster
General Of the United States, January 2lst.
January 22d, NJ. de Bodisco, Russian Am
bassador to the u S. aged TO-:
March 2sih, the reigning Duke OF Parma
was stabbed in his capital ........
Apri! Sd, Professor J. Wilson, distin-
guished Scotch writer, aged 66-known as
the Christopher North Of Blackwood. His
bcs, poetcal productions were the "lsle OF
Palms" and the CITY Of the Plague" He
wrote the Lights and Shades OF Scottish
life."
April 29tl, Marquis OF Angleseo, aged sc.
He was nuct distinguished as military Of
liccr, and probably ranked in England next
to Wellington lie lost leg at the battle
OF Waterloo.
April SOth, James Montgomery Iged So
lie was we'll known as an English poet, aud
his works were universally read. Tney are
noted for pie,y and purity Of thought, beau
! " Of dctiOn, and sweetness of numbers.
| May 23i, John Smith, Patriarch of the
| Church Of Latter Day Saints at Salt Lake
City. ...
May 24th, Admiral Hyde Parker, a woll
known English Naval Commander.
| Ga the lst oil Iune, Mrs. Emily Judson,
emily Chubbuck) widow of DR.. Judson, the
mission Try, whose writings under the name
Of Fanny Forester" are we'll known.
Thomas Richie, long known as the editor
of the Richmond Enquirer, aud as the most
/ powerful political writer OF the Southern
Suites, died on the Sd OF July, aged 76.
Count Cassimir Batthyany, distinguish.
ed Hungarian Exile, died at Paris, July 18th.
On the l4th Of July, Abbas Pasha, Vice
roy Of Egypt. lie was the grandson OF Me-
hemt Ali,und the nephew Of lbr aham Pi sha
whom he succeeded. @
July 10Th. N. B. Blunt, we'll known law
yer of New York city, aged So
in New York, August 4th, Don J"se Bar
runda, Minister OF Honduras to the United
States, aged 10.
August 10Th, the king of Sax,ny was kill
ed by a fall from his carriage.
Near Metz, August 10Th, General Paixhan'
aged II, known for the Invention oil a piece
of artillery that bears his name.
Reverend Leonard Woods, D. d. an able
theooe ian, died a, And ,ver, August 24th,aged
SO.
September 2lst., Righ; Reverend Jonathan
Wainwright, D,3 3r. Bishop OF New York
sged 90. He was a man highly respected
ana beloved. .. ....- ...,
September aslh Marshal St. Arnaud, COM
mander of the French army in the Crimea'
died there He had been noted in the French
wars in Agiers.
October lst, Mrs. Annie Royal,well known
at Washington some years ago.
November 9th, at Washington, Mrs. E'iz-
abeth Hamilton, widow of Alexander Hamll-
ton, aged 81.
November llth, Charles Kcmble, distin-
guished English actor, aged ~.
On the 25lh Of October, John Gibson Lock
hart, ageu So. He was an ilustrious Eng
lish writer, editor Of the Quarterly, and SON.
in-law of sir Walter Scott, whose biography
is one of the ablest of his T"rks.
December 10th, Ms. Anne Bayard, wido"
. of James A. Bsyard, aged II, whose father
! husband, and tao suns have been Uniteu
States Senators
December 27th, 7, w. Dorr, OF Rhode Is
T land, who will long be remembered as th'
: Header of lhe rebellion against the cohst'tu
: tional authorities Of that State III loli.
: December 2Sth, Ex-Govern"r M1rehead,o
{, Kentucky, aged 5S.
: Kissane in the Police GaLsue.
C a late number of this journal gives
| I,,.l ,,f ,ho If, nf this notorious churlcter