Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-02-05
From the Boston Journal.
THE LATE DEATHS IN EUROPE.

hS NAS9s StA4haAi5 ASaAN4S VI tue last
European news is the announcement that
no less than four distinguished characters
have departed this life. We regret that
our want Of space must make our notices
Of the deceased so brief and insufficient
GEN. HAvELocK. Henry Havelock
was born in 1895, and was therefore at
his death in the Cad year of his age
When he was about Is, he entered the
Middle Temple, with a view of devoting
himself to the law, where his most init
mate associate was the late Justice Tai
fourd, the author Of "Ion." But the
military propensities of bis family soon
obtained commission in the army. At
ter serving eight years in different parts
Of Great Britain, he embarked for India
in 1928. The following three years he
served il the Burmese war. Never was
an able man, however, more the victim
# routine than Havelock. Twenty-t6ree
years be passed as a suballern, before he
received a company. From SO to '46
he was constantly in service in the Aft
CHAN and Sikh wars, and distinguished
himself in the most honorable manner
And yet at the age Of 60, when the In
dian mutiny broke out, be was only a
Colonel in the army. "After thirty-four
years Of Indian service" says the Lon
don Times, latter campaigns in the
swamps Of the lrrawaddy, in the plains
of Central India, in the passes of Cabul.
and on the parched shores ofthe Persian
Gulf-after fever and shipwreck, and
long years Of fatigue, The veteran still
fingered in comparative obscuritv, and
must have consoled himself only with the
thought that he had done bis duty"
But with his noble achievements dur
ing the present struggle, the public is fa-
millar' tits not too much to say that
he turned the flank Of the reverses in
India. The hero of nine victories. so
immensely important in timeliness. his
name was in the mouth of every man to
whom the honor of England was dear.
But the unwearied soldier, powerful COM
mander, honest and Christian man. sleeps
peacefully at last beneath the soil of In
dla, and the gratitude of his country can
only revert to bis surviving family.
MARSHAL RADErzEr. This long
tried and most efficacious instrument Of
despotism, was a Bohemian, born in I76G
At were needless 10 recount his steadv
Use IN the Austrian army, his memorable
conflicts, his many valuable services to
his country, his not scanty efforts against
liberty and the right. OF his military
genius nothing is to be said but in praise.
lie had fought Davoust and Lannes.
oudnot' Massena and Napoleon himself
and he never showed 10 disadvantage.
Ills name carries Us back to another era.
lie was, in fact, the Oldest soldier of the
Austrian empire, and had been identified
with the military history of that country
from the earliest days Of Napoleon /.
down TO l848, when he conducted the
Italian campaign. He had received ev-
cry honor which the crown could bestow.
was still in the confidence of the young
Emperor, and exercised up to a late De-
rod much influence on the governing
policy of Austria.
RACHEL. This great actress was born
in March, 1920, At the little Swiss village
OF Munf during one of the professional
tours of her parents, who were jew
hawkers, named Felix, gaining a Hveli-
hood by periodically visiting various
towns in Germany and Switzerland
In 1880 the family went to reside in Pa
rs Having been observed by music
teacher, the little Rachel was induced to
take music lessons. But It was soon dis
covered that her powers were histrionic
rather than musical. After due trainino
che first appeared on the public stage in
1887. She did not create a great sensa-
ton at first, but her performance Of
Camille" the next winter raised her
nearly TO the hight of tia. popularity
which she ever after maintained. Re
yond all doubt, she was The greatest
tragic actress that the world has seen
since the death Of Mrs. Siddons. Even
those who beheld her in this country.
conveying sentiments not understood tbro'
the medium Of her language, will not
question the verdict, judging only from
The still haunting tones of her voice and
her inimitable action. Her private char
acter was no fit accompaniment TO her
genius. She died a staunch adherent to
the Mosaic dispensation.
- REDsCmD PAsHA. This eminent
urkish statesman was born in Constan-
tinople in 1902. He rapidly rose in
honor. In 1884 lie was sent to Paris