Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-01-27
MORNING LEADER.
TUEspAY MORNING, JAN. q. Isea.
Neurology ofIs62.


tor. death. as the year that has jugt past
Possibly. as the hovoc made awsng then
in the two proceeding years wss iar above
tbe average. it was Necessity to eompen-
safe the overplus by a csrresponlng deh-
cienev. So few persoaages OF emlnenee
5isd Surinv 1862. tbst 1t is difficult to make
an srtieIe Of ordjaary length out Of the
LEI of its dead OF those who did die, 1t is
A. ~ observeE that they were but second
rste with tAe exception ofthe diplomatistsi
Co,,Dt Nssselrode and Martinez de 10 Rosa,
vbo bore high European reputation. Nes-
s.l-ode was one Of that famous trio who
-cere raised amid the storm Of the first
French revolution and the wars Of the first
Napoleon, and who aided, principally IN
restoring the fallen dynasties Of Europe
Backed by the enormous military power
Of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Great
Britain, the three statesmen we have re-
ferred to, viz Talleyrand, Mstternich and
Nesselrode, remodeled the map Of Europe
after the fall of Napoleon, endeavoring to
make it what it was before 1883. These
astute diplomatists accomplished much:
but they could not extinguish the smoul-
dering fires of liberty. New ideas Of hu-
man rights had been too widely dissemina-
ted to admit Of being crushed out by Holy
Alliances and Concordats or Congresses at
Vienna and at Laybach and though for
time revolutionary movements were re-
pressed throughout Europe, yet the states
men above named lived long enough to see
the fruits Of their own labor destroyed.
Talleyrsnd died first, then Metternich, who
lived to behold the annihilations Of Aus
trian domination in Italy; and lastly Nes-
selrode, the friend and counselor of Nicho-
las the lst Of Russia, and the prompter Of
his designs in Turkey. Count Charles
Robert Nesselrode, however, was by birth
Portuguese, though Of Saxon family,
but his fortunes so identified him with
Russia that he is usually looked upon as
Russian. Martinez de la Ross, the Span
ish patriot and statesman, was a man of
widely different character from his north
ern contemporary. He wasidenti fiedfrOm
youth with the party Of progress-he had
fought and bled for liberty, and 10 the
last his aspirations for the Advancement of
mankind, while Nesselrode was doing all
he could perpetuate the iron rule of des-
potism and enchain the thoughts Of men.
The next parsonage to be noticed is Prince
Alfred Windischgrstz, who was notorious
rather than great, and who, had not the
Hungarian rebellion of l848 brought him
prominently forward, would probably
have passed away unnoticed and unsung.
He was one Of those how hGve greatn ess
thrust upon them-greatness, that is, ae-
cordingly to q very low worldly standard.
II he ever did any good it lies inferred
with his bones; the evil that he did Gy-
ed after him, as many surviving victim
Of the bombardment of Vienna and Prague
can testify. He was simply a successful
soldier. Being born a prince; of course,
be attained the rank Of field marshal; had
he entered the army a plebian it is not
probable he would have risen to the rank
Of corporal.
Ex-Presidents John Tyler and Martin
Van Buren, were our contributions to the
political neurology of 1862. Perhaps no
two men who had occupied 80 exalted po-
sition as President Of the United States
were ever less regretted by the action at
large We might, however, name two hy-
ing who, when their hour arrives, will dis
pute with them the pain of Indifference
But comparisons are odious," and we ad-
nit that we are not bound to make them
on the present occasion. Rear Admiral
Read, Admiral Lavalette, and Commodore
Pendergrsst, were our contributions to
naval neurology. But the naval and mill
tary services of other countries were spar
ed, in high grades, and no man of world
wide renoWn was taken by death. The
British army contributed Sir Allen McNab,
bnt he was celebrated rasher as a Canadian
-PeIitioial Ehan q y4aPrioF-- He is rsnnoza-
bered in this country as the hero Of the ex-
ploit, the burning Of the Caroline, during
the rebellion in Canada. He cannot, Of
course, be classed among the illustrious
men Of the age, but he was sufficiently
prominent TO merit notice.
Science mourns the loss Of Jean Bap-
tiste Blot the astronomer and mathemati-
clan, one Of the most amiable and learned
men Of the time. But science may think
herself lucky that her loss has been no
greater. No other name of great emil
nence is missing from her rollcall, and BIZ
OF properly belonged to the last generation,
for he was eighty-eight when he died
Literature was more roughly dealt with
Professor Cornelius Conway FELTON,, of
Cambridge College, Massachusetts, was
one Of the first called away from US. He
was one Of the best Greek scholars of the
day, and his numerous essays on classical,
historical and scientific subjects, with his
editions Of some Of the Greek classics, just
ly earned for him a foremost rank in the
files Of Timen
The venerable Johann Ludwig INLAND,
the popular poet of Germany, was the
next to answer the grim sumOnms. He
will long be remembered, not merely as an
elegant lyrist, but as patriot, who proved
his devotion to his country's liberties in
times which "tried mems soulsp James
Sheridan Knowles, the gifted Irish dram
stist, who died but a month ago, had at
tanned the allotted number Of the years of
men. All the world is familiar with his
great plays, The Hunchback," H The Love |
Chase, William Tell, and Il sVirginius.p y
Julia Pardoe, the author of "The City of
the Sultan The Life of Mary de Medi- |
els" The Court Of Louis XIV" and many
other entertaining and valuable works, |
close the list
We do not remember a year SO singular |
ly barren Of materials for neurology as |
1882. The chances are that 1868 will |
make up for the deficiency. There are
many illustrious personages on the very
verge Of the grave: among them We may /
mention Lords Iyndhurst and Brougham, I
and Auber, the great French composer, all |
three Of whom are octogenarians Lord |
Palmerston, Earl Russell and the Earl of
Derby are Verging upon eighty; so is our
own illustriOus Scott GuizOt, Thiers, Lam
artine, Edward Everett, General La Mar
mora, Lord Clyde, Lord Cough, Lord Ma
hon, Archbishop Whately, Leopold of Bel
GUM, Sir John Hersehel, Dean Milmsn,
and Pope Plus TX, have all attained the
allotted age, or very nearly So -
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