The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-01-25
The Dead Of 1864.

The year which has just closed. va,
reia-fAabie not only for lis stirring militar,
ana political events. bur also for the mum.
Der oi llu>triouS men. who left earth and
lis scenes IN the midst OF one OF its mos,
important ep0chs. Men Of fame in all th.
walks oi life have ceased 10 be our cotem-
purare>, and they and their works have
gone 20 swell the archives Of the past.
Literature must lament The incomparahle
Iu4cNeray, Hawthorne and his fascinating
t"ies the veteran Walter Savage Landor. The
American poets George i. Morris and Park
Benjamin. and lis female disciples Nr.
Kirkland ana Cathrane Sinclair. TIE army.
has Ter upon lis hattle-nelds rs witnesses
II us and Their 4llaniry the vettrin Sed.r-
wick, youthful and interepid Mcpherson
high-souled NaisWorih. vith Biruev Ran
som. Nuiigan Rice. Stevenson. Weih ana
thousands OF less famous heroes. Our enc
mics have also followed 90 their graves their
ine>t cavalry leader Gen. }. T. b. Stuart
their most celebrated partizan. John Nor
gan, and one OF their ahie>t general officers
Bishop Polk. France has no, grim Pelis-
sier. Duke of Malakof with ms terrible
"reminiscences Of Algerian warfare and his
Wel-earnel giOrlc, ON the Crmea. Amer
lea must also lament the death of her Oldest
engineer officer in Mai. Gen. Iotten. and OF
Col Charles \. May, the hero OF Resaca de
ia rama ANA Monterey. Diplomacy has
lost the country Dallas. William l.. DAYTON.
one of the pnrest-mindei OF modern states
men. the Chcyalier Hulscmau. and William
=. Ihayer. our Consul-General az Cairo
American politics Will hereafter miss The
influence OF the radical spirits OF Loyeio,
and GlddingS the venerable cOunsels OF
Josiah Quincy. and the familiar names of
Col Medary Judge Caleb b. smith Jane.
B. Clay. and eX-Govs. Gamble. Reeder and
Fairbanks The bench has lost judge Ia
nel, Chlei-Justice H0ruh.0Wcr. of Connect
icut Judge Randolph Manning. of this
state. ChefJusiice Laiontaine. of Lower
Canada. and Vice Chancellor E,ten. OF the
sister province. The bar lamenfs its ripeSi
scholar William Curtis Moves. The south
has lost some OF lis chief statesmen. among
them being ex-senator Hammond Clement
q GiaN r Itnfi4r Li.-~
Marshall. The ranks OF the sayans Of The
earth are les, hy The absence Ol Siilman
liichcoch. Schoolcgait, >truye, Speke and
Gerard. Royalty ha, lost the King, of Ba-
yaria and Wurtemherc and The semi-ciyl-
lied potentate of the Sandwich Islands. and
he nobility of England the Dake of New
castle and the Earl Of Carlisle The navy
lament The loss of Com. ". d. Porter. the
worthy bearer of famous name. of Com
mander Craven and Nice-Admiral Roman
OIL, OF the Russian fleet Catholicism has
mourued the death of the ablest OF lie mod
ern preiates in John Hughes. Archbishop OF
New York, while Professionalism must de-
pl0re the brilliant I. Starr King There
are other names Of equal celebrity 10 re-
count. Leech and Roberts have been lost
TO art; Meyerbeer 10 mnsic: Wallack 10 the /
drama The relicts of Henry Clay. Gen /
Harrison and Rufus Choate have Joined the /
men whose homes and hOn0rs they shared
in life. We may also add 10 the list the
names of Ticknur, Marsh, Nattemare. and
MOcQnard. Commercial A3reryiser.