The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-12-06
" GRACE Greeley.


Inc vete' an editor and publicist died
IN New ork at ten minutes ofseven on
Friday evening last.
tie was born at Amherst, In New
iln ,,a" pshire. FEBRUARY 81, 1911. His early
I'VE was spent on farm, and In 1926, his
" rents having removed To Vermont,
, 20 commenced working on his own &C.
count and obtained employment In a
printing office. After learning his trade,
he made his way, In August, 1881, Ia
New York City, where he secured oc.
casional work as a journeymau printer
in various hook and newspaper offices.
In 1884 he established "rhe New York.
er,"a weekly literary journal, which
after several years. existence, was dis
continued as Improbable. During the
period mentioned he also edited and
published several political campaign
papers. In 1871 he commenced tn pub.
lication OF the "New York Tribune"
with which successful journal his name
has been thoroughly identified. In 1S4S
he was elected to the u. s. House OF
Representatives to till "a vacancy In the
Thirtieth Session, and served during the
short session ending March 4th, 1919. In
1851 he visited Europe and was selected
AZ chairman of one Of the juries at the
Great Exhibition of Industry held in
London during that year.
Mr.. Greeley about this Il me became
prominent as an author, and during the
remainder of his life publis he'd many
treatises on various subjects, and inter
esting accounts of his journeyings
| through Europe, and through di fferent
parts of the United States. His most ex-
tended work is 1.-THE Great A merican
| n. taN .xt. l., &c tl.n,
| belliou, and the causes which produced
| IL. His other works are "Glances at Eu.
rope" published in 1852 "Art aud In
dustry, as Represented in the Exhibi-
| tion of the Crystal Palace. New York.
| In 1858; the completion of Sargent's
"Life of Henry Clay" in 1858; "a His
| tory of the Struggle for Slavery Exteu.
sion or Restriction in the United States
| from 1887 to 1856" In 1850, after an
| overland journey to California he pub
| lished "a Journey to Pixies Peak. !"
Mr.. Greeley also published "Recollec.
tions of Busy Life, Essays on Politi
cal Economy, ,"'What Know of Farm.
ing" and Letters from Texas and tie
Lower Mississippi"
| Ia 1864 Mr. Greeley was Presiden-
tial Elector for New York; in 1866 he
was a delegate to the "Loyalists' Con-
NentlOD,' neIu III fHllduelpn1a, ana In
1867 he was a member of the New York
Constitutional Convention. In May.
1867, he became one of the sureties on
the bail bond of Jefferson Davis, and his
course excited great commient, both
favorable and the reverse. In Novem-
ber, 1867, he was appointed Minister to
Austria, by President johnson, and was
confirmed by the Senate, but he declin.
ed the position. In May, 1872, Mr..
Greeley was nominated for the Presi.
dency by a Convention of Liberal Re.
publicaus, sitting at Cincinnati, and he
was subsequently, in July, accepted as
a candidate by the Democratic Conven-
ton, which assembled at Baltimore. In
the ensuing political campaign, Mr..
Greeley strenuously exerted all his pow
ers of argument, both in writing and in
speaking, and delivered over sixty ad.
dresses during very short period pre-
vious to the election. He was, however,
unsuccessful. His labors in the political
field, together with severe domestic
affection, prostrated his nervous system,
and his great strength of constitution
was unable to support the shock.