The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-09
NEUROLOGY OF 1871.
A Glance at the List of d stInguished
Dead Of the Past Year.

A Glance at the List of d stinguished
| Dead Of the Past Year.
A few very eminent personages died during
the year; but the greater number of the dis
tinguished departed were less prominent In
the realms of science, literature, the fine arts,
war and craftsmanship.
In the scientific and philosophical world the
losses have all been severe. Astronomy has
lost Sir John F. W. Herschel, the most Illus.
| trious of modern observers. Mathematics has
to mourn Professor Augustus De Morgan, OF
the University of London, and Charles Bab-
bage. the inventor of the celebrated calculat-
ting machine, which, however, he has left i'm.
perfect. In geology, Sir Roderic Mrchison,
who predicted where gold would be found IN
Australia; in political economy, Stephen
| Colwell, of Philadelphia; in chemistry, Profess
sor c. NJ Wetherll, of Lehigh UDiVersityi 10
electrical science, Becquerel; and IN engl-
neerIng, Sommeller, the constructor of the
Mont Cents tunnel, one of the greatest achieve
ments of the age, and Alvin 9. Morton, OF the
Erie line. complete the list. Next to science,
the art of war has been the greatest loser by
death. First on the roll Of fame Is Juan Prim,
! the Spanish field marshal and statesmani but,
perhaps, he should be classed among the de-
i
the 3lst of December ofthat year. The Aus
trlan Field Marshal Benedek, who lost the
| battle of Sadowa, and the Turkish Generals
simo, Omar Pasha, the hero Of the Crlmean
war, come next in celebrity. Generals Hoo,
man and Totten, United States army, General
Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame. Gene
raj Maynadier and Marshal Random, Franco.
Algerian hero; Field Marshal Slr John F. Bur
govne. the comrade of Wellington, and one
of the Crimean heroes, General str
James Scarlet, another of them, and
| the Austrian Field Marshal M9erlng,
number of names more or less known
to fame. Some among them took part In re-
| cent wars, viz, Generals Gregory, ketchum,
Boyle, Tay. B0awell, ClantoD, Dimick, McMa-
hon, Ent, McCiery and others. The French iost
Generals Lecomte and Thomas, both murder,
| Rossel, shot for treason; the spaniards ana
Cubsns, Generals Pueblo and Cavada. Among
| eminent naval officers were the Austrian Ad-
miral Tegethoff, who defeated the Italian feet
| at Lissa; the French Admirals Bouet, Willau.
mez and Labrousse; and the English Admiral
| Warren. Death has been remarkably busy
| this wear among our own naval officers: Il has
carried off Commodores Wentworth, Peter
Turner, Giyn, Chauncey,- Tatnsli, Blake. Nit.
chell aud Bulius, and Captain Page, William
son. Matteson, Magruder and Macdonougn;
also Surgeons DeCamp and Christian.
| Literature exclusive OF journallsm) monrns
such s'bright particular stars as George lick
Grote the historian, Charles Scrlbner, Paul de
Kock. AlzelIus, the Swedish historian, Henry
T. Tuckerman, Ponson du Terrai, Emile De-
schamps, Richard Benty. T. W. Robertson,
the dramatist, A. Keith Johnstone, the geo
erapher, Sidney E. Morse. and j. y: WRIGHT,
With others of less note. The list also COM
prlses the names of upwards Of twenty jour
Il we'll kQOWn
French names. Claudey, murdered by the
| Communists; Aug'te Vermorel, shot; Berlin
and Melland. Among our own losses are
Locke, of the New York Sun; Palmer and
Woods, of the Boston Daily Advertiser;
Carpenter, New York Herald; Campion,
yers we have lost several eminent judges, as
| CoDyngham, Lewis aud Taylor, of PennsylVa-
nia: DEMO, OF New York; Marshall, OF Ken.
tLaky; Mckinney, OF Florida, and Taylor, OF
| Virginia; Judge Advocate General DAWSON,
Lord Justice Rolt, Justice Hugh Hill, Messrs.
Greenwood and Tweed, Q. c., Vice Chancellor
Sir Maziere Brady, Judge Aywln, OF Canada,
4, English list. The stage has lost Peter Rsh'
lngs, James n. Hacketf, Paul Bedford, Frede-
rlc Yinlng,. Frank Mathews, VIM. NJ. Foster,
anna Barry Walter ter IaHGS Montgomery Sve eao Of
Vienna, one Of the best actors Germany has
produced. Of musicians, the year mas
taken away the illus.:lous CT p0sers
Auber and Mercadante; the plani Thai
| berg, Ciprian, Porter and SanderSon; the
singers Bareilhet, Desarte, Ketterer aud Gas
! slef; also DR.. Cunnington, and Fetis, Presl-
dent of the Conservatoire at Brussels. FAINT
ring, Glraud, Otto Weber and Zamaeois:
| Sculpture has not suffered much; Munro, OF
| England, Gumery, of France. and Viquer, of
Spain. complete the list. OF statesmen the
list Is very long; 1t contains several celebrities,
such as Hon; Thomas Ewing, prlm, lalreaay
Bustamente, Ali Pasha, Bravo-Murillo, Wocht.
meister and the Earl of Elentorough, and
others of less eminence, such as L. j. Papi-
neau. J. NJ. Mason, John Slidell, VallandiS-
ham, Covode, Gasparin, Montecch, Lam
brecht, Gustave Fleurens and Delescluze.
Among dlviues the list ls chiefly confined TO
local celebrities. but the names OF Robert j.
Breckinridge, Dean Afford, Henry Melville,
Mansell, the Able Du Guerry and Archbishop
Darboy Of Paris, and Bishops Allen, Baker and
Clark, OF this country, demand honorable
mention. II In medicine the losses have not
been remarkable. Royalty has lost the queen
of Sweden, the Prince de Latour dAmergne,
of Naples, aud sonin-law OF Isabella Of Spain;
the Princess Leopoldine.ot Saxe-Coourg: the
Princess Belgiojoso, and the Archduchess
| Charles Of Austria.
| There remain some celebrities TO be men-
toned. The list Is a miscellaneous one. 1t
includes Madame Letitia Bonaparte Wyse,
]. G. Kohl, the traveller; Eudes, the famous
picture collector of Paris; the philanlhropists,
| Thomas Garrett, of Delaware, and Tappan, OF
| Boston; Rosa Madial, the Protestant martyr,
Of Florence; Jecker. the Paris banker, whose
lclaims" against Mexico were made the pre-
text for the French Invasion of the country;
Jules Mlres, the founder of the Credit Mobilier;
Robert Houdln, the conjuror; Don Abel
Stearns, The California pioneer; Phelan, tue
Billiard player; Renforth, the champion oars.
man, and the "Boy Jones" the lover OF Queen
Victoria.