The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09
THE DEATH-ROLL OF 1872.

of the most remarkable in the history
of the world, and specially so for
the large number of prominent per-
sons who have died in it. Journal
ism has lost Horace Greeley, of the
New York Tribune ]; James Gordon
Bennett, of the New York Herald ;
Mr.. Spalding, of the New York
Wor}d; Edward A. Pollard, former
ly Of the Richmond Enanainer; Gen.
eral Ambrose R. Wright, of the
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sen
t5ne1;; Thomas b. Holcombe, former
ly editor of the indianapolis Se,ati-
mel /; Rev. DR.. Amasa Converse, ed
itor of the Christian Observer, one
of the most widely circulated jour
mails in the South Adolph Gerohlt.
editor Of the Paris Opinion Nation-
ale; and Theophile Gautier, the
celebrated French feuilletonist. Lit
erature has lost Charles Lever.
whose Charles O'Malley" attained
worldwide fame; D'Aubigne, the
historian of the Reformation; Pro-
lessor Hadley, the Yale Professor,
whose Greek and Oriental writings
are well Known among scholars :;
Sir John Bowring, the Reform wri-
ter; "Fanny Fern" Parton Nor
man Mcleod, whose theoloe ical wri-
tings are very numerous; and Hor-
ace Mayhem, the English novelist.
Many great names have also been
lost TO science, among them Pro-
fessor Morse, the inventor of the
magnetic telegraph Feuerbach, the
German speculative philosopher !;
Babinet, the French scientist; DR..
Francis Lieber, of New York; and
Mary Somerville, the English as
tronomer. Among the artists who
have died are Westmacott, the En-
| glish sculptor Kensett; Sully;
Amer; L. Buchanan Read, both
painter and poet; and Robert S
DuncanSon, who died recently in an
insane asylum. The stage has lost
Forrest; Hackett; Miss O'Neill,
the greatest tragic actress in ERg-
land fifty years ago; Eliza Logan
Mclean Buchanan, the eccentric
tragedian; Sedley Smith Bogunil
Dawson, who died insane; and
Emil Devrient. Not many eminent
musicians have died, the only ones
we can recall being Tasting, the
writer Of church music Lowell Ma
son; and Berry G Chorley, the ia.
nous critic Of the London AthenG-
I'm. The pull pit has lost the Ro-
man Catholic preIates Cardinal
Amat; Archbishop Spalding, of
Baltimore. Bishop McGill, of Rich
mond, and Very Reverend Thomas
Mulyey, Vicar General Of the Cath
olic Diocese of Virginia; also DR..
Francis Vinton, Rector of Trinity
Church, New York; Peter Cart
wright, The eccentric Methodist :;
and Rev. DR.. Henry Ostrander, of
the Reformed Church at Saugerties,
N. 7. Among the great soldiers
who have died are Major Generals
Meade and Halleck, Of the regular
army; Lieutenant Generals EweII
and Patten Anderson, of the Confed-
crate army; Marshal Forey, of the
French army, who defeated the Aus
TRANS at Montebello; and Field
Marshal Sir George Pollock, Con-
stable of the London Tower, and an
East Indian veteran. Among Amer
leans in political life are Mr. Seward;
ex-Postmaster General Randall; ex-
Minister to Russia Ingersoll ; Hump
hrey Marshal. of Kentucky ex-Sen-
ators Wall, of New Jersey, Grimes,
of Iowa, Walker, of Wisconsin,
Bragg, Of North Carolina, Van
Winkle, of West Virginia, and
Garrett Davis, of Kentucky.
Among foreign statesmen, Juarez,
President of Mexico; Earl Mayo, the
Governor General OF India, assassin
ated by religious fanatic; Mszzin-
nj, the Italian revolutionist; Duke
de Persigny, the favorite OF the
Third Napoleon Sir Henry Bulwer,
the brother of the novelist, and once
British Minister at Washington !;
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