The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-01-04
Tbe Dead Of Is72.

The years Of the present century hith.
ertO most remarkable for the number oil
their distinguished dead were 1889 and
1859. The twelve months of which only
few days remain must now be added to
those memorable predecessOrs-perhaps,
indeed, 1t surpasses them in the length
Of Its catalogue Of departed genius and
worth,
In our own country we have lost such
prominent statesmen aud politicians as
William II. Seward; Messrs. Wall, OF
New Jersey; Bragg, Of North Carolina;
Van Wrinkle, OF West Virginia; Davis, Of
Kentucky; Grimes, Of Iowa, and Walker,
OF Wisconsin, all Of whom had been
members OF the United States Senate.
Elk. Postmaster General Randall and Mr..
G. ]. Ingersoll, formerly Minister 10 Rus
slA, have also passed away. The journal
istiC profession numbers among It's de.
parted James Gordon Bennett, Horace
Greeley. j. R. Spalding, Of the New
York World, and Edward A. Pollard,
the last being perhaps more noted for
his connection with general literature
than for his labors on the Richmond
Erdminer. The army has suffered the
less OF Gems. Meade and HRlleck, and
their late opponents of the rebel service,
Gems. Ewell and Anderson, have also
died. Science mourns for Prof, Morse,
and literature for Dr.. Lieber, T. Buchan.
an Read, g. P. Putnam, Prof Hadley, OF
Yale College, and "Fanny Fern" 6ully,
Kcnsets, Ducsnson, and Ames will paint
no more. In Francis Vinton, Bishop
Eastburn, Of Massachusetts; Peter Cart.
wright, Archbishop, Spalding, and Bishop
McGill, the Episcopal, Methodist, and
Roman Catholic churches have lost able
representatives. David PAUL Brown, OF
Philadelphia, and Gen. Howard, editor Of
the United States Supreme Court Re.
ports, are among the most eminent Of the
lawyers who have died. Lowell Mason
lives only in his compositions. Joseph
Il. Scranton, Erastus Corning, Samuel n.
Pike, John A. Griswold, and James Fisk,
jr., are, perhaps, the most prominent men
OF wealth and financial ability whose CO.
reer has drawn toa close. The stage has
sustained no common loss In Hackett,
Forrest; and Eliza Logan.
In the old world "pale death, who
knocks alike at the huts OF the poor and
the palaces Of kings" has summoned
away Charles XIV, Of Sweden; Albrecht,
Of Austria, the Victor OF CustoZZa; the
Princess Of Leiningen, half sister TO
Queen Victoria, and the young Duke Of
Guise, the pride and hope OF the House OF
Orleans; Mazzini, the italian reVolutionist;
Juabez, President OF Mexico; Earl Mayo,
GoVernor.G General Of India; Sir Henry |
Bulwer, the Duke Of Bedford; the former
Postmaster. General Of England, Lord
Lonsdale, Kisseleff, the Russian statesman,
and the Duke Of Persigny, one OF the
trustiest counselors Of the exs Emperor Of
the French, have retired forever from the
political world. Meble dAubigne, the
historian, and Feuerbach, the
the Nsthestical Spectator; BARNET q
French man Of science. Theophile
Gautier, one OF the most graceful con-
tributors to the Partisan journals; Sir
John Bowring, an oriental scholar and di::
plomat, hymn writer and refOrmer, and
Horace Mayhem and Charles Lever, nov.
elists, are the best known depaI I'D litera-
teurs. The German stage has been de.
prived Of Bogumil Dawson aud Emil Dew.
rient, and that Of England Of its former
ornament, Miss O'Neil, who abandoned |
her profession to become Lady Beecher.
Our list Is not short one, but it is by
no means complete, even with regard to
those who have claims on public notice.
Some OF our readers will perceive omis.
sions, which they will fill mentally, at
least, while very few will fail to call to
mind some dear friend, who, if unknown |
to fame, hasleft wider gap in the social
circle than many Famous diplomat or
writer has done in the world at large.