The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-11-13
Death of DISTINGUISHED Personaqes.

Rev. John Early, DID,, Bishop of the Meth
odist Church South, died at his home in Lynch
burg, Va, on the 5th inst, in the 18th year Of
his age. He was very eminent divine, and
greatly esteemed by his denomination. He
entered the itinerant ministry in 1907, and was
elected and ordained Bishop at Columbus, Ga,
in 1854.
Laura Keene, the celebrated and popular
actress, died at Montclair, New Jersey, en- the
9Th inst, aged 43 years. She was native of
England, and came 10 this country about
twenty years ago. One of the most notable
events in her life was that she was performing
when President Lincoln was assassinated.
Louis Gaylord Clark, who achieved very
high and honorable position as an editor, maya
zine writer and literary critic many years ago,
died at Piedmont, on the banks Of the Hudson
River, on the 3rd inst, in the 63rd year of his
age, from an attack of paralysis. He was
editor of the famous Knickerbocker Magazine
for long time, and was endowed with rare
literary gifts. He had been withdrawn from
the active world for some years, and his declin-
ing years were spent at his pleasant home on
the Hudson, which was the gift Of his friends
and colaborers.
Gen. William J. Hardee, late of the Con-
feaerate army, departed this life at Wytheville,
Va, on the 9Th inst, in the 54th year of his
age. He was graduate of West Point, and
served in the Mexican war with distinguished
gallantry, receiving several brevets for merito-
nous conduct. He was the author Of the work
familiarly known 40 "Hardees Tactics" His
career and services in the recent war are we'll
Known and do not need recapitulation. Gen.
Hardee was native of Georgia, where he was
greatly beloved, and had numerous friends and
acquaintances Since the war he has resided
at Selma, Ala, where his remains we're carried
for interment, and where all classes united in
honoring his memory.
Mrs. Mary Gusts Lee, wife of the late Gen.
Robert E. Lee, died at Lexington, Va, on the
5th inst, in the 9th year of her age. Mrs. Lee
has been an invalid for some years, and the re-
cent death of her daughter Miss Agnes Lee
bore heavily upon her declining strength. She
was the only daughter of G. W. P. Curtis, Esq,
the owner of the famous Arlington estate, and
grandson of Mrs. Gen. Washington. Mrs Lee
was lady of unassuming and gentle character
"a fit companion for her illustrous and noble
husband. She was buried by the sloe OF Oen.
Lee, at the Memorial Chapel in Lexington, in
the presence of large concourse of friends,
and with imposing obsequies.
The Columbia papers contain the announce
ment of the death in that city of DR.. Laborde,
late of the South Carolina University. Fifty
four years ago he entered South Carolina COL
lege, and graduated in 1921. Sixteen years
later, in 1887, he became trustee of the col
lege, and five years later in 1S41, he was
elected professor of logic and bellies letters.
For thirty-on years he remained professor in
the institution. For more than one-half of its
corporate life he was associated with its exis-
tence, and one of the most earnest efforts of
/ his entire life was the perpetuation of its
history. He was inseparably connected with
that history. It was his life for many years,
and separation from it proved his death. 1t
will be remembered that about month ago he
| was elected chairman of the faculty. But in
consequence of the changes that were contem-.
plated iu the institution, and the admission OF
negro students, he felt called upon to resign his
chair. Among those who knew him he was
universally esteemed and beloved, and in his
death Columbia has lost one of her best and
nobest sous. He died at his residence on the
College campus on Thursday evening.