Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-03
DEATH ROLL.
LAST Of the Nstables who Passed into the
ShadOWy Land in 1879.

From the Chicago Tribune.l
The year which is just closing has
been one of the most remarkable in the
history of the world, and especially fol
the large number of prominent persons
who have died in it. Journalism has
lost Horace Greeley, Of the New York
Tribune; James Gordon Bennett, of the
New York Herald; DIR. Spalding of the
New York World; Edward A. Pollard,
formerly of the Richmond Examiner
General Ambrose II. Wright, of the
Augusta Ga. Chronicle and Sentinel
Thomas b. HolcOmbe, formerly editor
Of the indianapolis Sentinel; Rev. DIR.
Amasa Converse, editor of the Christian
Observer, one Of the most widely
circulated journals in the South
Adolph GerOult, editor of the
Paris Opinion Rationale, and TheO-
phile Gautier, the celebrated French
fueilletOnist. Literature has lost Charles
Lever, whose Charles OMdHey at
tanned worldwide fame; D'Aubigne,
the historian Of the Reformation; Pro-
fessOr Hadley, the Yale Professor,
whose Greek and Oriental writings are
well known among scholars; Sir John
BOwring, the Reform writer; " Fanny
Fern - Parton; Norman Mcleod,
whose theological writings are very
numerous; and Horace Mayhem the
English novelist. Many great names
have also been lost to science-amOng
them Professor Morse, the inventor of
the magnetic telegraph; Feuerbach, the
German speculative philosopher; Babi-
net the French scientist; DR.. Francis
Lieber, Of New York; and Mary
Somerville, the English astronomer.
Among the artists who have died are
Westmacott. the English sculptor; Ken
sett, Sully, Ames, T. Buchanan Read,
both poet and painter; and Robert :.
DuncansOn. who died recently in an in
sane asylum. The stage has lost For
rest, Hackett, Miss O'Neill, the greatest
tragic actress in England fifty years ago;
Eliza Logan, Mexican Buchanan, the
eccentric tragedian; Sedley Smith,
BogUmil Dawson, who died insane; and
Emil DevTient. Not many eminent mu-
sicians have died, the only ones we can
recall being Hastings, the writer of
church music; Lowell Mason and Henry
G. ChOrley, the famous critic of the
London AfieldelgH. The pulpit has
lost the Roman Catholic prelates CaTdi-
nal Amat; Archbishop Spalding, of Bal
timore; Bishop McGill, of Richmond,
and Very Rev. Thomas Mulvey, Vicar
General OF the Catholic Diocese of Nir-
ginia; also, DR.. Francis VintOn, Rector
of Trinity Church, New York; Peter
I Cartwright, the eccentric Methodist,
and Rev. DE-. Henry Ostrander, of the
Reformed Church at SaUgerties, New
York. Among the great soldiers who
p we died are MajOr-Generals Meade
and Halleck, of the regular army; Lieu
tenant Generals Eweu and Patten An
derson, Of the Confederate army; Mar
shal FOrey, Of the French army, who
defeated the Austrians at Monticello,
and Field-M Marshal Sir George Pollock
Constable of the London Tower, and an
East India veteran. Among Americans
in political life are Mr.. Seward; ex-
Postmaster Randall; EX-Minister to
Russia IngersOll; Humphrey Marshall,
OF Kentucky; Ex-Senators Wall, of
New Jersey; Grimes, of Iowa; Walker,
o. Wisconsin; Bragg, of North Carroll
ma; Van Winkle, of West Virginia; and
Garrett Davis, Of Kentucky. Among
foreign statesmen, JuareZ, President of
Mexico; Earl Mayo, the Governor
General of India, aSSasSinated by
a religious fanatic; MazZini, the
Italian revolutiOnist; Duke de Per-
signy, the favOrite of the Third
Sir Henry Bulwer, the brother
Df the novelist and once British Minis
ter at Washington; Lord Lonsdale, the
ate POstmaster-Gen of England;
and the Duke of Bedford Royalty has
Ost King Charles Nv, of Sweden; Mar
shal Prim, Of Spain; the Archduke Al
1Teeht, of Austria; the Duke Of Guise,
Don Angel Iturbide, son of the first EN-
peror of Mexico; and King Ka-
of the Sandwich Islands.
Among prominent men in pri-
yate lie in this country, who
have died, are David Paul Brown, of
General Howard, author
Of HolC0rds sUigitcd States Supreme
curt Rep0pts; James Fisk, jr., Sam
uel Y. Pike, Erastus Corning, John A.
Joseph II. Scranton, who
Scranton, Pennsylvania; Paran
Stevens and Simeon Leland. With the
single exception of music, ali the other
mentioned have suffered a
severe loss in their neurology; more Sc
we're, perhaps, than during any other
single year.