The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-01-15
neaths of Distinguished Persons In
1872.

Ia.
-. FIR the number of persons who die,
:. II who were of unusual prominence be
s,,s world A review of the death-rol
,sould be interesting at this tin 70.
,roua certainly recall many mourufu
tbonghts inspired during the year by The
sudden taking off Of this or that conspicu
ous public character, and which in the
hurry and whirl of our busy lives were
necessarily transitory. The great names
which naturally occur to us the moment
ws begin to think of deaths doings dur.
inc the past twelve months, are those OF
Greeley, Seward and Morse. These were
our own countrymen, and it is worthy of
notice that the old world has nG losses of
canal value and distinction. II is a Gu
rious coincidence that the founders of
s9bree leading metropolitan journals should
die within two months of each other
Greeley, of the Tribune, Bennett, of the
Herald, and Spalding, Of the World. A
celebrated Frerch journalist 4dolph Gu.
,roult, editor Of the Paris Rationale, and
well know American editor, Edward A.
Pollard, formerly of the Richmond va
Examiner, also passed away. Among the
distinguished soldiers who died were
Major Generals Meade and Halieck, of the
regular army, both of them very conspic-
yous commanders in the late war. Lieu
tenant General Ewell and Patton Ander.
son, of the Confederate army; Marshal Fo-
rev, of the French army, the man who
beat the Austrians at Fontebello; Field
Marshal Sir George Pollock, 7. C. B.. Con
stable of the Tower, q veteran of the Tn.
dian wars, and General Pennefather, an
other British General of renown. Among
American statesmen were Seward, ex-Post
Master General Randall, ex.Minister to
Russia Ingersoll; Humphrey Marshall. the
rotand and jovial Kentucky Congressman;
ex-senator Wall, of New Jersey; Grimes.
OF Iowa; Walker. of Wisconsin; Bragg. of
North Carolina; Van Wrinkle, of West Vir.
giuia, and Senator Garrett Davis. of Ken.
tucky, over whom eulosies were pro.
nounced last week in the Senate. On the
roll of foreign statesmen were Juarcz. the
President Of Mexico; Earl Mayo, Governor
General of India, who was assassinated bv
native religious fanatic in that country:
Joseph Mazanni, the famous Italian ari- |
tatGf, who was planning another revoln-
ton when death quoted his restless brain: |
the Duke of Persigny, the Third Napole.
on's favorite aud right.hand; Sir Henry
Bulwer, formerly British Minister at
Washington, and recently created Baron
Daling, and Bulwor, brother of the nov
ellst; Lord Lonsdale. late Postmaster
General, and the Duke of Bedford. Row.
atty suffered in the loss Of King Charles
XIV, OF Sweden, wise and industrious
monarch; the Archduke Albrecht, of Aus.
trla, known in the history as the "Victor
OF Cnstozza," the Duke of Guize, one of
younger members of the Orleans family.
and Don Angel Iturbide; the son of the
first Emperor of Mexico. Among the no.
ted writer of books were Charles Lever
author of"Charles O,Malley," and a score
OF other Irish novels which have given
delight to millions of readers in both hem
lspheres; DAnbigne, the famous author of
the History of Reformation;r Theophile
dantler, the popular Partisan feuilleton-
ut; Professor Hadley, of Yale, the Greek
lnd Oriental scholar; Sir John Bowrinc,
VINO wrote on reform; Fanny Fern" Par.
on; Norman Mcleod, the theological an. 4
thor, and Fullom and Horace Mayhem, tn. a
English novelists. a
In the departments of Science and Phil - =,
'sophy deaths have been of the illustriors al
'rofessor Morse, the inventor of magnetic d
elegraph; Feuerbach, the German philos- "a
'pher; Babinet, the French scientist, and n
IT, Francis Lieber, of our own country. d
DIVINITY has parted with the Roman pre- nj
ates Cardinal Amat, Archbishop Spaldiug d,
Baltimore, aud Bishop McGill of Rich il
nond; the Episcopal, DR. Francis Vinton, at
'ector OF Trinity Church. and the eccen. In
TIC Methodist, old Peter Cartwright. =;
'mong the actors who have died are For. Ii.
est, the "Nestor" of the American stage; pl
the greatest of Falstaffs; Miss &C
'Nell, the greatest tragic actress in Eng Of
md fifty years ago, who died Lady Wrix- he