The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-01-11
Distinguished Persons Who Died
in 1872.

in 1872.
The year just closed was remark
able over most of its immediate pre-
decessOrs for the number of persons
who died In it who were Of unusual
prominence before the worlal.eA ge-s
view Of the death roll would be in
teresting at this time. 1t would GER
tainly recall many mournfnl thoughts
inspired during the year by the sud p
den taking off of this or that conspic-
nous public character, a,ld which In
the hurry and wllirl of our busy
lives were necessarily transitory. The
great names which naturally occur
to us the moment we begin to
think of deaths doings during tho
past twelve months, are those of
Greeley, Seward and Morse. Tlese
were our own countrymen, and is is
worthy of notice that the old world has
no losses Of equal value and distinc-
ton. 1t is curious coincidence that
the founders of three leading metre d:
politan journals should die within
two months Of each other Greeley.
of the Tribune, Bennett of the Herald
and Spalding Of the World. A cele-
brated French Journalist, AtlO1ph Cue
roult, editor Of the Paris Natioxale,
and we'll known American editor,
Edward A. Pollard, formerly of the
Richmond (Va.) Examiner, also passed.
away. Among the distinguished SOL
diers who died were Major Generals 1
Meade and Hallect, Of the regular
army, both of them very conspicuous
commanders Of the late war. Lieut..
Generals Ewell aud Patten Anderson,
of the Confederaye Army; Marshal
Forey, Of the French army, the lman
who beat the AnstriaDs at FontebellO;
Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, r.
G. b., Constable Of 1G Tower, = vet
eran of the Indian wars, and General
Pennefather, another British, General
of renowD. Among American states
men we're Seward, exIPostmastef
General Randall, ex- Minister to Rms
sia Ingersoll; Humphrey Marshall,
the rotnnd and jovial Kentucky Con-
gressmaB ex-senator Wall Of New
jersey; Grimes Of Iowa: Walker II
Wisconsin; Bragg Of North Carolina;
Van Wink1e Of West Virginia, and
Senator Garrett Davis Of Kentucky,
over whom eulogies were pronounced
last week in the senate. On the roll
Of foreign statesman were Juares, the
President of Mexico; Earl, Mayo, Gov.
ernor General Of India, who was as
sassinated by q native religious f.
natic in that country Joseph Mazinni,
the famous Italian agitatOr, who was
planning another revolution when
death quieted his restless brain the
Duke Of Persigny, the third Napo-l
Icons favorite and right hand man;
Sir. Henry Bulwer, formerly British
Minister at Washington, and recently
created Baron Dalling, and Balwer,
brother of the novelist; Lefd LeRstlale,
late Postmaster General, and the
Duke of Bedford. Royalty suffered
in the loss Of King Charles XIV Of
Sweden, wise and industrious mon
ach; the Archduke Albrecht Of Aus-
tria, known iE history .as, the" Victor
of Custozza," the Duke Of Guize, one
of the younger members of the Or
leans family, and Don Angel Iturbide,
the son of the first Emperor Of Mexico.
Among the noted writer's Of books
were Chas. Lever, author of +" Charles
O'Malley," and 4 score Of other
Irish novels which have. given delight
| to millions of readers in both hemi
spheres; D'Aubigne. the famous au-
thor of the " History Of the Reforma-
tom" Theophile Gsutier, the popu-
lar Parisian feuilletonist; Prof. HAD
lev Of Yale, the Greek and Oriental
scholar; Sir John Bowring, who
wrote on reform; Fanny Fern"
Parton; Norman Mcleod, the theo-
logical author, and Fullom and Hor-
ace Mayhem the English novelists.
| In the departments of science and
philosophy deaths have been OF the
illustrioas Professor Morse, inventor Of
the magnetic telegraph; Feuerbach,
the German philosopher; Babinet, the
French scientist, and DR.. Francis Lie
Der, Of our own country. Divinity
has parted with the Roman prelates
/ Cardinal Amat, Archbishop spakling
/ Of Baltimore, and Bishop McGill of
Richmond the Episcopal, DR.. Francis
Iinton, Rector Of Trinity Church, and
the eccentric Methodist, old Peter
Cartwright. Among the actors who
have died are Forrest, the g Nestor -
of the American stage: Hackett the
greatest OF Fallstaffs Miss O'Neil, the
greatest tragic actress in England fifty
wears ago, who died Lady Wrixon
Beecher; Eliza Logan, Mexican Bu-
chanan and William (Sedley) Smith.
Two eminent German tragedians,
Bogumil Dawson and Emil Deyrient,
died i'm Dresden during the year.
The former visited this country in
1860. Among the artists were West
macott, the English sculptor; Kensett,
suIly, Ames and T. Buchanan Reid,
who was also celebrated as poet.
The dead lawyers were David Paul
Brown Of fPhiladelph!a Gen. Howard,
author Of 50 Howald's United States
,, Supreme Court Reports" and James
r. Whiting. Robert James Dillon