Omaha daily bee., 1874-01-06
THE NEUROLOGY OF 1873.
A Notable Death Roll.

closed includes the names of many
persons who acquired distinction in
their several walks Of life Litera-
ture lost Lord Lytton (Bulwer), dis
tinguished 40 a novelist, poet, dram
Artist. and Statesman Frederick Lud.
wig, Georg o Raumer, n of the
most eminent Of German historians;
Count Alexander M%anzoni, the cels.
bratsd Italian poet and novelist
John X. Thompson, of the EUening
Poet, a Southern author of ante>bel,
lum fame John Romeyn Broadhead,
author of q "History Of the State Of
New York." Florence Ribas, Vene-
zuelan Consul at New York, a mar of
uncommon literary attainments;
Wolfgang Mcneil, u noteworthy Ger
man writer Amedee $. ID. Thierry,
a historian of the ancient Gauls
Mansfield Tracy Walworth, a popu-
lar novelist, slain by his son ; Col.
James +. Meline, author of a Winds
cation of Mary Queen of Scots, in
answer to Mr.. Froudc; Caroline
Chesebro', whose rare mental endow-
ments placed her in the first rank of
American novelists the Hon. Will
lard Phillips, author of IN important
work on political economy Louis
Gaylord Clark, editor of the Knicker-
booker Magazine for 20 years; Ernest
Feydeau, the French novelist Fran
co.'s Hugo, the second and only sur-
viving son Of the French poet; John
Camden Hotten, who %popularized the
writings of American authors in En-.
gland, but payed nothing therefor;
Robert Bigsby, an English author.
Many great names have been lost
to science. Among them Louis
Agassiz, Professor DON'T, of Florence,
discoverer of the comet which bears
his name; Jean C%harcornac, a French
astronomer whs discovered numerous
planets; Baron Justus Liebig, the
greatest practical chemist Of the age;
Mathew Fontaine Maury, formerly
commander in the United States
Navy, and an extensive contributor
to geographical knowledge; the Rev,
Adam Sedgwick, an eminent British
geologist; Count de Verneull, an
eminent French naturalist and dis.
tinguished member of the French
Institute; Prof. John Torrey, of
Columbia College, a we'll known
botanist; Prof. John F. Stoddard, a
we'll known mathematician; Gustav
Rose, q companion of Humboldt in
his tour of exploration in Asia; Prof.
James Ii. Coffin, who wrote on
ecilpses and winds of the Northern
Hemisphere, and Joseph Beck, a dis
tinguished horticulturist.
Several distinguished judges and
lawyers died at home and abroad, in
Guiding Salmon p. Chase, Chief
Justice of of the United Sta.ss; the
Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, q
Judge of the High Court of Admi-
rally in England; the venerable
Judge Nelson who retired from the
Supreme Court; the venerable Chief
Justice Bellows, of New Hampshire;
the Hon. John A. Collier, Of Bing,
hampton, a lawyer of eminent abili-
ty; Judge Rufus w. Peckham, who
was IA years q Judge in this State;
Robert Emmett, a prominent member
of the New York bar, and nephew of
the celebrated Irish patriot of his
name; William II. Tracey, q Judge
of the Marine Court of this city;
Frederick Pinkney, who was Deputy
State Attorney of Baltimore for 40
years, and son Of the distinguished
lawyer and statesman William Pink
ney of MARYLAND; John Thomas Nell
son, Of Tennessee, II of President
JohnsOn's counsel at the impeach-
ment trial, the Hon. Demas Hubbard
of Chenango county; Henry s. Beck
with, a lawyer and once prominent
member of the State Legislature;
the Hon. VIM. NJ. Meredith, Of Phil
adelphia, President of the Constitu-
tional Convention and agood lawyer;
Abram o. Zabriskie, seven years
Chancellor of New Jersey, ard the
possessor of splendid legal and liter
airy requirement., the Right Hon.
Richard Bethel, Baron Wsstbury,
and ex-Lord Chancellor of England;
the Hon. Chester Isham Reed, Judge
Of the Superior Court of Massachu>
sets; Chief Justice Chapman, Of
Massachusetts,, a successful lawyer
and sound ~jurist; Peter Vredenbergh,
a New Jersey Judge; Garrett An
drews, of Georgia; the Hon, Angus
tin Haines, Of Portland, Maine; An
stOn Livingston, of the New York
bar; Judge Theron r.. Strong, a prom
inent member of the bar of this city;
Judge Samuel w. Fuller, of the
Chicago bar; L. L, Stansbury, of the
New Jersey bar; Judge John Q. I'm
derwood, a noted Federal Judge in
Virginia; William Hungerford, the
oldest lawyer in Connecticut.
The churches lost several eminent
men: The Rev. DIR. Gyrdiner
Spring, an industrious author, and
pastor for 63 years of the brick church
once in Beekman street; Robert
Smith Candlish, one of the Free
Vresbyterian) Church of Scotland
the Right Rev. VIM. +. Armitsge
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopa.
Diocese of Wisconsin the Rev. Fred
erick Buel, a jealous agent of til,
American Bible Society in Californii
for "A years; the Rev. Caesar Premier
Professor of Theology in the Evan
gelical Seminary at Geneva the Rev
Antonio Carrasco, founder Of the frs
Protestant Church in Madrid, lost il
the Vile du Havre the Right Rev
John Early, the Oldest Bishop Of tn
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
the Rev. John Todd, long a pastor 0
the First Congregationalist Churcl
of Pittsiield; The Rev. =. =. Schmu
ched, n of the ablest thsologlans Q
The Lutheran Church Samuel Will
b~erforcs, Bishop of Winchestel
who fell from his horse an
was killed instantly; the Rev. d.
Guinxburg of Boston, distinguish
Hebrew divine; the Rev. Charles "
Whitehead, chaplain for sewers
} years of the New York City Hosp