Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-02
The Dead Of IS73.

The year that closes to- morrow will be mem.
orabie, in the series Of years, for the number o.
has gathered to the folds of death. Our olde,
readers will perhaps recall the year 1892, when
so many eminent men departed that the necrol.
ogy Oh IL read IKE the muster roll Of the temple
poets; Cavier, the greatest of the men of sci.
ence of that day; Walter Scott. the greatest OF
novelists; Champollion, one of the greatest OF
discoverers In archaeology, and others scarcel y
less worthy OF note, left US in that wear for the
realm "where the imm0rtas are"
Thereis q remarkable resemblance between
number of the notabilities that have been called
away, but in the character OF these aud in their
relations TO the times. No poet comparable in
ability or breadth of influence to the German
poet can De cited this year; but the removal of a
much inferior man, Napoien ILL.,, ex-Emperor
OF the French, has made quite as wide gan in
human affairs. MaDzOni, the Italian novelist
is hardly the peer of Sir Walter Scott but II W.
add to his name the names of GuerazzI. Lvtton
Bulwer and Miss Muhlbach, the parallel NAV be
completed. Agassiz certainly rivals his illus
trious teacher, Culver, but we are compe lied to
add to the scientific list of our losses Iebig,
Sedgwick, Torrey, Mack, DE la Rive, Donati
Fedtschenko and Coste, In the walks of art the
losses have been less numerous, but scarcely
seer and Hiram Powers, with whom NAV be
Joined Macready, the actor, and Gustave Rich
ard the painter
The Bench and Bar have been called upon to
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Judge Nelson, Judge Tracy. Judge Peck ham.
chancellor Zabriskle, Lord Westbury, Baron
Wolverton, Chief Justice BOyill, William NJ
Meredith, Right Honorable stephen Lushing.
ton and others, and the Church will miss Vicar
Genera Stars, Bishops NcIvaiDe, Armtage
and WilberfOrce; DIR. K. ). Storrs, DIR. Gardi
ner Spring. Rev. John Todd, Rev. Baptist Noel
DR.. McGufiey, DIR. Guthrie, and others.
Better known than any of these even were
the names of John Stuart Mill, long the leader
OF an important school of British philosophy
Of Thierry and Won Raumer, historians; Of st.
Marc Girardin, PhiIarete Cbasles, writers; OF
Neiaton, surgeon; of Ratazzi, statesman; of
Count Bernstorf, diplomatist; OF Sir Henry
Holland, traveller and physician; and. in mar
Charles Knight, John p. Hale. Mrs. Clyde,
Thornton Hunt, Lewis Gaylord Clark, A dmirai
WlnslOw, Charles Temple Dix, Countess Guic.
ci0li and Laura Keene.
Below we subjoin list of the dead of 1875, SO
far AS they now come to mind:
Louis Napoleon, tx Emperor of the French;
the DowaRer Empress of Brazil; the Empress
Caroline Augusta OF Austria; the King OF Swe
OF Prussia the Ex-Duke of Brunswick: Prince
Joseph PoBiatOwski; Abd-e- adler; Lord Wei
lesley, Ex Lord Chancellor of Great Britain:
John Evelin DensOn, for fifteen wears Speaker
OF the British House of Commons; Count Won
BerDstorf; OdillOn Barrot; Francesca Domenic
Guerazzi; Urbano Rattazzi; Olozaga; Henri
Rochefort; Governor Geary;. Gorge n. Sanders;
VIM. N. Meredith; Admiral wmslOx; Azsriah
Z. Flagg: Horace r. Clark; Martin Kalbheisch;
John A. Kennedy; Salmon P. Chase; A. o. "a
briskie, EN-Chancellor of New Jersey; the Hon.
stephen LushiDgton; FIX j udge Samuel Nelson;
Judge ssPeckham; Edward Bulwer Lytton; j
Sheridan lie Fanu; Caroline Chesebro; Lewis
Gaylord Clark; Charles Knight; Amedee Tnier-
ryi +. A. st. Marc Girardin; Woifgang Mcneil;
John X. Thompson; Carl Wilhelm; Clara Mundt
louise NJ uhlbach); Emile GabOriau; Sir Henry
Holland James Brooks; John Romeyn Brod-
head; Alessandr0 Manzoni; John Stuart Mill;
Professor Won Raumer; Thornton Hunt; Phila-
rete Chasles; Gustave Rose, chemist and min
eralogist); Fedtschenko; q. b. Donati, 1.-THE as
tronomer); Professor Agazzis; Adam Scdgwick,
Matthew II. Maury; DR.. John TORY; Baron
Liebig; DR.. Arguste Nelaton; Sir Edwin Land
seer; Hiram Powers; Oregon Wilson; Rnaido
Kinaldi; Joseph Fagnanni; William c. Macrea-
dy; A. h. Davenport; James w. Wallach; Earl
Hardwicke; the Rev. DR.. Isaac Ferris; Samuel
Wilberforce. Bishop of Winchester; the Rev.
Baptist W. Noel; the Rev. Joshua Leavitt; vi
car General Stars; the Rev. Thomas Guthrie
Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis; General Candy: Lewis
TappaB; Oakes Ames; William Cassidy; Luther
Tucker; Laura Keene; +. A. Pollard; DR.. Har-
vey Peet; James Henry Coffin; Charles Temple
Dix; Bishop Mcllvaine; Commander Aulif;
Countess Guiccioli; the Rev. John Todd; the
Rev. Richard Storrs; the Rev. Gardiner Spring;
DIR. Mack; DIR. McGuffey; Bishop Randall;
James BOgle Coste (uaturalst); John P. Hale;
Senator yatesHMrs. Give; Paul FerroD ~. L.
Post sou ulf,