, 1875-12-28
OBITUARY.


OBITUARY.
gx-aEsAron RICHARDSON.
yesterday thnro were hvo living ex-Sdnitofs
fun Illnois,~-WILLtAN a. H1ciIAHtsoN, blpNkf
DesEsy JANIS H.sIgLn4, u. II. BROWNING. aud
LYMAN THuxnu1L. IjREEsE In on the Buprsme
I,e.,el, of Illinois, Bn1ELpa In tho Gower House
os tho Missouri Legislature, nnowxtNa lawyer
at Quincy TRuMnuLt Ia Fyor IN this ctfJ. Ihelf
cottoag,to, Con. Il1CnAnnHox, died at ha reaidenco
In Quincy yesterday morning. lio was born in
Fayatte County. Kontuesy. in 1911, and gssdu-
ntod from TtanBylvAnis University, in that State,
wLo still a boy. Admitted to the Har before 10
ua8 20 years Of pgc. to movoa to Illinois, which
ves atraady, thAnka to free labor, out
strippjpg her older rival, From 1855.
whca he WAS elected stato's-Attorucy, he
was almost continuously In ollco until 1865.
whom ho loft tho Bouate. Had ha writtou "ThirtY
Years in United states Politics" the book would
hare been ~ interesting ~ DyNroN'a "Thssty
Years tn the United States Bouato." He waa
nsmber of tie State Legislature In 1886. State
Senator in 1888. Bpeakor Of the House and Pfes'
ldontial Elcctor In 1874. IIo entered tho Me1ican
War aB Captain, and WAS promoted to blghe1
command on tho battlefield Of Buens Vista. in
the freo-and-easv military method OF those days.
by tho unanimous vote Of his regtmont. From
Aos' W Aoe"' "A1"1 ~ A"3.s"t
gress, actiyoly supporting his intimate friend,
Senator DOUGLAS. IN his struggle for the so"ealiod
/ Popular -Soveraignly principle, as applied to
tho Kansas. Nebraska question. Ho left Wash.
inKton to run for Governor Of Illinois, but was
defeated. In 1867, BUCHANAN appointed bin
Governor OF Nobraska. lie held The placo only
| ono yoar, and thon resignea. In 1850 and 1854
h' vas fe-eleetoa 10 tonRfose' "he" ouoa.H"
! didd, u H. 1ao"HtAo was appo1o.ea w .no
uoVernor as al 1hte77"s eeh"tos' pa' "noA wv
Legislature mot, MI RICHARDSON was siso'oe
for the unexplred eern'' hla seoosu - sei"-
tor was honasaolo, thoneh nos o1liAsos' niN,e
Ills ret1remoot, Ia Aoes' no INV nsoo 4a's1'5
at Quiaoy' LIS eooa Pnsellus h*s east'ou -,
nam sateiy through so'osa, so,o'e -. ~ ~.
sscRno6a unr'ns 1no last oecAae' oas w "s"
strnca WIN pafalVa'a ten Gays ago. aaa , sa' ~.
aolo TO sauy ,roh tho Saoch' u" .,1a p*11e.psso.
~ .ho houroon movement " io' ,....;@ sue Ai.a
latoly pnollahoa ono or t"o loalacFeos 'os'ets ~
1asof ot rag'""heY. "n'cn suo"ua 'Aat ~ oas.
commanding po"o9s were !ass 1A"nB. oelea'o'
boh'nd nun INC reoaFa OF 'oae puo.'o eaieoi'
and ooa9actoe toi persona' suo oAas4@' AN'''
ftS'
| TIE EARL of stAHaofk~
A cab1e dispatch a gay or Two ago snpouncea
tho death OF ih111P hEsaf nFAShoFh n,.o u eur ,
s7AS'lorE, who mas long peea aaown u S'ns"sa
literary circlos. Ho wa pofn IN Aooo III Ae"',
aud atnd'od 1T oStofu' IN loo' no "us ,e. eisssoo
to Parlsamout Tor "ootton-n@sso.s lh "i'ssttu'
and IN 1875 for HcftfoEd. In 1901 oo tue uoA.n
OF h's fataoE, no toos hle seas a. Ear ofHN'
HOPE III 'ae no"so u Aotu0.
ljamontaty career lie swico hea1 ONCE once -. ~
Upder-Sccrctary for foreign Affairs tn l69l-'a5.
a,d ann a. aserota-v far india In 1R45.46 Ed
anu w" AN oe.to'"'' Ae1 .-...,e. =. -, Ill,
Ii best known, however, as III csaaY!es ena h1a-
torian. u,a rrucioat works are "a History OF
~, rc, :, e,...,.., n 81 4 .1,.o-v
tho War OF tho Spanl%n sueceaaton n4sso't
, OF England from tho Peace Of Utrecht" uron
hInt Ia ,.lox,J two,ty voo,o thc :. tfe nY tha
~h'en ~ 'Apotea e. s"eu1, scAa "11ss
Great Conde." published tn Efoncn; LIS
Of He,iaartua". a volume of pnperp from
~ n'~...,. ~. ,..,.a u,5n, tbo
tno tt"ol!efV !sep'e'o' .a""oa u'a,t 49,
| tit]o of 'tUiakorical Eesay8;" Aud "Tb8 IettbtH
Of Tho droat Earl Of Chesterfield" In 1916 be
waa elected President OF tho Royal aoctaty Of
Antiquities, aud tn 1857 accepted tho oha'rnan-
I sllip Of the k1nonal Portrait ta!lhry OF 9reas