The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-01-01

Chester, Pa, formerly representative to Con-
gress, William Selkirk Young of Philadelphia,
publisher of the Evangelical Repository and
son of William Young, who printed the first
bible in Pennsylvania, Judge James j. Roose-
welt of New York city, A. j. Hamilton, ex-
Governor of Texas, Henry Clapp of New York,
well known newspaper contributor, Samuel
R. Wells, well known professor of phrenology
and proprietor of the Psychological Journal.
John Harper. senior member of the firm of
Harper and Brothers, Mrs. Sarah G Conway,
manager of the Brooklyn Theatre and an &C.
tress of considerable repute. Oliver Charlick,
formerly partner of George Law, John c.
Breckenridge, formerly vice-president of the
United States. Hon. Jesse d. Bright, for three
terms U. S. Senator from Indiana, Samuel
Gardner Drake of Boston. historian and anti
quarian, Rear Admiral DeCamp, o. S. N,
Mortimer Thompson, better known as @ X.
Philander Doestcks, P. B, Gen. Frank P.
Blair, Jr.. Gen. Alexander Hamilton, son of
the famous Hamilton, Commander Andrew
Jackson Drake, of Newark, n. j., Ex-Governor
William A. Graham of North Carolina, Hor-
ace Binney of Philadelphia, we'll known law
yer, Charles S. Finney, president of Obelin
College, Rev. E. H. Gillett D. D., author of
the Life of John Huss, Louis B. Woodruff, U.
S. Circuit Judge for the southern district of
New York, Hon. Henry T. Blow, ex.Congress-
man from New York, Rev. Geo. B. Porteous,
of AL! Souls church, Brooklyn, Col. Thomas
Jefferson Randolph, grandson of Thomas JEFF
ferson, Frederic Hudson, the we'll known jour-
nalist, Rev. DR.. William Arthur author of
work on Family Names, Hon. Amasa Walker,
the we'll known publicist, Hon. Thomas A.
Jenckes, author of the civil service bill, Will
liam Z. Blodgett a prominent merchant and
art collector of New York, Hon. Orris S. Ferry,
U. s. Senator from Connecticut, William B.
Astor Hon. Ira Harris of Albany, ex-senator
in the national Senate, judges Wells and Lord
of the Massachusetts Supreme Court ex-Sen-
ator w. A. Richardson of Illinois, Rev
Henry Boehm, veteran Methodist divine,
Isaac M. Singer, inventor of the sewing ma
chine which bears bis name. England has lost
Rev. Chas. Kingsley, Canon of Westminster, Sir
Arthur Helps, the distinguished author, Sir John
Gray, member ofParliament from Kilkenny and
proprietor OF the Freemsn's Journal, w. VIM
wood Reade, nephew of the novelist Charles
Reade, j. E. Cairns, Professor of Political
Economy in the London University, Lady Jane
Franklin, John Bell, the eminent Queens coun-
sci, Sir Houston Stewart, vice Admiral British
navy, Sir Charles Lyell, the distinguished geol-
ogist. France has lost Ledru Roliln, Jean
Francois Millet, a celebrated painter, Claude
Louis Matthew, an eminent astronomer, Comte
de Jarnac, French minister to England, Edgar
Quinet, the author, Michel Levy. the
well known publisher, Charles de Remusat,
author and statesman, Athanase Josue F. Cog
uerel, the eminent Protestant leader, Jean Bap-
tiste Carpeaux, the sculptor, Sir Charles
Wheatstone f. r. S. Other prominent per-
sons who have died are Hans Christian An
dersen, the famous author of children's stories,
Heinrich George August Ewald, celebrated
German Phrilolgist, Toupg-tchi, Emperor of
China, Baron E. c. G. Wrappers, a Belgian ar
fist. Joaquin Baldomero Espartero, the distin-
guished Spanish statesman, Francis V, Duke
of Modena, Cardinal Rauscher.