Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03

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We Have rssss1 Thrvs-scere Years -Edi.
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New York Msil and Expre-s.l
There certainly never was any period OF
ehe worlds history at which NO important
. rart Of It's burden devoiyed upon the
shoulders Of cid men ~ nj the present
time. The records show us that The ave-
ypgc length OF human lie "a Increasing;
the average career OF active exertion IN
the individual has heightened much more
notably. Ate5 or 20 nowadays a man does
NOT regard himself aud Is not regarded ~
old; he IL rather In the maturity and sull
enjoyment Of bis powers. ATTY number Of
curious--someiimes Observation-Disclosures
myths have been pcrpetaatcd with re-
gard 10 the ages 81 famous Individuals.
Shakspeare tells ne o, /" old John Of Gauni,
time.honorcd Lancaster" John OF Gaunt
was 80 when be died. while Admiral Co.
igny's "hoary halt" was "ail da6blcd
DER with blood" at the aze OF 81. Malone
remarks that "our ancestors seem
10 have considered men rs old whom we
should now esteem ~ riddle-aged,' and
his statement is excessively moderate. as
any one cannot fall 70 admit who casts
a.ancc over any department OF the worlds
work. and secs IN how many cases is bur-
den l. borne by shoulders long SINCE bowed
by years.
Especially is IL true IN the departments
Of government and diplomacy. Gladstone
at 70 and Bright at Is are conducting
the Liberal Ieriy in England through one
81 its most critical campaigns. Earl Gran |
vile Is 90. Beacoustold was 76 when death |
removed him from the sphere 81 politics. |
The speakcrship's ariuous duties were |
lad down by Mr.. Grand nj GO. Lord |
Cardwell is Il; Eni Cairns, 60; Lord |
sherbrookc (MF. lowe) "a; Sir Stadlrd |
Nofthcote, CO: the Queen. G5. Palmerstpn, |
the perennial, died in harness at 81. and |
Earl Russell At Sc. Across the chan |
mel The Government Of France is dircc.ed |
by Grcyy, who Is IL, according 10 The |
books Of reference, but really 10. His |
predecessor. Marshal MacMahon, resigned |
~ II, and now Is 20. Theirs was bearing
The full burden Of an electoral campaign
when he died at so. His literary twIn."
Nignot, has just passed away NJ SO.
Isaac CremieuX died nj SO. and Du'aure
only retired from active political life n
81. jules FavTe died at 70, aud
Emile d, Girardin had nearly attained
The age o. foqIsc0Tc. Gambetta was,
Ike Napoleon, conspicuous cXccp-
ton TO the general rule we are iIlus.
trating, being cut down at Il. OF other
modern French statesmen, GIiizut died al |
"a, and Lamartine al 10. In Germany there |
are few more assiduous and competent
|
Bismarck is 60: Beusi. his Saxon rival. is
IS: Gortscbskoif had not long laid down
the burden Of RusSias affairs when be died |
nj 81. Cayour died q Young man at 81. |
Francis Deak lived 10 he %; Glribaldi 10
be 70; Mazzini 10 De Ga; kossuth i sur
vivibg at 81. EspaTtoro, one Of the most
eminent Of modern Spanish statesmen,
was 81 Ut The time Of his death. Serfano
Is dying at "a. Though on this side Of
- "A II. \ |
statecraft does not enlist o prOies-
sioual class, there Is sill n long list
Of public man. living or recently dead, %
challenge attention. Simon Cameron, ut
IS. Is one Of the oldest Of their number.
The Republicans in the House Of Repre-
seniatiyes are led 10y a septuagcnarIan--
Judge William ID. Kelley. Mr.. Hamilton
Fish is 70. Iiorat,o Seymour n, and samuel ,
j. Iildcn 10 Jefferson Davis IS still yi.or-
Gus Mt 20. Caleb Gushing died at 10, aud
John A. DIX al 81, having been elected ,
Governor at "a. The elder Francis Pres
ton Blair died at 80, Buchanan at Il, Chase ,
al CJ. Eeyerett at ~. Reyerdy johnson at ,
20. Seward at II. Thad Stevens at -, ,
Sumner ST GO. Wade at ~. while Stanton =
was removed at the early age OF b. ,
N THE CHURCH. G
Taking the church. aS many instance, Of '
~. -
his predecessor died at Sc; Father Becky .
the affairs Of the great Jesuit y
Order NJ 81. Dollinger, the head Of the 9
once formidable Old Catholic movement. il | ~
IS. aud Father Curci. the liberal cX-Jesuit u
fbeologian, 81. The vigorous Archdeacon al
Denison "still lives" we believe, nj 20. ~
Cardinal Manning Is 20, and Cardinal New u
man So. DR.. TAFT. the late Archbishop OF l.
died ut II. aud Cardinal q
lstlI. ~ In I
TO the pariiarcbal age Of 50, and I
the formidable "John Of Tuam." Arch O
bishop McIlae. reached 90. Coleuso died U
shortly before attaining the "alot.ed" =
10th year, and Cumming al Il, with Il
out seeing the Oft-iOretOld end Of the ! y
world. Newman Hall is GS and spurgeon u
90. On this side OF the Atlantic such
names will readily occur as those OF Leon
md Bacon. SO, and Theodore Dwight Wool \,
'ty. So. Mr.. Beecher Il II his father died -,
II SIS and his sister Catherine nj IS. Car ~
iinal McCioskey Is a. James Freeman .,
Clarke "a, and DIR. McCosh 70. II Nor ~ -,
nonism il 10 be classed among the reli- w
yions Of the world. the fact deserves men, -
ion that Brigham Young, its head. died at ~, ~
q. hCffsi, The African missionary. 10 my d.
,e added. died last year a, 81. Livingstone ="
My reached SO. George Muller stil con- a.
Iuets his world-renOwned orpbanages at -
o. ana Gayazzi, the eloquent anti-CathOlic w. '"
rator, Is living at 70. Taking the "noble 90 ="
rmy 'sbf philan' hrop.sts and reformers, ~ "
he venerable Sir Moses MontelOre will at ~,
am his century OF useful life on the 2ith a. a.
4 October next. Lord Shaltesbury is 49, w
harrison Gied at 20, and Wendell Phillips I ln
i ~, while John Il. Cough Is living at Ca va
Robert Dale Owen reached the age of 20 ~ ~
md George Peabody that of "a. Lydia a.
Maria Child died at II. Nv
AT TIE BAR ~,
LAYERS have, Gs Il rule. been very long SCI
wed, and have preserved their vitality and ST
Intellectual vigOr 10 good old ace. Charles lis
pConor at so and John Mckeon at 10 and TO
iast are instances that will readily occur vi
o the minds OF New Workers. William tel
4. Eyaris Is Gs, and apparently good lrC
or half century OF active work yet. ca
'hief-Jusiice Waite l. also GS, and 50 sal
J Mr.. Justice Field. so that 1916 may ce
c claimed a. a memorable year m Amcri- n
an legal annals. Mr. David Dudley on
Held has REACHED the age OF iourscore, nor Oh
, his natural iorce abated. Mr.. George rat
'icknor Curtis Is 70. Judah L. Benjamin in
ad not long retired from the leadership of
he British lar wien Inc died at %. Sir Je'
Alexander COckbufn died at IS, and Sir en-,
'iizioy Kelly nj SO. English LAWYERS are du
totally long-lived, obancelors especially. niC
died al 50. Lyndhurst al 81, and fec
ord -. LeOnards at "a. Berger, Frances sol
nest advocate, lived TO be IS. TN
IN THE STUDY. SCI
OF living authors who preserve all the Sc
igor Of their talent long lis eau be COM IN
lied. George Baucroft Is 81; Benson J. io'
..ssing. IL; James Russell Lowell, G5: pa
Whittier, II; Oliver Wendell Holmes, 70. % %,
richard Henry Dana died at 90. Bryant at Nv
4, Motley at G3, George L. Marsh at 50, an'
George Tieknor nj so, Longfellow at 20. ss ~
inlleek al II. Crossing the sea 10 VI
Ingland, Tennyson Is G5, and Browning rec ,
2; Lord Houghton, better known as ~ o..
ar. Monekton Mines, IL rs samuel NV
miles Is Gs and Froude GO, while ny
fuppers muse Is prolific at u aud Blake no
! unwesried nj 70. Carlisle died al SO, We
William Hewitt at 81, and William Cham. WI
,ers at 20. John Payne Collier, nj "a, was TX
he dean Of the Enelish-w riiing Literary "a
,orrs. Hayward. the essayist. had passed na
be age o! iouf.score when he died. Charles WI
sesde was still labofing a the age OF three. sei
core and ten. but Anthony Trolope died Lu
Exhausted ri the age OF CT. OF Other.mod. soi
IN English authors. Dickens only reached ine
= and Thackeray So, while kingsley diedat "a
.. 6rote, The historian. died az II, and SIR wo
Henry Holland at 50. Walter Savage Su'