Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-29
THE DEAD OF 1885.
A Long Roll OF Men and Woman at
Home and Abroad.
FROM che Bufialo T'rt5une.

Home and Abroad.
FROM the BvG1alo Tribune
The sudden death of William H. Van
derbilt, the powerful railroad magnate
and millionaire, following closely the
death Of the Vice President of the United
states, and that of Alfonso, the young
King of Spain, brings forcibly to mind the
fact that the list Of distinguished names
that already swell the death-roll OF 1885 IL
an unusually long one. 1t embraces
names famous in every walk of and in
all lands; of all creeds and tongues:
scholars, soldiers, artists; veterans Of
many years of honorable usefulness, and
names young in years and fame, but
rich in promise-all are represented
in the long roll OF the illustrious dead.
The death OF the great captain. Ulysses
S. Grant, after months of suffering and
pain, and the wonderfully impressive
scene of his burial amid the sorrow of HIS
cOuntrymen, will never be forgotten Ivy
this generation. Gen. George B. Nc
ClelIan, Gen. Irwin Mcdowell, Gen. James
McQuade and Rear Admiral George H.
Preble, all names interviewer with the
earlier scenes of the great rebellion, have
passed away during the year,
France has been called to mourn for her
greatest Frenchman. the venerable Victor
Hugo, full OF years, and crowned with
many hoDors.
Germany has lost the Emperor Will
Hams old friend, Baron Won Msnteutel;
his brilliant but h0t-headed nephew,
Prince Frederick Charles, the dashing red
prince of many campaigns, and Franz
Abt, the charming song-writer.
England mOurns the loss of gallant
Fred Burnaby, slain in battle; the un-
| timely death of Gordon, a character
unique and perhaps in many ways not
yet fully compromised; Sir Moses
MOntefiore, the noble Jewish philanthro-
pist; Sir Francis HIncks and Lord H0ugh-
ton, better known perhaps as Richard
Monckton Mines, the graceful poet and
essayist.
Besides Alfonso, Spain has lost the
brave and saeacious Marshal Serrano.
Among our own public men who have
passed away since the year began we
| find the names of ex-Secretary Freling-
| huyseE, eX-Senators VIM. NJ. Gwinn.
William Sharon and Reuben r. Fenton;
Edgar K. Apgar, Scott Lord, ex.member
OF Congress and once law partner of
Roscoe Conkling; Emory A. Storrs, the
| brilliant lawyer and stump speaker; the
venerable George W. Clinton, ex Lieut..
Gov. Henry r. selden, Col. John D. Van
Buren,, Judge Theo r. Westbrook, ex-
Judge Albert CardOZo, OF wretched men,
DRY, and Malcom Hay, ex-Assistant Post
master General.
The musical world has lost DR.. Leopold
Damrosch, Brinkly Richards, Arthur
Burt, the solo cornet player; Ferdinand
Hitler, Col. W. A. Pond, the music
| publisher; and Gen. Henry G. Oliver,
who fifty years ago composed Federal
street,"
Mrs. Mvra Clark Gaines, the famous
| litigant; Charlotte Cooper, daughter OF
the great novelist, James Fenimore
Cooper; Mrs. Frances Vanderbilt, widow
of the Commodore; Mrs. james Russell
Lowell; Susan Warner, Of "Wide, Wide
| World" fame, and MIS-. helen Hunt Jack
son ("H. H. are among the notable wO-
men who have passed away during the
year.
TIE Mahdi and Oliver Pain have ended
| their careers.
Clark Foss, the last of the famous stage
drivers OF early California days; James
| W. Marshall, the dIscovereT OF gold In
| California, poor, old and disappointed;
Charles Wright, one Of the leading
botanists of America; Lieutenant Com.
mander Henry II. Gorringe, who brought
Cleopatra's Needle to America at VIII
liam n. VanderDilps expense; George +
Hope, President Of the Continental Life
Insurance Company of New York; Fred
L. Winston. President OF the Great Mu-
tual Lie; james H. Rutter, the brilliant
| railroad manager and President OF the
| New York Central: Gilbert &. Walker.
an Ex-Governor Of Virginia since the war !;
Isaac W. England, publisher Of the New
York Sun; Gen. Anson Stager; Com
modore &. X. Garrison; Thomas G. Fields
Of Tammany fame (or infamy }; Ellzur
| Wright, the staiistlcan and writer, and
the venerable DR.. s. II. Tying, are all
careers that have been ended by death
during the year.
| Among the authors who have passed
away can be named T. :. Arthur, Rich
ard Grant White and Josh Billings
\ Henry W. Shaw.
Tom Davis sawdust Tom }, the accom-
plished swindler, has met his doom at
/ the hands Of an Infatuated Texan; poor
! John Mccullough has passed OF the stage
forever. and Dan Mace, the famous driver
has gone down the home stretch and pass
ed under the wire.
| King Alfonso, Of Spain, must be added,
and last Of all, Gen. Robert Toombs. OF
Georgia, the turbulent statesman Of ante
| betLum days.