The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09
THE DEAD OF 1882
Notable Persons all over the World who
Died During tho Year.

In the United States we have los,
many distinguished in cattle, in the
Senate, in the pulpit and in the domain
f science. First among the list of our
dead comes General Grant. Next fol
low Generals Mcclellan and Mcdowell.
Two statesmen of unblcmished honor
and of the old school of politics are
lost in the persons of Vice President
Hendricks and Secretary Frelinghuysen.
The list Of millionaires is lessened by
the death Of William II. Vanderbilt,
one Of the richest men in the world; of
Peter Donahoc, of California, whose
wealth and eccentricity were alike
abundant, and of Horace B. Clafin, the
dry goods king.
Cardinal McCloskey, DR.. Stephen H.
Tying, and DR.. Ireneus Prime were
three notable divines who, while they
lived, reflected lustre upon the churches
to which they were devoted, and whose
places it will be difficult to fill.
Richard Grant White, scholar and
critic, is no more. DR.. Draper, the
s~avant, has gone from his books, which
he loved so we'll. Dr.. Damrosch no
longer Yields the baton. Commander
Gorringe, who brought the obelisk over
here, has passed away prcmaturcly. A
loving circle of friends still grieves for
Helen Hunt Jackson. General Toombs
died in his beloved Georgia.
We miss, too, the familiar faces of
many who worked INCREASINGLY in the
harness and who piled up riches while
they developed the of the
country. Among them arc j. II. Rut-
ter, F. H. Winston, Moses Mitchell,
Commodore Garrison, Francis \. DreXcl,
ex-senator Sharon and Joseph Grinnell,
of New Bedford.
In reviewing the deaths abroad the roll
is quite az remarkable. King Alfonso and
Marshal Serrano, of Spain; Mozatfur
Eddin, Amecr of Bokhara, who has been
we'll described as a mixture of Louis
XII. and Heliogabalus; Prince Frederic
Charles of Prussia, the Red Prince,
whose bright sword often flashed at the
head of his cavalry; Field Marshal Won
Manteutfel, the great German soldier;
Admiral Sartorius, who as q midship-
man fought under Nelson at Trafalgar
"Chincse Gordon" who, like Cromwell.
consulted his Bible before going into
battle; Ell Mahdi, the False Prophet,
who knew the Koran by heart; Colonel
Burnaby, of Khivan fame; President
Barrios, who fell on the field; General
Phayre, who did as mnch for Burmah
as Lawrence did for the Punjab; Adj
miral Courbet, of Tonquin celebrity
these are prominent among the fighters.
Passing on to those whose lives were
spent more peacefully, VIC find the Duke
of Abcrcorn, twice Viceroy of Ireland
Sir Edward Sullivan, Lord Chancellor
of Ireland;. Cardinal McCabe; Earl
Cairns and Sir Robert Phillimore, two
learned jurists these; Franz Abt, Brin-
ley Richards, Sir Julius Benedict, born
five years before Mendlessohn and who
was a little boy when Haydn died; Sir
Moses Montefiore, the philanthropist
DR.. Carpenter, the scientist; Jules Val
les, the trenchant controversialist; Lord
Houghton, the poet and Meccnas; Ed
mond About, a novelist by nature, who
sspired to be a politician; Principal
Sharp, Scotch poet and scholar; Wal
ter Goethe. descendant of the great
Goethe, and last, but by no means least,
that splendid genius Victor Hugo.
These are a few names of the death
list of 18S5.-Ne,o York Herald.