News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-01-28
THE DEAD or 1856.
Notable Persons all over the World who
Died During the Year.

In the United States We. have lost
many distinguished in battle, in the
Senate, in the pulpit and in the d5tnaln
of science. First atnong the list of our
dead comes General Grant Next fol-
low Generals Mcclellan and Mcdowell.
Two statesmen of unblemished honor
and of the old school of politics are
lost IN the persons of Vice President
Hendricks and Secretary F.relinghtysen.
The list of milhonaires is lessened by
the death OF William H. Vanderbilt,
one of the richest men in the world; of
Peter Donahoe, of California, whose
wealth and Gccentricity were alike
/ abundant, and of Horace B. Claflin, the
dry goods king.
Cardinal McCloskey, DR. Stephen Fl.
Tying, and DIR. Ireneus Prime were
three notable divihes 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
savant, has. gone from his books, which
he loved SO well. DIR. Damrosch no
longer yields the baton. Commander
Gorringe, who brought the obelisk over
here, has passed away prematurely. A
loving circle of friends still grieves for
Helen Hunt jackson. General Toombs
died in his beloved Georgia.
We miss, too, the familiar faces
many who worked increasingly in the
harness and who piled Up riches while
they developed the resources of the
country. Among them are J. II. Rut-
ter, F. H. Winston, Moses Mitchell,
Commodore Garrison, Francis A. DreXel,
ex-senator Sharon and joseph Grinnell,
of New Bedford.
reviewing the deaths abroad the roll
Marshal Serrano, of Spain; Mozaifur
Eddin, Ameer of Bokhara, who has been
we'll described as mixture of Louis
XI and Heliogabalus; Prince Frederic
Charles of Prussia, the Red Prince,
whose bright sword often flashed at the
head of his cavalry; Field Marshal Won
NIanteuffel, the great German soldier;
Admiral Sartorius, who as a midship
man fought under Nelson at Trafalgar;
"Chinese 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 much for Burmah
as Lawrence did for the Punjab; Adj
miral Courbet, of Tonquiu celebrity
these are prominent among the fighters.
Passing on to those whose lives were
spent more peacefully, we find the Duke |
of Abercorn, twice Viceroy of Ireland
Sir Edward Sullivan, Lord Chancellor
of Ireland; Cardinal McCabe; Earl .
Cairns and Sir Robert Phillimore, two |
learned iurists these; Franz Abt, Brin-
ley Richards, Sir julius Benedict, born
five years before Mendlessohn and who .
was little boy when Haydn died; Sir
Moses Montefore, the philanthropist;
DR.. Carpenter, the scientist; Jules Val
les. the trenchant controversialist; Lord
the poet and Maeenas; Ed
mond About, a novelist by nature, who
lspired to be a politician; Principal
Sharp, Scotch poet and scholar; Wal
.er Goethe. descendant of the great
Goethe, and last, but by no means least,
hat splendid genius Victor Hugo.
These are few names of the death
list of 1SS5.-Ne1o York Herald.