Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-01-07

who followed in his footsteps. Nor has
any class or profession been exempt.
Leaders in politics, in literature, in the
army and navy, in religion, all have fal-
len, and that, too, with suddenness that
startled the world.
Perhaps no department suffered more
seriously In numbers than politics.
Among the prominent Republicans who
have died during the year, in addition to
wee President ColfaI, were ex-Secretary
Frelinghuysen and ex-Senators Fenton
and Sharon. Among the Democrats NAV
be mentioned Vice President Hendricks,
Ex-Governor B. Gratz Brown, ex-senator
Gwin, known as Duke" Gwin, ex.Sec.
retary Jacob Thompson, and Ex-senator
Robert Toombs
Literature has been drawn upon very
heavily, and some Of the brightest lights
in the splendid armament of thought
have been extinguished. The scholar
ard author. Richard Grant White; the
promising young writer, Hugh Conway,
who had just begun TO make great
name and place for himself DR.. Joseph
Alden, the author, educator, and editor;
Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson, the poet and
author, who ranks high among the liter.
ary women of America; the wise, quaint
Henry w. Shaw, better known as Josh
Billings; Hinton Bowen Helper, author
OF Helpers Impending Crisis" these
have sung their last songs and told their
last stories, and have joined the silent
majority. They filled many fields Of lit.
erature, from the sweet hymns, through
the intricate mazes of scholastic criti.
cism, past the novel period and into the
crisp, delightful realms Of wit and hu.
NOR
The religious world has yielded up
several of its most elevated exponents.
The Catholic church remembers Cardinal
McCloskey. the first and only American
honored with that high office. The
Episcopal church has parted for the time
from the elder DR.. Stephen II. Tying.
Methodism has paid its tribute to DR..
Benjamin f. Tefft, and the Presbyterian
church notes the deceasc of the venerable
DR.. Samuel lren9us Prime, who has been
gathered to his fathers.
Philanthropy has lost that noble cham
pion of his race and humanity, Sir Moses
Montetiore, who lived to see and pass his
centennial, and to know that his work
was not in vain. The well-known COM
poser, Franz Abt, was also called hence.
The daring guild of explorers have been
called upon to note the decease of the
distinguished Dr. Nachtigal, whose ex-
plorations in Africa have added great
stores Of information to our knowledge
of that dark continent And while we
name Africa, it may be mentioned that
the False Prophet, El Mahdi's death also
occurred during the year. The extreme
ly sad end Of the actor, John McCul-
lough is so familiar TO all that it need
only be mentioned to recall all its sor-
rowful features. The dashing Col. Burn
ably, whose ride to Khiva" introduced
him to thousands On this side of the At
lantic, is also numbered among the VIC
Tins of 1885. And of the rich, William
II. Vanderbilt has gone the way of all
flesh.
The soldiers have had their ranks
thinned. Gen. Charles McDougall and
Gen. Irwin Mcdowell have crossed the
lines forever. They have been Joined by
Gen. George B. Mcclellan, who, like
Colfax and Hendricks and Vanderbilt,
fell in almost the prime Of his power.
And last on this record, but first in the
hearts of his countrymen, the simple,
silent man from Illinois, who sleeps on
that hill beside the Hudson, Ulyses s.
Grant, the luster of whose pure, patriotic
life and labors will grow and glow while
history lasts and the language remains,
and when these have become tradition
his deeds will survive in all hearts that
reverence free institutions and love lber-
ty.-Chicago Inter- Ocean.