Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
which has gone during the past twelve

which has gone during the past twelve
month.
It has been a great year in the business
of human life, it we may term it such. More
frst-class "human" goods have been dis
posed Of than in any other period of which
we know. But there will be no such thing
as a renewal of this stock. The world will
search in vain for some of the best stock it
has ever handled, and as it looks over the
ledger, find no return but tears and regret;
currency for which the most covetous has
no desire.
A Summary of the Worlds Losses.
In one short year, the world has lost its
two greatest warriors of the period; four of
its most celebrated statesmen; four of its
best historians; q model emperor; a fair
king, and two or three other royalties, who
ranged from indifferent to bad;a great artist
and q greatly gifted poet. Of not one of
these can it be said that an individual lives
to take the place of the departed one. Each
one in his own place was a unique figure
and the vacancy left will be remain untitled
for long time. 1t may be that minds as
wonderfully endowed as those of the dead
are fast developing, but, who can point
them out now? Who will take the place of
Won Moltke in Germany and Sherman in
our own country? Who is Parnell's sue
cessor or Windthorst's or Macdonald's?
Where will we find one worthy to fill
Lowell's shoes? Who will finish Bancroft's
histories or those of LOSING or Parton?
And with all his faults, who is there among
us to take the place of Actor Barrett in our
admiration or in our affections, "Billy"
Florence or even the unique "Fritz"
Emmet? Each have had their own separate
and individual pages, and it can be said
they have filled the space allotted them
we'll
Their Places in History.
But those mentioned are not the only
worthy ones who have dropped out of sight
Many are even worthier of distinction than
some of those mentioned, but the error-if
it exists-will be excused for the reason that
one scarcely knows how to place the un-
usually large list of distinguished dead in
1891. How or where will we place Bou-
LANCER, Parnell, Balmaceda, Bradlaugh,
Meissonier, Blavatsky and General Joseph |
E. Johnston?
Among the distinguished statesmen the !
mortality has been particularly remarkable. !
In our own country we have lost four
Hamlin, Window, Mcdonald and Plumb !
but, not one of these will be referred to by |
historians with the possible exception of the !
first. In England when Parliament |
assemblies again there will be many vacant |
seats. The great Charles Stewart Parnell |
will be missed, as will also his stern but |
kindly hammered antagonist w. III. Smith, |
and the man who gave the Irish leader his |
first defeat, Sir John Pope Hennessy. |
These three men died within the short space |
of "a hours. In the same House, empty |
spaces will mark the places once occupied |
by the sarcastic Earl Granville and eloquent
Bradlaugh, and in the Govern
ment of Canada the masterful Macdonald |
will be heard no more.
The Great of Other Countries
In the other countries. Germany has lost
its powerful Windthorst; France former
Grevy; Roumania its
foremost statesman, the clever Jean Brati-
ano, and Chill its tryant, Balmaceda In
the military, beside Won Moltke and Sher-
man, the famous rebel general, Johnston,
and General Sibley, Union hero of the
last war; are the chief losses in this coun-
try. In France the meteoric Boulanger,
'The Man on Horseback" has ignomin-
iously quilted life, suicide at the grave of
his mistress. Among naval heroes, the |
United States has suffered the only losses
of special consequence, in Admiral Porter,
a commander second only to Farragut, and
Commodore Ingrahanl, who was a leader
long before the present generation came
into existence
In the field of literature our own James
Russell Lowell easily leads the list of illus
trious dead, but, if we include the histor-
ans we must not fail to rank George Ban
croft and Alexander William Kinglake in
'he front rank, and not far beneath them in
he scale must be placed Benson j. Losing.