St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-01-07
NINETY-ONE'S DEATH LIST.

Few years have parted with more
famous personages than this past
year has. The great names of
Charles Stewart Parnell, the great
est Of Irish statesmen; Helmuth Won
Moltke, the German strategist who
conquered France; James Russell
Lowell, the poet and first citizen of
America; Cen William Tecumseh
Sherman, the military genius of the
war for the Union; Admiral David
d. Porter, who was in the navy al
most Sherman's counterpart; Law
renee Barrett, the noble actOr-theSe
will occur to all memories. Besides,
we find many Of lesser note, but still
of consequence, in the long list. Such
are the leader Of the Roman Catholics
in the German parliament, Ludwig
Windthorst; the strong premier of
Canada, Sir John Macdonald;
Charles Bradlaugh, the leader of the
radicals Of England, who conquered
the right of man to enter parlia-
ment without the religious oath;
w. II. Smith, the tory leader in the
house of commons, and Earl Gran
vile, in their respective places. Gen.
Joseph E. Johnson, the confederate
commander who surrendered to Sher
man; Gen. Sibley, who defeated the
Indian instruction in Minnesota in
the course of the civil war; Gen. Pat
rick E. COnnOr, who Overawed Brig
ham Youngi in the heydav of his pow
err; these are worth remembering.
We have had to bid farewell to the
venerable vice-president, Hannibal
Harnlin, who made a sensa ton when
he rose in his place In the senate and
severed his connection with the
democratic party, some years before
the civil war. Gen. Francis E. Spin
ner, he of the spidery signature, who
was so long treasurer of the United
States, has gone; and in the same
one of the ablest of our secretaries of
the treasury. Another prominent
politician who has but lately died is
Senator Plumb of Kansas; and at
nearly the same time Grants post
master-general, Creswell
In literature, besides Lowell, the
greatest name of the year in that
class, there have gone to the major
ity his brother, Robert Trail Spence
Lowell, poet and novelist; DR.. Abra-
ham Coles, the translator of the
dies Ira" in a dozen versions and
author of several blank verse poems,
especially one comprising the life of
Christ; Herman Melville, the first
romancer and describer of the South
seas, author of "Typee," "Omoo"
and "Mobv Dick; Kinglake, the
historian of the Crimean war; Gre
gorovius, the German poet and his
torian; Boisgobey, the French novel
list James Parton, the historian and
essayist; Amely Bolte Of Germany,
Jessie Fothergill of England, Wolcott
Balestier of New York, Gilbert a
the Spanish rOmancer, who was also
a statesman; the historian of the
revolution and the war of 1912, Ben
son ]. LOSING; Rev. DR.. Thomas
Hill, ex-president of Harvard college,
and poet; and the celebrated Owen
Meredith" otherwise Lord Lytton,
diplomat and poet. In the realm of
art. the great French miniaturist,
Meissonier, died early in the year;
Van Marcke, the Austrian painter of
cattle, soon after; Chapu, the great
French sculptor, has died, and Sir
John Steel, who was celebrated, but
not great; Jervis McEntee has been
missed from our American painters,
and Edwin Long from those of Eng
land. In music the singer Emma
Abbott has died, and Prof. Ritter of
Vassar college; in the drama, besides
Barrett, the stage mourns the loss of
William J Florence, of Charles Fisher,
of Fritz" Emmett and Mrs. E. L.
Davenport The list in various de-
partments of life might be greatly
increa sed, but here are recalled to
mind those who will chiefly be re-
membered by the great public, who
thus can gauge the ravages OF the
common fate among their favorites.