The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-03

On June he was at the Office Of The Sun,
apparently strong and hearty. The next
day he was taken Ill, and he had not since
visited New York. Until three weeks ago,
however, he kept in touch with his paper
and directed its policy from his sick bed.
Cirrhosis Of the liver was the immediate
cause Of his death.
On Saturday DR.. Hall, one OF his medical
attendants, announced that Mr.. Dana could
live only few hours, and the members of
his family were notified. They FASTENED to
his bedside. and all were with him at the
end. He knew that he was dying and bade
them goodbye. He was conscious and
wife, his son, Paul Dana; his daughters,
Mrs. W. q. Draper, Mrs. ]. W. Brennan, and
Mrs. William Underhill with their families,
and E. o. Macdaniel.
Charles Anderson Dana was born In the
manufacturing town Of Hinsdale, N. H., on
August 8, 1919. He had two winters in the
country schools which existed at that time,
and at the age Of fourteen was sent by his
parents to Buffalo, where he became clerk
In his uncle's dry goods store. He re-
NAMED there six years, and 1t Is said OF him
that he was quiet and studious youth who
loved nature and books, and, while he was
good salesman, he was prone to spend
too much time In the only book store In
town looking over volumes that he had not
the means to purchase. he was fond Of
fishing and made long trips into the woods.
. He mastered the Latin grammar while
clerking in the store, and when eighteen
years old resolved to have an education.
With his own savings, and with some help
from relatives, he entered Harvard at the
age OF twenty. His eyesight having be-
come impaired, he was obliged to relirquish
the college course at the end OF the second
year.
One year later he became member Of
the Brook Farm community. at Ro1bury,
Mass. For three years he remained at the
experimental station, which was started by
deyotees of transeendentai philosophy,
While there he was associated with William
Henry Charming, Ralph Waldo Emerson,
George William Curtis, Nathaniel Haw-
thorne, Theodore Parker, A. Bronson o.
colt and Others. During his stay at Brook
Farm he took his first lesson in journalism.
He then went to Boston and assumed edi
torfal charge CT the Chronotype. In 1S47
he came to New York as reporter on the
Tribune at $40 week. He became city
editor, and In 184S spent eight months In
gressiye fight which the Tribune, under the
management Of Horace Greeley, waged
against slavery, Mr. Dana found an ample
field for work, and one which undoubtedly
contributed to making him one Of the most
forceful writers in newspaper life.
Mr.. Dana resigned from the Tribune on
April /, 1862, and Secretary Of War Stanton
employed him to examine the accounts OF
the Quartermaster's Department at Cairo.
Soon efterward he was made Assistant Sec
retary Of War. He was really confidential
reporter Of the doings at the front for the
department. The war over he was seen
next In the editorial rooms OF the Chicago
Republican. an ill-timed sheet that had no
money behind it.
He rsturned.to New York City in 1868 and
in 1868 interested some friends in the pur-
chase OF The Sun. The Beach family had
owned for more than thirty years, but the
financial inducement offered was great, and
In 1868 Dana moved into The Sun office as
its editor.
But amid all the daily exertions OF his
position he found time to edit the American
Encyclopedia in conjunction with George
Ripley, to collect volume Of poems and to
master many languages.