OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. 



todies, embarked in 1867 upon a literary ca- 

 reer. His first work was " Finances of Cham- 

 pagne in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centu- 

 ries." He was next a large contributor to an 

 encyclopedic work, "History of France, by 

 its Monuments." Meanwhile he was associate 

 editor of two magazines, and contributed two or 

 three long and very fine poems to the Retue d 

 Deut Monde* ; wrote the text for a collection 

 of photographic views of the valley of the Nile, 

 in 1863 ; published the " Wonders of Architect- 

 ure," in 1865; two volumes of poems and 

 poetical translations, in 1866 and 1866; 

 " Parks and Garden*," in 1867 ; " The Terres- 

 trial Epopee," in 1868; and was meanwhile, 

 from 1864 to 1870, the literary critic of Ulllut- 

 t rat ion. 



Aug. 26. WanKtM, CAM, the composer of 

 the "Wacht am Rhein ; " died at Schmalkolden, 

 Germany. He was not a distinguished musi- 

 cian, but in a moment of inspiration be com- 

 posed this song, which almost immediately 

 became a national air, which roused and still 

 rouses the German enthusiasm to the highest 

 pitch. The Emperor Wilhelm, justly appreciat- 

 ing the merits of this national song, granted its 

 author a pension of 1,000 thalers and decorated 

 him with the Iron Cross. During the Franco- 

 Prn8?i:in \V;ir, it was taught the infants before 

 they could speak. A statue of Carl Wilhelm 

 has been proposed at Coblentz, at the junction 

 of the Rhine with the Moselle. 



Sept. 8. HEARS, Count AOUL, REX DB, sec- 

 ond secretary of the Frencli legation at Wash- 

 ington ; died in New York City, of diphtheria, 

 aged 29 years. He was a member of one of 

 the oldest and be<t families in France, and, 

 though so young, had achieved distinction in 

 the diplomatic service in Mexico, Japan, and 

 Portugal. He was aa elegant and accom- 

 plished scholar. 



Sept. 12. OBERMIKR, OTTO, M. D., a young 

 physician and medical observer, and writer; 

 died of cholera, in Berlin, aged 31 years. He was 

 one of the most devoted students of his profes- 

 sion who had ever graduated from the Univer- 

 sity of Berlin, and had already published the 

 result of his observations on the blood in ty- 

 phus fever, which had given him a high repu- 

 tation. On the appearance of cholera in IVr- 

 lin, he was very active in his attendance upon 

 the worst oases, and in his investigations of the 

 causes and development of the pestilence. He 

 at ls.t thought he had discovered the clew to 

 the absolute neutralization of the oholera-poi- 

 on, and, to make sure of it, resolved to test it 

 on himself. Having obtained some of the 

 deadly choleraic germs, he retired to his room, 

 placed a table with pencil ami paper At his 

 bedside, lay down upon his bed. and deliber- 

 ately Inserted some of the poison into a vein 

 in his arm. His supposed cure failed to prove 

 such, and he died seven hours after the inser- 

 tion of the poison, but with scientific exactness 

 he noted down every symptom, and his observa- 

 tions, until within less than half an hour of his 



death. These notes are said to be of the high- 

 est value, and possess great importance in re- 

 gard to the successful treatment nt' the dis- 

 ease, so that the young hero did not sacrifice 

 his life entirely in vain. 



Sept. 14. DESIR&, M , a French come- 

 dian of considerable note; died at Asnieres, 

 near Paris. Ho possessed some talent as a 

 painter as well as a comedian; but his reputa- 

 tion in comic parts was the result of tin- im- 

 moderate use of stimulants, without which he 

 could not keep up to the extravagant and 

 boisterous gayety required at the Th.' 

 Bouffes. He was aware of the danger to his 

 health of this practice, and, at his phy.-i 

 advice, abandoned it for time, but the theat- 

 rical audience complained that he was getting 

 tome, and the poor fellow returned to his 

 stimulants, and presently fell into a decline, 

 which speedily terminated his life. 



Sept. 17. BISMARCK, JOHANNA vox PUI.T- 

 KAMMER, Princess, wife of the great German 

 chancellor ; died at Berlin, aged 49 : 

 She was the daughter of an old Pomeranian 

 nobleman, and was a neighbor of Bismarck, 

 who in early life was somewhat reckless and 

 dissipated, so much so, that he acquired the 

 tobriquet of "The Mad Bismarck." His 

 affection for her was nevertheless genuine and 

 profound, and was so fully returned that her 

 parents, who opposed the match, were silenced 

 by her firm assurance that she would never 

 marry any one else. The union was one of 

 great happiness, for she gained and held her 

 husband's confidence and love till her *' 

 and was his wise counselor, his judicious and 

 witty correspondent, in his frequent and long 

 absences, and evermore the worthy partner 

 of both his joys and sorrows. She was, more- 

 over, a lady of much benevolence and kindness 

 of heart, and greatly beloved by all who knew 

 her. 



Sept. 19. DONATI, Prof. , an eminent 



astronomer, for many years director of the 

 Astronomical Observatory at Florence, and 

 the discoverer, in 1858, of the comet known as 

 " Donati's ; " died in Florence. 



Sept. 21. BRIUIIT. HENRY, an eminent Eng- 

 lish water-color painter; died at Ipswich, 

 England, aged 59 years. 



'. 28. GCEBRAZZI, FltANOIfiCO DoMIXIOO, 



an Italian liberal, and re volution my leader, 

 dictator at Florence in 1849 ; died at Rome, 

 aged 68 years. lie was born in 1805, eil>; 

 for the law at the University of Pisa, but did 

 not for some years practise his profession, 

 lie devoted himself after leaving the university 

 to writing Byronian poetry, dramas, and his- 

 torical novels, and to conspiring against tho 

 Papal Government. His political activity led 

 to his imprisonment in 1831, in which he be- 

 guiled tho weary hours by writing novels. In 

 1888, some years after his release, he adopted 

 the children of his deceased brother, and for 

 several years practised law, with (Trent success, 

 though devoting some attention to literature. 



