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they retreated to Booneville, where he fought and defeated them, and pursued them to Dug Spring, where he again gained a victory. They were soon after largely reinforced, and Lyon, unable to procure reinforcements, gave them battle again at Wilson's Creek on the 10th of August, though his force was hardly one-fourth of theirs. He was twice wounded early in the fight, but continued in the saddle, and was at last killed while making a charge at the head of a regiment which had lost its colonel. His body was brought to the home of his childhood for interment, and everywhere high honors were paid to his memory.

MANGUM, HON. WILLIE PERSON, a United States Senator, died at his residence in Orange county, N.C., Sept. 21, aged 69 years. He graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1815, was educated for the legal profession, and in 1818 was elected to the House of Commons in his native State, in 1819 was chosen Judge of the Superior Court, and from 1823 to 1826 was a Representative in Congress. In 1831 he was elected a United States Senator, and continued to serve for three terms. During the administration of President Tyler he was President of the United States Senate.

MCCLURE, HON. WILLIAM B., a distinguished Pennsylvania jurist, died at Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 27. He was for the ten years preceding his death President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Alleghany county, Pa.

MCLEAN, JOHN, LL.D., an eminent American jurist, died at Cincinnati, Ohio, April 4. He was born in Morris county, N.J., March 11, 1785, studied law in the office of Arthur St. Clair, in Cincinnati, and in 1807 was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio. In Oct. 1812, he was elected to Congress from his district, and re-elected in 1814. In 1816 he was elected Judge of the Supreme Court of the State, and in 1822 | appointed by President Monroe Commissioner of the General Land Office. In July, 1823, he was appointed Postmaster-General, in which department he manifested an uncommon degree of skill and efficiency. In 1829 President Jackson offered him the War and the Navy Departments, but he declined both, and, resigning the office of Postmaster-General, accepted the appointment of Associate Justice in the Supreme Court of the United States, continuing in office till his death. Judge McLean's name was prominent among the candidates for the Presidency in 1856 and 1860.

MEIGS, HON. HENRY, died in New York City, May 20. He was born in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 28, 1782, graduated at Yale College in 1799, studied law, and practised his profession in New York City for more than fifty years. From 1819 to 1821 he was a Representative in Congress from his district. He was judge of one of the courts in New York City, and afterwards Clerk of the Court of General Sessions. In 1845 he was elected Recording Secretary of the American Institute.

MURRAY, NICHOLAS, D.D., an eminent American clergyman, died at Elizabethtown, N.J., Feb. 4, 1861. He was born in Ireland, Dec. 1803, came to America in 1818, and entered the publishing establishment of the Messrs. Harper & Brothers, New York. Though by education a Roman Catholic, he embraced the Protestant religion, and united with the Brick Church, under the pastorate of the Rev. Gardiner Spring. He graduated at Williams College in 1826, studied theology at Princeton, and in 1829 was settled over the Presbyterian church in Wilkesbarre, Penn. In 1833 he accepted the pastorate of the First Presbyterian

Church in Elizabethtown, N.J., where he continued till his death. He made two voyages to Europe, visiting not only his native land, but England, Scotland, and many countries of continental Europe. In 1849 he was elected Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly. He acquired a wide reputation by his "Letters to Right Rev. John Hughes, Roman Catholic Bishop of New York," over the signature of “Kirwan." He also published "Notes. Historical and Biographical, concerning Elizabethtown, N.J.” “Romanism at Home," " Men and Things as I saw them in Europe," "Parish and other Pencillings,” "The Happy Home," and "Preachers and Preaching."

ONDERDONK, RIGHT REV. BENJAMIN Treadwell, D.D., LL.D., late Bishop of the Diocese of Eastern New York, died in that city, April 30. He was born in New York in the year 1791; graduated at Columbia College; received priest's orders in 1813, and was appointed assistant minister of Trinity Church. In 1830 he was elected to the office of bishop, and for many years maintained the position with honor and marked success; but in 1844, charges having been preferred affecting his ministerial character and reputation, a trial was had before the House of Bishops, and he was suspended from the exercise of his episcopal functions.

PORTER, REV. WILLIAM HENRY, died in Roxbury, Mass., May 26, aged 43 years. He graduated at Yale College in 1841; studied theology in the Union Theological Seminary in New York, and also in the theological department of Yale College. In 1845 he was settled over a Presbyterian church in Litchfield, N.H. In 1851 he united with the New Jerusalem, or Swedenborgian, Society, in Boston, Mass. He published "Common and Scriptural Proverbs compared," and the "Heavenly Union, or New Jerusalem on Earth."

PRENTISS, COL. JOHN H., formerly a prominent editor in New York, died at his residence, in Cooperstown, Otsego county, aged 77 years. Ile re presented his district in Congress from 1837 to 1841.

PUTNAM, WILLIAM LOWELL, a lieutenant in the 20th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, died Oct. 22, from a wound received at the battle of Ball's Bluff. He was born in Boston, July 9, 1840; was educated partly in France, where he resided for seven years, and afterwards completed a course of law and science in Harvard University. He was a young man of uncommon worth and genius

REESE, E. YATES, D.D., a Methodist Protestant clergyman, died in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 14. He was a man of high intellectual powers, and had for some years conducted the "Methodist Protest ant," the organ of his Church, with great ability. His health had been failing for some time, and, violent insanity supervening, he committed sur cide while under its influence.

ROCKWELL, HON. JOHN ARNOLD, died in Washington, D.C., Feb. 10. He was born in Norwich, Conn., August 27, 1803; graduated at Yale College in 1822; studied law and commenced the practice of his profession in his native city. In 1835 le was elected to the Senate of the State, and soca after was chosen Judge of the Court of New L don county. In 1847 he was Representative in Congress, and served two consecutive terms, during the last of which he was chairman of the Committee on Claims, and for many years he was one of the most prominent and successful practi tioners in the Court of Claims. He was the auther of one or two volumes on Mexican law.

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ROBINSON, LUCIUS FRANKLIN, an eminent member of the bar in Hartford, Conn., died in that city, March 11. He was born in Hartford, Feb. 1, 1824; graduated at Yale College in 1843; studied law in the Yale Law School, and, upon his graduation, entered into politics, and was for a time editor of "The Whig," a daily paper in Hartford. He soon entered with zeal upou his profession, and was engaged in full and increasing practice until his death. He was for several years City Attorney.

ROORBACH, ORVILLE A., a publisher and bookseller in New York and Charleston, died in the former city in June. He was the editor of the "Bibliotheca Americana."

RUFFNER, REV. HENRY, D.D., LL.D., died at his residence in Kanawha, Va., in the 73d year of his age. He was for many years President of Lexington College, Va. His last published work was an argument against the continuance of slavery in Virginia.

RUSSELL, HON. DAVID, died at his residence in Salem, Washington county, N.Y., in the 81st year of his age. He was a member of the TwentyFourth, Twenty-Fifth, and Twenty-Sixth Congresses, and for several sessions was chairman of the Committee on Claims.

about fifteen years, and a member of the Corpora tion over thirty years.

SLOCUM, COL. JOHN S., was killed at the battle of Bull Run, July 21. He was born in the town of Richmond, K.I., Nov. 1824; was in the Mexican War, and received the brevet rank of captain for "gallant and meritorious conduct" at the battle of Contreras. At the commencement of the present war, Governor Sprague appointed him colonel, and authorized him to raise a second regiment, which he accompanied to the seat of war. At the battle of Bull Run his regiment led the advance of the division which crossed Cob Run, and reached Bull Run at Sudley's Ford, on the extreme left of the enemy's line, opening the engagement. Col S. distinguished himself for his bravery, but fell early in the struggle.

SMITH, ELI B., D.D., a Baptist clergyman, died at Fairfax, Vt., Jan. 5. He was born in 1804. For many years President of the New Hampton Baptist Theological Institution, at Fairfax, Vt.

SNYDER, CAPT. GEORGE W., died at Washington, D.C., Nov. 18, aged 28 years. In 1852 he was appointed from the State of New York a cadet in the Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated with high honor. Upon leaving the academy he was appointed a second lieutenant of engineers. In 1859 he was attached to the Board of Engineers under the presidency of Col. Sylvanus Thayer, of Boston, and subsequently was Acting Assistant Professor of Military and Civil Engineering at West Point. Upon the eve of the rebellion he was sent to Charleston as first engineer, and, during the hardships of the siege of Fort Sumter, contracted the disease which ultimately proved fatal.

SCOTT, REV. WILLIAM M., D.D., died at Princeton, N.J., Dec. 22. He was born in Ohio in 1817, graduated at Jefferson College, Pa., studied law for a year, and then entered Princeton Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1846. In 1847 he was elected Professor of Languages in Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, and afterwards was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of that place. In 1856 he was called to the pastorate of the Seventh Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1859 was chosen one of the professors in the new Theological Seminary in the Northwest. SCRANTON, HON. GEORGE W., died at his residence in Scranton, Luzerne county, Pa., aged about 50. He was a native of Connecticut, but removed to New Jersey, and afterwards to Pennsylvania, SPENCER, REV. WILLIAM H., a Presbyterian clerwhere he engaged in his business of iron-manufac-gyman, died at Chicago, Illinois, Feb. 16. He was turing in the heart of the coal and iron region which now bears his name. In 1858 he was elected to Congress, and re-elected in 1860.

SCRANTON, REV. ERASTUS, died at Burlington, Conn., Oct. 5. He was born in Madison, Conn., August 1, 1777, graduated at Yale College in 1802, studied theology with Rev. John Elliott, and in 1805 was ordained and installed pastor of the Congregational Church of North Milford, Conn. In 1827 he was dismissed, at his own request, and in 1830 was installed pastor of the Congregational Church in Burlington, Conn. He published in 1855 a "Genealogical Register of the Descendants of John Scranton, of Guilford, Conn."

SHAW, LEMUEL, LL.D., late Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, died in Boston, Mass., March 30. He was born at Barnstable, Mass., Jan. 1781. He was a graduate of Harvard College, and was the following year assistant editor of the "Boston Gazette." He studied law with David Everett, Esq., and was admitted to the bar in New Hampshire, Sept. 1804. Soon after, he commenced practice in Boston, continuing in practice until his appointment as Chief-Justice. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts for seven years, and subsequently four years in the Senate. In 1820 he was a member of the Convention for revising the Constitution. In 1830 he was appointed Chief-Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, which office he held for thirty years; was an overseer of Harvard College

SONTAG, AUGUST, an astronomer of Swedish birth, died Jan. 1, while upon his Arctic expedition with Dr. Hayes. He fell through the ice, and, though rescued from drowning, perished from cold in a few hours.

born in Connecticut, Oct. 13, 1813; was educated in the University of New York, and studied theology in the Theological Seminary at Auburn, N.Y. In 1845 he was installed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Utica, N.Y., and subsequently accepted a call to Milwaukee. He was for a short time secretary of the Presbyterian Publication Committee in Philadelphia. At the time of his death he was pastor of the Westminster Church in Chicago.

STAPLES, HON. SETH PERKINS, died in New York City, Nov. 6. He was born in Canterbury, Conn., Aug. 31, 1776. He graduated at Yale College in the class of 1797, studied law in the office of Judge Daggett, in New Haven, and commenced the practice of his profession in New Haven, 1799. His legal attainments drew around him a large number of students, and he soon found himself at the head of a private law-school. In 1820 he proposed a partnership in his business and school to Judge Samuel J. Hitchcock, which was accepted, and in 1846 the school thus originated was formally recognized by the corporation of Yale College as the Law Department of that institution. In 1824 Judge S. removed to New York City, where for over thirty years he devoted himself entirely to his profession, devoting his attention principally to patent and copyright cases.

STORRS, WILLIAM LUCIUS, LL.D., late Chief-Justice of Connecticut, died at Hartford, June 25. He was born in Middletown, Conn., March 25, 1795, gra

duated at Yale College in 1814, studied law at Whitestown, N.Y., and was admitted to the bar in 1817. He returned to his native city, and practised his profession for many years. He served several years in the State Legislature, and in 1834 was Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was a Representative in Congress from his State from 1829 to 1833, and also from 1839 to 1840. In June, 1840, he was elected a Judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, and in 1856 was promoted to the office of Chief-Justice, which he held to the time of his death. In 1846 he was appointed one of the Professors of Law in Yale College, but resigned in 1847.

STRONG, THOMAS M., D.D., died at Flatbush, L.I., June 14. He was born at Cooperstown, N.Y., in 1797, received his preparatory classical training in New York, and graduated from Columbia College in 1816 with the highest honors of his class. Upon the completion of a full theological course, he was licensed to preach, and in 1819 was settled in Norfolk, Va. In 1821 he received a call to the United Presbyterian Churches of Chambersburg and Shippensburg, Pa., and the following year was called to the charge of the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush, N.Y., where he had remained for nearly forty years. In 1828 he was elected Stated Clerk of the General Synod.

STUART, HON. ISAAC WILLIAM, died in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 2, aged 52 years. He graduated at Yale College in 1828, and for a short time after taught in the Hopkins Grammar School at Hartford. He had a taste for the study of hieroglyphics and Oriental literature, and in 1830 published a translation, with notes, of Greppo's" Essay on the Hieroglyphic System of Champollion." Being elected Professor of Greek and Latin in the College of South Carolina, he removed to Columbia and resided for some years. Returning to Hartford, he was for many years proprietor of the Wyllys Estate, on which stood the Charter Oak. He was the author of an edition, with notes, of the "Edipus Tyrannus of Sophocles," "Life of Nathan Hale," "Hartford in the Olden Time," and an elaborate life of Governor Jonathan Trumbull.

SUMNER, GEN. WILLIAM HYSLOP, died in West Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 24. He was born in Roxbury, July 4, 1780. His early advantages were good, and in 1793 he was sent to Phillips Academy, in Andover, where he was fitted for college. He graduated at Harvard, with honor, in the class of 1799, and immediately commenced the study of law; was admitted to the bar in 1802, and opened an office in Tremont Street, Boston. Gen. Sumner was aide-de-camp to Governors Strong and Brooks, and upon a subsequent appointment of adjutantgeneral by Governor Brooks, relinquished the practice of the law. He was a Representative of Boston in the Legislature for twelve years. He was intrusted with several important agencies by the Government, and in 1826 was appointed by the Secretary of War a member of the Board of Army and Militia Officers, of which Gen. Scott was president, to report a plan for the organization of the militia and a system of cavalry tactics. In connection with other gentlemen, he founded and put in operation the East Boston Company. He wrote a very elaborate history of East Boston.

TILLINGHAST, CAPT. OTIS II., was killed at the battle of Bull Run, July 21. He was born at Homer, N.Y., March 6, 1823. In 1837 he graduated with honor at West Point, and was appointed brevet second lieutenant in the Third Artillery, joining Sherman's Battery under Gen. Taylor, at Saltillo,

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| Mexico. In 1856 he was appointed regimental quartermaster and stationed in Florida. Soon after he was ordered to Fort Moultrie. In July, 1861, he was appointed chief-quartermaster to Gen. McDowell's army, and attached himself to Col. Porter's division.

TILTON, COM. EDWARD G., of the United States Navy, died in Washington, D.C. He entered the service in 1822 as a midshipman, and received his commission of commander in 1853. He had command of the sloop-of-war Saratoga in the Home Squadron, and subsequently was assigned to duty as a member of the Light-House Board.

TRUMBULL, HON. JOSEPH, died in Hartford, Aug. 4. He was born in Lebanon, Conn., Dec. 7, 1782, graduated at Yale College in 1801, studied law with William T. Williams, of Lebanon, was admitted to the bar in Ohio, and soon after in Windham county, in his own State, and in 1804 removed to Hartford, where he practised his profession until 1828, when he became president of the Hartford Bank. He represented the town of Hartford in the General Assembly of Connecticut in 1832, 1848, and 1851. In 1834 he was a Representative in Congress, and a member of the House from 1839 to 1843. In 1849 he was elected Governor of Connecticut. TUCKER, HON. GEORGE, a Virginia jurist, died at Charlottesville, Va., aged 86 years. He was elected to Congress in 1819, and re-elected in 1821 and 1823. In 1825 he retired from Congress to accept the Professorship of Law in the University of Virginia, which position he filled with honor for many years. He was the author of a Life of Jefferson, and a Political History of the United States.

TURNER, REV. SAMUEL H., D.D., died in New York, Dec. 21. He was born in Philadelphia, Jan. 23, 1790, graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1807, studied theology under Bishop White, and in 1812 became rector of the church at Chestertown, Md. In 1818 he was elected Professor of Historic Theology in the Theological Seminary in New York, and in 1821 Professor of Biblical Learning in the same institution. In 1831 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Columbia College. He was the author of "Thoughts on Scriptural Prophecy," "Companion to the Book of Genesis," "Biographies of Jewish Rabbis," and other works.

VAN VRANKEN, SAMUEL A., D.D., a clergyman of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church, died at New Brunswick, N.J., Jan. 1. He was born in Fishkill, N.Y., Feb. 20, 1792, graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., studied theology at the Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, NJ, and in 1817 was settled as pastor over the United Reformed Dutch Churches of Freehold and Middletown. In 1834 he was installed pastor of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie, NY. In 1837 he became pastor of the Broome Street Church in New York City, and in 1841 was chosen by the General Synod as Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology in the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick.

VOSBURGH, COL. ABRAM S., of the New York Seventy-first Regiment, died in Washington, DC, May 20, aged about 35 years. He was formerly s merchant of New York.

WARD, JAMES HARMAN, commander in the United States Navy, was killed in the attack on Matthias Point, June 27. He was born in Hart ford in 1806, and educated at the Vermont Military Academy at Norwich, and Trinity Colleze, Hut ford. In 1823 he received an appointment midshipman on board of the Constitution, car

salesman, and in 1826 as partner. In 1832 he withdrew, and formed a co-partnership in the paper business. In 1853 he was elected president of the National Bank at Boston, which position he occupied until a few months previous to his death. Mr. W. was elected to the Senate in the State Legislature in 1850 and 1851, and was a member of the State Convention in 1853. He was the author of a work entitled "Elements of Astronomy.'

manded by Commodore McDonough; in 1831 | book-store of Hilliard, Gray & Co., Boston, as was made lieutenant and attached to the Mediterranean squadron. He was the author of a "Manual of Naval Tactics," and a series of lectures subsequently published under the title of "Elementary Instructions on Naval Ordnance and Gunnery;" also a work entitled "Steam for the Million." In 1857 he was appointed to the command of the receiving-ship North Carolina. At the commencement of the present war he organized the Potomac flotilla, and was made its commander on the 16th of May.

WASHINGTON, JOHN A., colonel in the Confederate Army, was killed in a skirmish, Sept. 15. He had been the proprietor of Mount Vernon, but sold it to the Mount Vernon Association for $200,000.

WATMOUGH, HON. JOHN G., died at his residence in Philadelphia. He was born in Delaware, Dec. 6, 1793, and educated at the University of Pennsylvania. He served as lieutenant of artillery in the War of 1812-14. In 1830 he was elected to Congress, and served two terms as a Representative of the third district of Pennsylvania; was subsequently High Sheriff of Philadelphia, and Surveyor of the Port in 1841.

WHITE, CHARLES, D.D., a Presbyterian clergyman of Indiana, died at Crawfordsville, Ind., Oct. 29, aged 65 years. In 1842 he was inaugurated President of Wabash College, and continued in that office until his death.

WHITE, DANIEL APPLETON, LL.D., died March 30. He was born in Massachusetts, Jan. 7, 1776, and graduated at Harvard College in 1797; commenced the practice of law in Salem, Mass., and was for many years Judge of Probate for Essex county. He was for one term a Representative in Congress. WHITE, HON. JOSEPH L., formerly a member of Congress from Indiana, was shot at Nicaragua, and died of his wounds, Jan. 5. He was of late years a resident of New York City, and was connected with the Nicaragua Transit Company.

WHITTEMORE, THOMAS, D.D., died in Cambridge, Mass., March 21. He was born in Boston, Jan. 1, 1800. His early advantages were rather limited, but, while in the employ of a bootmaker in Boston, he became acquainted with the Rev. Hosea Ballou, and was induced to commence studying for the ministry under his direction, and preached his first sermon two weeks before reaching his majority. In 1820 he was settled in Milford, Mass., and subsequently over the Universalist Society at Cambridgeport. He was at one time joint editor of the Universalist Magazine," and for nearly thirty years editor of the Trumpet." In 1830 he published a "History of Universalism," and in 1832"Notes and Illustrations of the Parables," followed by several collections of hymns. He also published a work entitled Plain Guide to Universalism." He was president of the Cambridge Bank, and also of the Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad. He represented Cambridge several years in the State Legislature.

WILDEY, THOMAS, founder of the order of OddFellows in this country, died at his residence in Baltimore, Oct. 19. He was a native of England, but came to this country early in life. He was the first Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge of the United States. His funeral was attended by delegations of the order from all sections of the country.

WILKINS, HON. JOHN HUBBARD, died in Boston, Dec. 5, aged 67 years. He was born in Amherst, N.II., graduated at Harvard College in 1818, with high honors, studied theology in the Divinity School at Cambridge, and in 1821 entered the

WILKINSON, COMMODORE JESSE, U.S. Navy, died at his family residence, near Norfolk, Va., aged 77 years. He was a Virginian by birth, and entered the navy in 1805. He was in the service of the Government fifty-four years.

WILLIAMS, THOMAS SCOTT, LL.D., an American jurist, died in Hartford, Dec. 15. He was born in Wethersfield, Conn., June 26, 1777, graduated at Yale College in 1794, studied law at Litchfield, Conn., and was admitted to the bar of that county in 1799. In 1803 he removed to Hartford, where he continued to reside until his death. He was a member of the General Assembly of Connecticut in 1815, 1816, 1819, 1825, 1827, and 1829, and was a Representative in Congress for two years. In 1829 he was appointed an Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, and in 1834 ChiefJustice, which place he held until he reached the age limiting the tenure of the office. He was for many years previous to his death president of the American Tract Society, and a leading officer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and of the American Bible Society. His donations to these and other objects during life were large, and he also bequeathed considerable sums to them in his will.

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, a soldier of the Revolution, died at New Milford, Conn., April 12. He was born at Greenfield Hill, Sept. 27, 1762, and, though young, took an active part in the battles of the Revolution in Southwestern Connecticut, and attained his majority with the recognition of the Republic in 1783. He died at the venerable age of 99, on the day when its integrity and union were first seriously assailed by the bombardment of Fort Sumter.

WINTHROP, MAJOR THEODORE, was killed in the battle of Great Bethel, June 10. He was born in New Haven, Sept. 21, 1828, graduated with high honors at Yale College in 1848, and from 1849 to 1851 travelled in Europe. Among other enterprises in which he took part was the celebrated expedition of Lieutenant Strain in Central America. On his return he engaged in the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1855. When President Lincoln issued his first proclamation for volunteers, Mr. W. offered himself promptly, and joined the New York Seventh Regiment, and, before its return, accepted the position of first lieu tenant in the regular army. He connected himself with General Butler's staff, and took part in the expedition against Great Bethel. Since his death the following works from his pen have been published:-"Cecil Dreeme," "John Brent,” “ Edwin Brothertoft." and the "Canoe and Saddle."

WOODBRIDGE, WILLIAM, ex-Governor of Michigan, died at Detroit, Oct. 20, aged 84. He was elected Governor of the State in 1840, and in 1842 United States Senator for six years.

WRIGHT, HON. JOHN C., a resident of Ohio, died Feb. 13, in Washington, whither he had gone, by the appointment of Governor Dennison, as one of the commissioners to the Peace Congress. He was in his 78th year.

AMERICAN OBITUARIES-1862.

ALLEY, JOHN BURROUGHS, M.D., died in Boston, April 29. He was born in that city, April 25, 1821, graduated at Yale College in 1840, studied medicine at Harvard University and in Europe, and was for several years Superintendent of the Boston Dispensary, and Secretary and for a time one of the Councillors of the Massachusetts Medical Society.

ALLYN, CAPT. FRANCIS, a leading citizen of New London, Conn., died in that city, Aug. 23. He was an intimate friend of Lafayette,whom he brought to this country in 1824.

ANDERSON, GEN. GEORGE B., died in Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 16. He was born in Wilmington, N.C., in 1827, graduated at West Point in 1852, entered the Second Dragoons as brevet second lieutenant, reached the rank of first lieutenant in 1855, and in 1858 was appointed regimental adjutant. He resigned in April, 1861, became a brigadier-general in the Confederate Army, and at the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, received a wound in the foot which caused his death.

APPLETON, GEN. JAMES, died in Ipswich, Mass., Aug. 25. He was born in Ipswich, Feb. 14, 1785, was in early life a member of the Massachusetts Legislature, and afterwards, having removed to Portland, of that of Maine, and several times a candidate for Governor. During the War of 1812 he was a colonel of Massachusetts militia, having command of the district of Gloucester, and at the close of the war was made a brigadier-general. He was a strong advocate of the temperance and anti-slavery movements, which he influentially supported by speeches and publications.

APPLETON, WILLIAM, died in Boston, Feb. 20, in the 76th year of his age. He was a prominent merchant of Boston, was a member of Congress from that city in 1851-53, and was again elected to the 37th Congress, but resigned, after sitting | through the extra session in 1861.

ASHBY, GEN. TURNER, of the Confederate army, was killed in a skirmish near Harrisonburg, Va., June 6. He was born at Rose Hill, Fauquier co., about 1824, and resided at Markham, Va., devoting his time chiefly to agriculture and politics, till the rebellion broke out, when he raised a regiment of cavalry, and proved a dashing and skilful officer. He was made a brigadier-general in May, 1862, and led the advance of "Stonewall" Jackson's army in the Shenandoah Valley during the pursuit of Banks and the subsequent retreat, until his death.

AUDUBON, JOHN W., the only surviving son of the naturalist J. J. Audubon, died in New York, in August. When taken ill, he was preparing a new edition of the "Birds of America."

BAILEY, GOLDSMITH F., member of Congress, died at his residence in Fitchburg, Mass., May 8. He was first elected in 1860.

BAILEY, COL. GUILFORD D., killed at the battle of Fair Oaks, June 30, was born in New York in 1834, and graduated at West Point in 1856. He entered the artillery, served in Florida, at Forts Mackinaw, Snelling, and Leavenworth, and in Texas, where he refused to be included in Twiggs's surrender in 1861, went north, and accompanied the reinforcements sent to Fort Pickens. He afterward raised a regiment of cavalry in Northern New Jersey, and at the time of his death was chief of artillery in Gen. Casey's division.

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BALDING, JOE, a colored man, died in the infirmary at Zanesville, Ohio, aged 121 years. was originally a slave in Fairfax co., Va. BALDWIN, ABRAHAM DUDLEY, died in Greenfield Hill, Conn., June 8, aged 74. He graduated at Yale College in 1807, studied law, but passed his life chiefly in agricultural pursuits, and served in both houses of the State Legislature, being, while in the Senate, a member of the corporation of Yale College.

BALDWIN, JAMES FOWLE, died suddenly in Boston. May 20. He was born in Woburn, Mass., April 29, 1782, and, after some years of mercantile life, became a civil engineer, in which profession his father and brother, both named Loammi, also distinguished themselves. He was first employed with his brother in constructing the dry dock at the Charlestown Navy-Yard, in 1828 was one of the State Commissioners for the first survey of the Western Railroad, surveyed and superintended the construction of the Boston & Lowell Railroad, and in 1837 was one of a commission to examine and report upon the means of supplying Boston with water. His plan-opposed by the majority of the commission, but finally adopted in 1846 has proved highly successful. He was engaged in numerous other engineering enterprises, was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and for some years of the State Senate, and was highly esteemed for integrity and usefulness as a citizen.

BANGS, NATHAN, D.D., died in New York, May 3. He was born in Stratford, Fairfield co., Conn.. May 2, 1788, was for some years a school-teacher and surveyor, entered the Methodist ministry in 1801, travelled for seven years in Canada and afterwards in New York, and in 1820 was appointed General Agent of the Methodist Book Concern, being also editor of all its books, and successively of the "Christian Advocate and Journal" and "Methodist Quarterly Review.” In 1836 he was elected Corresponding Secretary of the Methodist Missionary Society, was President of the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., in 1841-42, and then returned to the active duties of the ministry in the cities of New York and Brooklyn, finally retiring in 1852. He was the author of several religious and denominational works, including a "History of the Methodist Episcopal Church," in 4 vols. 12mo.

BAYARD, GEN. GEORGE D., killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, was born in New York, graduated at West Point in 1856, entered the First Cavalry as second lieutenant, and attained the rank of captain in the Fourth Cavalry, Ang 20, 1861. He was chosen colonel of the 1st regiment of Pennsylvania volunteer cavalry, was com missioned brigadier-general of volunteers, Apel 28, 1862, served in Western Virginia, and surisequently in the corps of Gen. McDowell. After the battle of Antietam his brigade of cavalry led the advance in re-entering Virginia, and at Fre dericksburg he was attached to Gen. Franklin'

corps.

BEARD, ALBIN, died in Nashua, N.H., Aug. 16, in the 55th year of his age. He was a printer by trade, was editor of the "New Hampshire Telegraph," and postmaster of Nashua, had twice bera mayor of the city, and had held numerous other public offices.

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