in Kentucky, and in 1835 emigrated to Missouri. In 1840 he was elected to the State Legislature, and from 1853 to the time of his death he was Representative in Congress from Missouri.

Jan. 27. In Washington, D. C., Commodore Charles Morris, U. S. N., aged 71. He was born in Woodstock, Ct., in October, 1784, entered the Navy as Midshipman in July, 1799, and was from that time distinguished for his professional enthusiasm and aspirations. In the war with the Barbary States, he showed in several instances the intrepidity, energy, and judgment which characterized his after life. He was a volunteer to aid Decatur in the destruction of the Philadelphia, and was the first upon her deck. On the breaking out of the war of 1812, he was a Lieutenant, and was the executive officer of the Constitution, in 1812, in her memorable escape, after a chase of sixty hours, from the British squadron, and also when she, during the same season, captured the Guerriere. In this action he was shot through the body by a musket-ball. In September, 1813, for special services he was promoted to the rank of Post-Captain over the heads of some of his seniors, his commission dating from the day of the surrender of the Guerriere. He this year took command of the Adams sloop-ofwar, was disabled by a storm, ran into Penobscot Bay and up the river for repairs, and, being attacked by a superior force, destroyed his vessel. After the conclusion of the war, he was employed in important commands at sea and on shore. He was the Captain of the Brandywine, which carried Lafayette to France in 1825, and afterwards commanded squadrons on the Brazil and Mediterranean stations. His last sea-service was his cruise in the Delaware in 1844, and from that time he was almost constantly at the head of some one of the bureaus of the Navy Department at Washington. At the time of his death he was chief of the Bureau of Hydrography and Repairs. From 1799 to the day of his death, his furloughs and absences from active duty amounted only to two years. He was the acknowledged chief of the Navy, in administrative wisdom and in varied professional attainments. In social life, he was hospitable, modest, affable, and an intelligent, genial, and instructive companion.

Feb. 12.- In Taunton, Mass., Nathaniel Morton, Esq., aged 34. He was born in Taunton, was the son of Governor Morton, graduated at Brown University, studied law, taking the degree of LL. B. at the Dane Law School in 1843, and commenced practice in Taunton. He took rank at once among the foremost of the profession. In natural ability and in the extent and accuracy of his legal learning, he was excelled by no lawyer of his age. His health failing, he visited Europe in the fall of 1855, but his disease (consumption) gaining rapidly upon him, he returned to die.

Aug. 10. In Columbus, Mississippi, Rev. James Murdock, D. D., aged 80. He was born at Westbrook, Conn., Feb. 16, 1776, and was graduated at Yale College in 1797. He commenced the study of Theology under Dr. Dwight, and in Feb. 1802, he was ordained Pastor of the Church at Princeton, Mass. In 1815 he was appointed Professor of the Greek and Latin Languages in the University of Vermont. In 1819 he was chosen Professor of Sacred Rhetoric and Ecclesiastical History in the Theological Seminary at Andover, Mass., which office he held until 1828. He then removed to New Haven, where he spent the rest of his life, actively engaged in study and in writing. He prepared and published an improved translation of Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History, and of his Historical Commentaries, a version of the New Testament from the Syriac Peshito, a translation of Muenscher's Dogmatic History; also, "Sketches of Modern Philosophy, especially among the Germans,”—and, in conjunction with E. R. Tyler, a Congregational Catechism.

May 31. In Hartford, Ct., Hon. John M. Niles, aged 68. He was born in Windsor, Ct., was bred to the bar, and came to Hartford in 1816 to practise law. He was there concerned in establishing the Hartford Times, a Democratic newspaper, which he principally edited. In 1820 he was commissioned Judge of the County Court. He was appointed Postmaster by General Jackson, and held the office until he was made Senator in Congress in 1835, which position he held until 1839. In 1840 he was made Postmaster-General by Mr. Van Buren. In 1842 he was again made Senator, and served through the term of six years, when he retired to private life.

In Savannah, Ga., George W. Owens, Esq., a prominent member of the Georgia Bar, and a Representative in Congress from that State from 1835 to 1839.

March 15.--In Albany, N. Y., William Parmelee, Mayor of that city. He was

born at Lansingburg, N. Y., and graduated at Yale College in 1826. He was admitted to the bar in 1839, and commenced practice in Albany. In 1839 he was appointed a Judge of the County Court, and in 1840 was chosen Recorder of the city. He remained in that office until 1846, when he was elected Mayor. In 1847 he was chosen Judge of the County Court under the act of that year, and continued in office until 1852. In 1855 he was again elected Mayor, and held the office at the time of his death.

March 2. In New York city, Henry Parrish, aged 68, a well-known and wealthy merchant of that city.

May 2.- In Hazel Green, Wisc., James Gates Percival, M. D., aged 60, eminent as a poet and philosopher. He was born at Berlin, Conn., Sept. 15, 1795, and was graduated at Yale College in 1815. He studied medicine, and received in 1820 the degree of M. D. from Yale College. He did not, however, engage in practice, but devoted himself chiefly to the cultivation of his poetical powers, and to the pursuits of science and literature. In 1820 he published his first volume of poems. In 1822 appeared the first number of Clio;- a second followed a few years later, and the third was issued in 1827. In 1824 he was for a short time in the service of the United States, as Professor of Chemistry in the Military Academy at West Point, and subsequently as a surgeon connected with the recruiting station at Boston. But his tastes lay in a different direction, and he gave himself to the Muses, and to historical, philological, and scientific pursuits. In 1827 he was employed to revise the manuscript of Dr. Webster's large Dictionary, and not long after this he published a corrected translation of MalteBrun's Geography. In 1835 he was appointed, in conjunction with Professor C. U. Shepard, to make a survey of the Geology and Mineralogy of the State of Connecticut. Dr. Percival took charge of the Geological part, and his Report thereon was published in 1842. In 1843 appeared at New Haven his last published volume of poetical contributions, entitled "The Dream of a Day, and Other Poems." In 1854 he was appointed State Geologist of Wisconsin. His first Report on that survey was published in January, 1855. The larger part of this year he spent in the field, and while preparing his second Report his health gave way, and after a gentle decline he died. Although distinguished for his attainments in philology and in general science, he will be chiefly remembered as one of the eminent American poets.

May 12. In Newburg, N. Y., Thomas Powell, aged 87. He was born in Hempstead, Long Island. In 1799, while in business in New York with his brother, he was driven from the city by the yellow-fever, and they removed to Newburg and engaged in freighting. He was an owner of steamers navigating the Hudson. Newburg owes much of its growth and prosperity to his enterprise, sagacity, and public spirit.

March 27. In New York, Rev. N. S. Prime, D. D., aged 70. He was born in Huntington, L. I. in 1785, and was known as the author of a History of Long Island.

June 6. In Dorchester, Mass., William Richardson, Esq., aged 42. He was born in Boston, graduated at Cambridge in 1832, studied theology for six months at Cambridge, then studied law in Boston with Jeremiah Mason, was admitted to the bar in 1837, and opened an office in Boston. He was intrusted with the settlement of estates, and was President of the Dorchester Savings Bank. April 23. In Philadelphia, Pa., Joseph Roberts, Esq., aged 81. He was one of the trustees under the will of Stephen Girard, and cashier of Stephen Girard's Bank. He was also cashier for the Trustees of the first Bank of the United States, the affairs of which institution he conducted to its final winding up a few years since. July 26. In New Utrecht, N. Y., after three day's illness, William Rockwell, aged about 54. He was born at Sharon, Conn., and graduated at Yale College in 1822. He studied law, and resided at Brooklyn, N. Y., engaged in practice, and filled many places of honor and trust. In November, 1853, he was chosen a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and held this office at the time of his death.

April 19. In New York city, Thomas Rogers, aged 64, a native of Connecticut, and well known as a manufacturer of cotton machinery. He early turned his attention to the construction of iron-work and machinery for railroads, and in 1835 began the manufacture of locomotives, in the construction of which he became greatly distinguished.

Feb. 15. - In Chillicothe, Ohio, Hon. Thomas Scott, aged 84. He was born in Maryland, in 1772. From 1789, when he was but seventeen years old, until 1796, he was an itinerant minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1798 he commenced the study of law, and soon after removed to Chillicothe. He was the Secretary of the Convention that framed the Constitution of Ohio in 1802, and was said to be the last survivor of that body. He was for a time Clerk of the Courts, was Secretary of the Senate from its first session until 1809, when he was elected Judge of the Supreme Court of the State. In 1810 he was reelected and commissioned as Chief Justice, which office he held until 1815, when, the salary being insufficient, he resigned, and resumed the practice of the law.

Feb. 14. In Roxbury, Mass., Hon. Benjamin Seaver, aged 60. He was born in Roxbury in 1795, and early engaged in mercantile business in Boston, was State Representative from 1846 to 1848, and State Senator in 1850 and 1851. He was a member of the Common Council of Boston from 1845 to 1849, and its President from 1847 to 1849, and was Mayor in 1852 and 1853.

11

Aug. 3. In Lenox, Mass., Charles Sedgwick, Esq., aged 64. He was a son of the late Judge Sedgwick, was born in Stockbridge and bred to the bar. He, early in his professional life, was appointed Clerk of the Courts for Berkshire County, and removed to Lenox, where he resided, beloved by all, until his death.

man,

March 5. In New Haven, Ct., Roger Sherman, aged 88, son of Roger Sherthe signer of the Declaration of Independence. May 15. In Wooster, Ohio, Col. John Sloane, aged 77. He was a native of Pennsylvania, but removed to Ohio while it was a Territory. He was elected a member of the Lower House of the General Assembly in 1804, and in 1805-6 was Speaker. He was Receiver of Public Moneys at Canton from 1808 to 1816, and afterwards at Wooster until 1819, when, having been elected Representative to Congress, he resigned. He was Representative until 1829. He was Clerk of the Common Pleas of Wayne Co. for seven years from 1831, was Secretary of State for three years from 1841, and was Treasurer of the United States under President Fillmore. He was a Colonel of Militia during the war of 1812.

Feb. 13. In St. Albans, Vermont, Rev. Worthington Smith, D. D., late President of the University of Vermont.

Aug. 1. In Fort Hamilton, N. Y., Brig.-Gen. Henry Stanton, Assistant Quarter-Master General U. S. A. He received the brevet of Brigadier-General in 1847 for meritorious services in Mexico.

-

July 2. In Bristol, Pa., Rowland Stephenson, aged 83. He was a native of England, but had resided about thirty years in this country. He had been a member of Parliament, and was for many years a banker in London.

April 20.- In Hoboken, N. J., Robert L. Stevens, aged about 68. He was the son of John Stevens, who built the Phoenix, the second steamboat in this country. He devoted much time to the improvement of steam machinery and steamboat models. He modelled the yacht Maria, for his brother John C. Stevens. He was one of the projectors of the Camden and Amboy Railroad, and was for many years President of the Company. About 1815 he invented an improved bomb of a sugar-loaf form, which has since been extensively used in general service. Some ten or twelve years since he was commissioned by the government to build an immense steam-battery for harbor defence, which work was in the course of construction at the time of his death.

Jan. 17.- In Burlington, Vt., Zadock Thompson, aged 59, author of several school-books, of a Gazetteer and History of Vermont, and Professor of Natural History in the University of Vermont, and State Naturalist.

March 27. In Exeter, N. H., Joseph Tilton, Esq., aged 81, a native of East Kingston, N. H., and a graduate of Harvard College in 1797. He was admitted to the bar in 1801, settled at Wakefield and then at Rochester, and at Exeter in 1809, where he lived the rest of his life. He attained a respectable standing at the bar; and for nine successive years, from 1815 to 1823, represented Exeter in the Legislature of that State.

May 3. In Lawrence Co., Ga., Hon. George M. Troop, aged 75. He was Representative in Congress from Georgia from 1807 to 1815, and Senator from 1816 to 1818, and from 1829 to 1834. From 1823 to 1827 he was Governor of that State.

June 8. In Paris, France, Dr. Henry Ware Wales, aged 37. He was born

in Boston in 1818, graduated at Cambridge in 1838, studied medicine, and took his degree in 1841. He went to Paris to pursue his studies, but soon abandoned medicine and devoted himself to the study of languages. He made himself master of French, Italian, German, and Modern Greek, and studied the Sanscrit and other Oriental languages. He was absent from home at this time eight years. He visited Europe a second time, and extended his travels to the East, and visited Egypt. He returned to Boston, and in October, 1854, left Boston for a third visit to Europe; but his health soon failed him. He had collected a large library of rare and valuable works, which he bequeathed to Harvard Col lege.

Jan. 24. In New Orleans, La., Hon. Joseph Walker, from 1850 to 1854 Governor of Louisiana.

Jan. 15.- In Cincinnati, Ohio, Hon. Timothy Walker, aged 53. He was born in Wilmington, Mass., in 1802, graduated at Cambridge in 1826, taught mathematics at the Round Hill School, Northampton, for three years, entered the Dane Law School in 1829, and after a year's study there went to Cincinnati, where he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice. In 1833, in connection with Judge Wright, he established a Law School in Cincinnati, which in 1835 was united with the Cincinnati College, he continuing a Professor, and having for a time the exclusive charge of it. In 1842 he was appointed President Judge of the Hamilton Co. Common Pleas, to fill a vacancy, and after leaving that post became editor of the Western Law Journal. His instructions to the students of the Law School were embodied in his well-known "Introduction to American Law." He received the degree of LL. D. from Harvard College in 1854.

May 4.- In Boston, Mass., Dr. John Collins Warren, aged 77. He was born in Boston, Aug. 1, 1788, was a pupil in the Latin School, and a successful competitor for a Franklin medal the first year those medals were distributed. He graduated at Cambridge in 1797, studied medicine with his father, Dr. John Warren, and spent several years in study in the hospitals of London and Paris. On his return he commenced practice in Boston, and soon attained the highest rank in his profession. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in Harvard College in 1806; and in 1815, on the death of his father, was made full Professor, and so continued until his resignation in 1847, from which time until his death he was Emeritus Professor. He was one of the originators of the Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Asylum, and for nearly thirty-six years he was at first the sole, and subsequently the principal Surgeon, in daily attendance upon its wards. He was President of the Massachusetts Medical Society from 1832 to 1836, when he declined a re-election. He was a member of various scientific and philosophical societies on both sides the water. During the later years of his life he devoted much of his time to the study of the Natural Sciences. His museum of specimens in comparative anatomy, osteology, and paleontology was very extensive; and he had, probably, the most perfect skeleton of the Mastodon giganteus of North America known to be in existence. He published and distributed at his own expense his work on the mastodon of this country, and issued an enlarged edition a few weeks before his death. In 1854 he published a "Genealogy of Warren."

April 9. -In Philadelphia, Pa., Thomas I. Wharton, Esq., an eminent member of the bar of that city.

March 18. In Charlestown, Mass., Paul Willard, Esq., aged 60. He was born in Lancaster, Mass., graduated at Cambridge in 1817, studied law in Worcester, was admitted to the bar in Middlesex in 1821, and opened an office in Charlestown. In 1822 he was appointed Postmaster in Charlestown, and held that office for seven years. In 1823 he was elected Clerk of the State Senate, and was re-elected for seven successive years. He was intrusted by his fellowcitizens with various municipal offices.

Jan. 30. In Easthampton, Mass., Rev. Payson Williston, D. D., aged 92, for more than half a century Pastor of a Church in that place, and said to be the oldest graduate of Yale College.

Feb 16. In Canandaigua, N. Y.. Hon. Alvah Worden, a prominent lawyer and a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1846.

April 3. In New York city, Gideon A. Worth, aged 72, a skilful and sagacious financier, and of incorruptible integrity. He had been cashier of various banks, and at the time of his death was President of the New York City Bank.

FOREIGN OBITUARY.

1855.

Oct. 3. -In London, Eng., Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, aged 92, a persona and political friend and kinsman of Charles James Fox. He passed some years at Westminster, and completed his studies at Göttingen, returning to England in 1790. He was a member of Parliament in 1802, and again in 1806 and 1807; was Minister to Vienna in 1807, and Ambassador to Constantinople from 1809 to 1811. From 1831 to 1835 he was Minister to Belgium. He was a Privy Councillor, and received the highest diplomatic pension (20007.).

Sept. 27. In Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Eng., John Adamson, Esq., aged 68. He was known as the author of "The Life and Writings of Camoens," and was devoted to literary and scientific pursuits and to antiquarian research.

Nov. 25. On board the Ulm, in the roadstead of Messina, Admiral Bruat, late Commander-in-chief of the French fleet in the Black Sea. He was born in 1796, and entered the Naval School at Brest in 1811. He was made a Rear-Admiral in 1816, Vice Admiral in 1852, and Admiral in 1855. He was appointed, in 1845, Governor of the Marquesas, and soon after Governor of all the French establishments in Oceanica. In 1853, he took command of the French Channel Squadron, and in 1854 became second in command of the Black Sea Squadron. When Admiral Hamlin returned home, he took command of the Allied Squadrons. Nov. 27. In Lincoln, Eng., Robert Bunyan, aged 80. The last male descendant in a direct line from John Bunyan, author of the "Pilgrim's Progress." Dec. 16. Near Lymington, Eng., William Frederic Chambers, M. D., late Physician to her Majesty, aged 69. He was for many years one of the Physicians to St. George's Hospital, and his lectures "on Practical Medicine were published in the Medical Gazette. Dec. 27. In London, Eng., Josiah Condor, aged 65, formerly proprietor and editor of the Eclectic Review, and for many years editor of the Patriot. He took an active part in the public movement of the Protestant Dissenters.

Nov. 19.

At Brighton, Eng., Thomas Copeland, Esq., aged 74, Surgeon Extraordinary to Her Majesty. He was the author of several medical works, among which a "Treatise on Diseases of the Hip-Joint," and "Observations on the Symptoms and Treatment of Diseases of the Spine," are much valued. Dec. 20. At Denbeis, near Dorking, Eng., Thomas Cubitt, Esq., aged 68, the eminent builder. He reconstructed Osborne, in the Isle of Wight, and was employed as builder in other works of great magnitude connected with the Crown. Sept. 3. In the attack on the Redan at Sebastopol, Lieut. Col. William Holland Daniel Cuddy, aged 41. He entered the army in 1833, joined his regiment in India, and served there until 1841. He afterwards served with distinction in the Chinese War. He was present in most of the engagements during the late war, and was a most experienced and efficient officer."

Aug. 31. In Swansea, Wales, Lewis Weston Dillwyn, Esq., aged 77, President of the Royal Institution of South Wales, and honorary member of many societies at home and abroad. He was the author of several valuable works on Natural History, and communicated at various times to the Royal Society pamphlets upon the subject of Fossil Shells and Plants. He was also a contributor to the Zoological Journal.

Nov. 9.- In Clifton, Eng., Rev. John Eagles, aged 71. He was an accomplished critic on Art, and was known in the literary world as the author of the "Sketcher," in Blackwood's Magazine.

-

Sept. 25. In Southampton, Eng., Admiral John Gifford, aged 90. He entered the navy more than seventy-five years ago, and was present at the relief of Gibraltar, in 1781. He was in many important engagements, and served with distinction. He became a full Admiral in 1841.

Dec. 31. At Melbourne, Australia, Sir Charles Hotham, aged 50, CaptainGeneral and Governor-in-chief of the Colony of Victoria.

Sept. 18. In Durham, Eng., James F. W. Johnston, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Reader of Chemistry and Mineralogy in the University of Durham, aged 59. He published several valuable works, the most celebrated of which are "Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry and Geology." and The Chemistry of Common Life." He was also a contributor to the Edinburgh Review and Blackwood's Magazine.