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OBITUAKIES, AMERICAN. 



diers in the White League. He died in the 

 Northwest, in October, at the age of forty-six. 



BOEIE, Hon. ADOLPH E., ex-Secretary of the 

 Navy of the United States, was horn in Phila- 

 delphia in 1809. He was a descendant, on the 

 mother's side, of a family of refugees from St. 

 Domingo, of whom a large number settled in 

 Philadelphia. In 1826 Mr. Borie graduated 

 from the Pennsylvania University, and went 

 to Paris to complete his education. After 

 spending several years abroad he returned to 

 America and entered upon mercantile pur- 

 suits. In the outset of the civil war the first 

 Union League of the country was formed in 

 Philadelphia, and Mr. Borie was one of its 

 founders and its vice-president. He gave large 

 sums toward the enlistment and care of the 

 soldiers during the war, but otherwise he 

 had taken no part in politics. In 1869 he be- 

 came a member of the Cabinet appointed by 

 General Grant, as Secretary of the Navy. He 

 held the office during a few months, and insti- 

 tuted many reforms. He died in Philadelphia, 

 February 5th, at the age of seventy-one. 



BRAYTON, Judge GEORGE A., at one time 

 Chief -Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode 

 Island, died at East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 

 April 19th. . 



BRENT, HENRY J., descended from a Roman 

 Catholic family, early settlers of Maryland, and 

 grand-nephew of Archbishop Carroll, was born 

 in Washington, D. C., in 1811. He contrib- 

 uted to Porter's "Spirit of the Times," over 

 the well-known signature of " Stirrup." He 

 was the associate of Lewis Gaylord Clark in 

 founding and editing the " Knickerbocker/' 

 He died in New York City, August 3d. 



BRINKERHOFF, Judge JACOB, born in New 

 York, in 1810, removed early to Plymouth, 

 Ohio. He was twice elected to Congress by 

 the Democrats, and served from 1843 to 1847. 

 He was Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio 

 from 1856 to 1871. He was the author of the 

 original draft of the Wilmot Proviso. He died 

 at Mansfield, Ohio, July 19th. 



BROPHEY, GEORGE, was born near the city 

 of Kilkenny, Ireland, in August, 1775, contem- 

 poraneously with Daniel O'Connell, and died at 

 Davenport, Iowa, October 16, 1880, in the one 

 hundred and fifth year of his age. He was the 

 son of an ardent Irish patriot who, after the 

 battle of Vinegar Hill, in the great rebellion 

 of 1798, was captured and executed by the 

 British. Young Brophey was, from his earliest 

 age, intended for the priesthood. After grad- 

 uating at Carlow College, he went to Paris to 

 pursue his theological studies, and was ordained 

 priest in 1798. He was proficient in the French, 

 Spanish, Italian, and English languages. Dan- 

 ton, Robespierre, and Marat were his personal 

 acquaintances, and were by him considered hu- 

 man fiends, without their parallels in history. 

 He saw and conversed with Napoleon I many 

 times, and in 1815, when the dethroned Em- 

 peror was about to leave France for his St. 

 Helena prison, Father Brophey was among the 



vast concourse who listened to the last address 

 delivered by the " Man of Destiny " on the 

 soil of France. In 1833, when the remains of 

 the Emperor were brought back to his beloved 

 land for interment, Father Brophey assisted at 

 the most august obsequies ever celebrated by 

 this people, devoted to magnificent pageants. 

 A week after this imposing event, Father Bro- 

 phey witnessed the attempt made upon the life 

 of King Louis Philippe by Fieschi. From the 

 boulevard where he stood, the priest beheld 

 the passage of the immense procession headed 

 by the King, and saw the terrible discharge of 

 the infernal machine prepared and concealed 

 in a certain building by which the monarch's 

 way led. The murderous attack killed not the 

 King, but one of his Ministers who rode beside 

 him. Father Brophey, with Archbishop Du- 

 ponton, were the last spiritual attendants of 

 Lafayette, the former watching night after 

 night by the death-bed of the statesman until 

 his soul was released. In 1843 Father Bro- 

 phey left France and came to America. He 

 settled in New York as pastor of St. Paul's 

 Church. Nine churches were built through 

 his efforts, and he was honorably identified 

 with the development of that great metropolis. 

 Under his spiritual guidance the renowned and 

 well-beloved Archbishop Bailey was converted 

 from Protestantism to Catholicity, and at his 

 instance repaired to Rome to be received into 

 the Holy Church. Father Brophey was a ripe 

 scholar, and a man of wide and prominent ac- 

 quaintance. Presidents Tyler, Polk, Fillmore, 

 Buchanan, Pierce, and Lincoln, were his per- 

 sonal friends. He settled in Iowa in 1865. 

 With a view to establishing an Irish college, he 

 purchased a large tract of land near Boone, 

 but the project was never executed. At a 

 later day he repaired to Mercy Hospital to 

 spend the residue of his days, and there, ten- 

 derly cared for by the Sisters, passed to his 

 rest not ravaged by disease, but worn out 

 with age and faithful service in his Master's 

 cause. 



BUDD, Dr. CHARLES HENRY, a native of New 

 Jersey, died in Philadelphia, October 22d. Ho 

 was a surgeon during the war between the 

 States, after which he became Professor of 

 Chemistry and Natural History in Franklyn and 

 Marshall College at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 

 He was subsequently selected to fill the chair 

 of Natural History at Girard College, which 

 professorship he held at the time of his death. 



BUTLER, Major THOMAS LANGFORD, eldest son 

 of General Percival Butler, was born in 1789, 

 at Lexington, Kentucky. In 1796 he moved to 

 Carrollton, then Port William, Kentucky. In 

 1809 he entered the army as lieutenant, and 

 was stationed at Fort Massac. Having resigned 

 in 1811, he was appointed in 1812 by General 

 Harrison, Quartermaster for the Territories of 

 Indiana and Illinois, with headquarters at Vin- 

 cennes. In 1813 he was promoted captain, and 

 served through the Northwestern campaign 

 under Harrison. In 1814, as aide-de-camp to 



