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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



ever remain an important feature of the literature of 

 the civil war. His first letter, announcing that this 

 hamlet had declared itself free and independent of 

 the State, was dated " Wingert's Corners, March the 

 21st, 1861,'' and signed " Petroleum V. Nasby." But 

 he soon changed the location to " Confedrit X Roads, 

 Ky.,"and alt his war letters were dated from that 

 imaginary place. The early letters appeared in his 

 Findlay " Jeffersonian " ; but when he bought an in- 

 terest in and took editorial charge of the " Toledo 

 Blade" the letters were transferred to that paper. 

 The influence of these letters for the national cause 

 was incalculable. They were eagerly looked for and 

 read by President Lincoln, who conceded their value ; 

 and that his opinion was shared by others high in 

 authority is attested by the fact that ex-Secretary 

 George S. Boutwell, in a public address in New York 

 city, attributed the crushing of the rebellion to '' three 

 forces the array, the navy, and the Nasby letters." 

 Alter the close of the war, Mr. Locke dealt with 

 President Johnson's administration and the recon- 

 struction measures of Congress in the same manner. 

 In 1871 he removed to New York city, and was for 

 some years managing editor of the " Evening Mail," 

 and subsequently established himself there as an ad- 

 vertising agent. He retained his interest in the u To- 

 ledo Blade " until his death. Besides his " Nasby " 

 letters, numerous lectures, which he delivered through 

 the Northern States after the war, and several plays, 

 he wrote " Divers Views, Opinions, and Prophecies 

 of Yours Truly," "Swingin' Round the Cirklc," 

 " Ekkoes from Kentucky," " The Moral History of 

 America's Life-Struggle," " The Struggles of P. V. 

 Nasby," u The Morals of Abou Ben Adhem ; or, East- 

 ern Fruit in Western Dishes," " A Paper City," 

 " Hannah Jane," a poem, and " Nasby in Exile." 



Loring, Edward Greely, physician, born in Boston, 

 Mass., Sept. 28, 1837 ; died 'in New York city, April 

 23, 1888. He was a son of Judge Edward Greely 

 Loring, was a member of the class of 1881 of Harvard 

 University a short time, went abroad, and studied in 

 Italy. He rqturned to the United States in 1862, was 

 graduated at Harvard Medical School in 1864, won 

 the Boylston prize with an essay, and applied himself 

 to the special study of ophthalmology under Dr. Has- 

 ket Derby in Boston. After holding brief appoint- 

 ments in the City Hospital and the Massachusetts Eye 

 and Ear Infirmary, he removed to Baltimore in 1865, 

 and a year later settled in New York city and became 

 associated with the late Dr. C. R. Agnew. About 

 1870 this partnership was dissolved, and thence till 

 his death ne practiced alone. In 1874 he was a N - 

 pointed an ophthalmic surgeon in the New York 

 Eye and Ear Infirmary, and held a similar offloa in 

 St. Luke's Hospital, besides being a surgeon of the 

 Manhattan and Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospitals and 

 consulting surgeon of the latter institution. He was 

 a skillful surgeon and a thoroughly trained physician, 

 while as an author he was widely known for his origi- 

 nal contributions to medical and scientific literature, 

 especially in the line of ophthalmology. He pub- 

 lished a " Text-book of Ophthalmology," Part I (New 

 York, 1886), and was completing the second part at 

 the time of his death. He also invented the refrac- 

 tion ophthalmoscope that bears his name. Among 

 his published papers are " Relative Accommodation " 

 (1869); "Somu Remarks on Cataract" (1871); "Is 

 the Human Eye changing its Form under the Influ- 

 ence of Modern Education ?" (1878); '''Conjunctivi- 

 tis from Impure Dust of the Streets" (1881); "An 

 Improved Operation for New Pupil after Cataract 

 Operation" (1881) ; " The Effect of the Optical Con- 

 dition of the Eye on the Development of Character." 

 " Hypermetropia in Public-School Children" (1882) ; 

 ' Premature Delivery for the Prevention of Blind- 

 ness" (1883); and "An Improved Means of Oblique 

 Illumination : a Corneal Condenser." Dr. Loring fell 

 dead in the street. 



McAllister, William K,, lawyer, born in Salem, Wash- 

 ington County, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1818 ; died in Ravens- 



to the circuit bench of Cook County. 



McCarter, Ludlow, lawyer, born in Green Valley, 

 Morris Count v, N. J., Oct. 23, 1844 ; died in Newark, 

 N. J., Sept. 23, 1888. He was graduated at Newton 

 Collegiate Institute, New Jersey, was admitted to the 

 bar in February, 1869, and after practicing in New- 

 ton, N. J., two years, removed to Newark. In 1879 

 he was appointed president judge of the Court of 

 Common Pleas for Essex County, and held the office 

 till 1885. He was considered a sound lawyer, an able 

 pleader, and a judge of great firmness and independ- 

 ence. By the severity of his sentences he became a 

 terror to 'law- breakers. 



McElrath, Thomas, lawyer, born in Williamsport, 

 Pa., May 1. 1807; died in New York city, June 6, 

 1888. He learned the printer's trade in Harrisburg 

 and Philadelphia, returned home and studied law, 

 and then, removing to New York, became connected 

 with the Methodist Book Concern. In 18i!5 he en- 

 gaged in the publication of school and religious books. 

 After a while he abandoned that business, renewed 

 the study of law, was admitted to the bar, and, with 

 William Bloomfield and Charles P. Dalv, established 

 the firm of McElrath, Bloomfield & D'aly. In 1834 

 he was elected a trustee of the Public School Society ; 

 in 1838 one of the thirteen representatives of New 

 York city in the Legislature, and in 1840 was ap- 

 pointed one of the ten masters in chancery for New 

 York city. The next year he retired from the law, 

 formed a partnership with Horace Greeley, and when 

 the latter founded the New York " Tribune," became 

 its business manager. He was elected alderman m 

 1845 and corresponding secretary of the American In- 

 stitute in 1857 : edited its annual reports till 1861 ; 

 was appointed appraiser-general for the New York 

 district, which comprised all the custom-houses in 

 the State and those in the South below Virginia, in 

 1861 ; resigned, and resumed the management of the 

 "Tribune^' in 1864; was appoiiited chief appraiser 

 of foreign merchandise at the port of New Y ork un- 

 der the act of Congress reorganizing that department 

 in 1866, and became a commissioner to the Paris Ex- 

 position in 1867. On his return from France he ap- 

 plied himself to the completion of a cyclopedic work 

 which he had projected while appraiser, " A Diction- 

 ary of Words and Phrases used in Commerce, with 

 Explanatory and Practical Remarks" (New York, 

 1872). The high executive ability he had shown at 

 Paris led to his appointment as one of the United 

 States commissioners to the Vienna Exposition in 

 1873, and his selection as secretary and general execu- 

 tive manager of the New York State Commission at 

 the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. The act of Con- 

 gress providing for the World's Fair (1881) named 

 him as one of the commissioners, and at the first 

 meeting of all the commissioners in New York in 

 1884 he called the convention to order, and was elect- 

 ed secretary, with Gen. Grant as president. 



Mclntosh', John Baillie, soldier, born in Tampa Bav, 

 Fla., June 6, 1829 ;" died in New Brunswick, N. J., 

 June 29, 1888. He was a sonofLieut.-Col. James Sim- 

 mons Mclntosh, United States Army, who commanded 

 a brigade in the Mexican War, was educated by his 

 uncle, Commmoclore Mclntosh of the United States 

 Navy, and served as a midshipman two years. At 

 the 'beginning of the civil war he was appointed a 

 lieutenant in the Second United States Cavalry, and 

 a vear later became first lieutenant of the Fifth Cav- 

 alrv. He served through the Peninsula campaign, 

 was appointed colonel of the Third Pennsylvania 

 Cavalry, commanded a brigade at Chancellorsvllb 

 and Gettysburg, was engaged in the Wilderness cam- 

 paign and the battles around Richmond, led a bri- 

 gade of cavalry at Winchester, and lost a leg at Ope- 

 quan. He was commissioned brigadier-general of 

 volunteers in July, 1864; brcvetted major in the 

 regular army for gallantry at Fair Oaks, lieutenant- 



