OBITUARIES. 



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bar, but preferred editorial life, and in his 24th 

 year became connected with the Xe\v York 

 daily press, a connection which, either as editor 

 or correspondent, he maintained till his death. 

 For some time he was one of the principal edi- 

 tors of the u X. Y. Daily Times." Some years 

 ago his health compelled him to spend several 

 winters in the West Indies, and as a result of 

 his careful and thorough investigations he pub- 

 lished a treatise entitled " The Ordeal of Free 

 Labor in the British "West Indies." 



Aug. 9. BRIGHAM, Rev. JOHN C., D. D., a 

 Presbyterian clergyman, and, since 1827, secre- 

 tary of the American Bible Society, died in 

 Brooklyn, E. D. (Williamsburg). He was born 

 in 1793 at Xew Marlborough, Mass., graduated 

 at "Williams College in 1819, studied theology 

 at Andover, spent three years in South Amer- 

 ica in missionary exploration and Bible distri- 

 bution, and on his return in 1825 became con- 

 nected with the American Bible Society, of 

 which he was appointed a corresponding sec- 

 retary, in 1827, a post he filled with ability for 

 thirty-five years. 



Aug. 17. VAWTEE, Rev. JOHN, a Baptist 

 minister, and one of the pioneer settlers of In- 

 diana, died at Morgantown, Ind. He was a 

 native of Orange (now Madison) county, Vir- 

 ginia, and was born Jan. 8, 1782. He was li- 

 censed as a Baptist minister in 1804, and in 

 1807, in company with his father, removed to 

 the then sparsely inhabited territory of Indi- 

 ana, selecting for his residence the present 

 township of Madison, of which he was the 

 first magistrate. He was soon after elected 

 sheriff of Jefferson and Clark counties, and in 

 1810 was appointed by President Madison U. S. 

 marshal for the State. In the Indian campaign 

 of 1811-13 he served as a frontier ranger, and 

 was afterward (in 1817) elected colonel of the 

 militia of Jennings county, to which he had 

 removed in 1815, and where he founded the 

 county seat Vernon. He was ordained as pas- 

 tor of the Baptist church in this place in 

 1821, and continued to preach there until 1848. 

 From 1831 to 1835 he was a member of the 

 Legislature, and in 1836 of the State Senate, 

 Tyhere his influence caused the adoption of the 

 policy of internal improvements by the State. 

 In 1848 he removed to Morgan county, and 

 founded Morgantown, erecting several public 

 buildings, among others a neat brick church, 

 which he presented to the Baptist congrega- 

 tion of the town. 



Aug. 22. BOHLEN, Gen. HEIXEICU, an officer 

 in the Union service, killed while opposing the 

 attempts of the Confederate force to cross the 

 Rappahannock. He was a native of Germany, 

 but emigrated to this country a number of years 

 since and settled in Philadelphia as an importer 

 of wines. At the commencement of the war he 

 raised a regiment of his countrymen (the 75th 

 Pennsylvania), which was subsequently attached 

 to Gen. Blenker's division. He was promoted 

 to a brigadier-generalship April 28, 1862, and 

 attached to the Mountain Department, where 



he served under Fremont and Sigel ; distin- 

 guishing himself for bravery and daring .it the 

 battle of Cross Keys. He was a man of devout 

 and exemplary character. His son, Mr. J. B. 

 Bohlen, who was on a visit to his native land, 

 died in Baden-Baden on the same day with hia 

 father. 



Aug. 22. READ, Rear-Admiral GEO. CAMP- 

 BELL, an officer of the American navy, and at 

 the time of his death governor of the naval 

 asylum at Philadelphia, died in that city. He 

 was a native of Ireland, but came to this coun- 

 try at an early age, and entered the navy as a 

 midshipman April 2, 1804. He was third lien- 

 tenant on board the Constitution at the time 

 of her fight with the Guerriere in 1812, and 

 was appointed by Commodore Hull to receive 

 the sword of Capt. Dacres of the Guerriere. 

 He was promoted to a captaincy in 1825, and 

 served for several years as commander of the 

 African squadron. He had been placed on the 

 reserved list under the act of 1855, and on the 

 death of Captain Nicholson in 1861 was ap- 

 pointed his successor as governor of the naval 

 asylum. 



Aug. 23. ALLTX, Capt. FEAXCIS. a promi- 

 nent citizen of New London, Conn., died at his 

 residence in that city. In early life he was a 

 shipmaster, and was honored with the special 

 friendship of the Marquis de La Fayette, whom 

 he brought to this country in 1824*. 



August 25. APPLETOX, Gen. JAMES, died in 

 Ipswich. Mass., aged 77 years. He was a native 

 of Ipswich, born Feb. 14, 1785. While yet a 

 young man he was for several years elected to 

 the General Court, at a period when Harrison 

 Gray Otis presided over the Senate, and Josiah 

 Quincy was the leader of the House. During 

 the war of 1812 he was a colonel of the mili- 

 tia force, and was in command of the district 

 of Gloucester, and at the close of the war was 

 promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. 

 He removed not long after the war to Portland, 

 Me., and there was a member of the Legislature 

 and for several years the candidate of his party 

 for governor. In 1853 he returned to the 

 home of his childhood, and there passed the re- 

 mainder of his days. He had been from the 

 beginning an earnest advocate of the temper- 

 ance and anti-slavery causes, and had aided 

 both by pen and voice. 



Aug. 27. WEBSTER, Col. FLETCHER, an of- 

 ficer of volunteers in the Union service, and at 

 the time of his death colonel of the 12th regi- 

 ment Massachusetts volunteers, died at Alex- 

 andria of wounds received in the second battle 

 of Bull Run. He was the oldest son of Daniel 

 Webster, and was born at Portsmouth, X. H., 

 in 1812. He was educated at Dartmouth Col- 

 lege, and served as Assistant Secretary of State 

 under his father during the administrations of 

 Presidents Harrison and Tyler. When Caleb 

 Cushing went to China as American commis- 

 sioner, Mr. Webster accompanied him as Secre- 

 tary of Legation. Under the administrations 

 of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan he held 



