OBITUARIES. 





was commissioned as colonel of the 3d New 

 Jersey regiment, which, under Brig.-Gen. Run- 

 you, formed a part of the reserve at Bull Kun. 

 When the three months' men were mustered out 

 of the service, he reorganized his regiment and 

 returned to the army, and was attached to the 

 army of the Potomac when it went to the pen- 

 insula. After the battle of West Point Gen. 

 Kearney was made a division commander, and 

 Col. Taylor was placed in charge of the 1st 

 brigade of X. J. volunteers. On the 9th of May, 

 1862, he received his commission as brigadier- 

 general. In the hard fighting that followed 

 before Richmond, he performed his part man- 

 fully, and when the army returned to the Po- 

 tomac, he was prompt and ready with his brigade 

 in the sharp battles southwest of Washington. 

 \ G. LAP.XED, Col. BEXJAMIX FKAXKLTN-, 

 paymaster general of the U. S. army, died at 

 Washington. He was born in Massachusetts, 

 in 1791, and on the 21st Oct. 1813, entered the 

 army as ensign in the 21st regiment of infan- 

 try ; he was promoted to a first lieutenancy in 

 the summer of 1814, distinguished himself at 

 the defence of Fort Erie, Aug. 13-15 of that 

 year, and received the brevet rank of captain 

 for his gallant conduct. In Jan. 1815, he was 

 appointed regimental paymaster, and on the 

 reduction of the army retained as paymaster 

 of the 5th infantry, with rank and 'pay of 

 major. In 184", when two deputy paymaster 

 generalships were created, Major Larned was 

 appointed to one of them with the rank of 

 lieutenant- colonel, and on the death of Maj.- 

 Gen. Towson, in 1854, he succeeded to the 

 paymaster generalship by right of seniority, 

 with the rank of colonel. Regarding it a 

 matter of duty to aid in the work of reorganiz- 

 ing the department over which he presided, for 

 the vast labors which were thrown upon it by 

 the war, he toiled on, though with impaired 

 health, till the ofiice and its duties were com- 

 pletely systematized, when he sunk under the 

 load and his overtasked powers gave way. He 

 was greatly esteemed and beloved by all his 

 acquaintance. 



Sept. 13. THOMSOX, Joirc R., U. S. Senator 

 from Xew Jersey, died at Princeton. X. J., after 

 a long illness. He was a native of Philadel- 

 phia, born Sept. 25, 1800. He was bred a 

 merchant, and for several years was engaged 

 in the China trade. President Monroe ap- 

 pointed him consul to Canton. He came home 

 in 1825, and soon after married a sister of 

 Commodore Stockton, and settled in Prince- 

 ton. In 1835 he became a director in the 

 Camden and Amboy railroad, which office he 

 retained till his death. In 1842 he canva-sed 

 the State for the Constitutional Convention 

 which met in 1844. In 1844 he was the demo- 

 cratic candidate for governor, but was defeat- 

 ed. In 1853, Com. Stockton having resigned 

 his seat in the Senate, Mr. Thomson was elect- 

 ed for the remainder of the term, and in 1857 

 reflected for sis years. His term would have 

 expired March 4, 1863. 

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Sept. 14. MAXEOSS, XEWTON- SPAT-LDINO 

 Ph. D., acting professor of chemistry at Am- 

 herst College, and captain of a company of the 

 16th Connecticut regiment, was killed at the 

 battle of South Mountain, Md., while leading 

 his company into action. He was born about 

 1827, graduated from Yale College in 1849, 

 went to Europe and pursued his studies in 

 chemistry, engineering, and mining at the 

 University of Gottingen for the next three 

 years, and took the degree of Ph. D., in 1852. 

 After his return from Europe he was employed 

 in exploring the Isthmus of Panama with ref- 

 erence to the proposed inter-oceanic canal, 

 and visited the West India Islands, exploring 

 the Pitch Lake of Trinidad and other remark- 

 able objects, and contributed to the American 

 " Journal of Science " the results of his observa- 

 tions. In 1861 he was appointed acting pro- 

 fessor of chemistry at Amherst College in the 

 absence of Prof. Clark, and in the summer of 

 1862 accepted the captaincy of a company in 

 the 16th Connecticut volunteers. 



Sept. 14. REXO, Maj.-Gen. JESSE L. (See 

 REXO, J. L.) 



Sept. 15. TWIGGS, Gen. DATID EMAXTEL. 

 (See TWIGGS, D. E.) 



Sept. 16. MILES, Col. Dixon H., an officer 

 of the U. S. army, mortally wounded at Har- 

 per's Ferry, Va., by a shell thrown by the en- 

 emy after his surrender of the place. He was 

 a native of Maryland, born about 103, and 

 was appointed a cadet at West Point from that 

 State in 1819. He graduated in 1824, and 

 received an appointment as brevet second lieu- 

 tenant of the 4th infantry, and the same day 

 was made second lieutenant of the 7th infan- 

 try. He was regimental adjutant from 1831 

 to 1836, and in 1836 was promoted to a cap- 

 taincy. In Jan. 1839, he was appointed ; 

 ant quartermaster on the staff, with rank 

 of captain, but resigned his staff appointment 

 in Sept. 1845. On the 9th of May he was 

 brevetted major for gallant conduct at Fort 

 Brown, Texas ; and for his further meritorious 

 conduct at several battles in Mexico, was bre- 

 vetted lieutenant-colonel. In Feb. 1847. he was 

 promoted as major of the 5th infantry, and in 

 July, 1848, was civil and military governor of 

 Jalapa, Mexico. In April, 1851, he was pro- 

 moted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 3d 

 infantry, and in 1857 and 1858 distinguished 

 himself in several conflicts with the Apache 

 and Xavajoe Indians. In Jan. 1859, he was 

 promoted to the colonelcy of the 2d infantry, 

 and at the battle of Bull Run was in charge of 

 the 5th division, and was ordered to cover 

 the retreat. In Sept. 1862, he was intrusted 

 with the command of the important post of 

 Harper's Ferry, the retention and defence of 

 which were essential to the complete success of 

 the battles which followed. He asked for 

 reinforcements, but they were not sent ; one of 

 his subordinates abandoned Maryland HeL 

 which commanded the main position, and 

 finding the enemy approaching in large force, 



