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ferred on him the honorary degree of master 

 of arts. After a few years' residence in Provi- 

 dence he removed to Newburyport, Mass., 

 where he erected the Bartlett and James Mills, 

 and subsequently erected cotton mills in Salem, 

 Mass., and in the States of New York, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Indiana, and Tennessee, and returning 

 in 1849 to Rhode Island, he erected the Atlan- 

 tic Delaine mill at Olneyville. In 1851 he was 

 elected to the U. S. Senate, and on his retire- 

 ment from the Senate, he devoted his attention 

 to the perfection of several inventions, among 

 which was a rifled cannon and a new projec- 

 tile, in the ultimate success of which he had 

 the utmost confidence. He was thoroughly 

 versed in the use and philosophy of firearms, 

 and had long been regarded as one of the best 

 marksmen in the State. It was by the prema- 

 ture explosion of one of his projectiles that he 

 met with his untimely end. 



Oct. 20. HEWITT, Major IRA L., a paymaster 

 in the United States army, died in the city of 

 New York. He resided for some years in Illi- 

 nois, but emigrated to Texas in 1840 and had 

 there become one of the associate justices of 

 the supreme court of the State. At the com- 

 mencement of the war, his attachment to the 

 Union being known, his life was in danger, but 

 he succeeded in escaping from the State by 

 stratagem, and joining the army served at Ship 

 Island and New Orleans under Gen. Butler, and 

 when Col. A. J. Hamilton- came north, accom- 

 panied him and was assigned to duty in New 

 York. 



Oct. 30. MiTcnEL, Maj.-Gen. OEMSBY Mc- 

 KXIGHT. (See MITCHEL, O. M.) 



Nor. 5. POPE, Col. CURRAX, commander of 

 the loth Kentucky regiment, died at Danville, 

 of wound's received at the battle of Perryville, 

 on the 8th of October previous. He was a 

 member of one of the most distinguished fami- 

 lies of Kentucky, and was born in Louisville 

 about 1813. He entered West Point as a cadet 

 in 1829 and graduated in 1834, but soon after 

 left the army to follow the profession of civil 

 engineer. Early in the war a number of his 

 relatives joined the Confederate army, but he 

 adhered firmly to the cause of the Union, and 

 abandoning his profession, raised the regiment 

 which he commanded at the time of his death. 



Nor. 6. JAMESON, Gen. CHARLES DAVIS, died 

 at Oldtown, Me., from camp fever, brought on 

 by his exertions at the battle of Fair Oaks and 

 the pestilential influence of the climate. He 

 was born at Gorham, Me., Feb. 24, 1827 ; while 

 yet very young, his parents removed to Old- 

 town, Me., where after receiving a limited aca- 

 demic education he at an early age embarked in 

 the lumber business, and eventually became one 

 of the largest manufacturers and shippers of lum- 

 ber on the Penobscot. He had been an active 

 adherent to the Douglas section of the democ- 

 racy, and in 1860 was a Douglas delegate to the 

 Charleston Convention, where he became con- 

 vinced of the intentions of the Southern States 

 to secede. At the commencement of the war, 



he was one of the first, if not the first, of the 

 prominent democrats of the State to offer his 

 services to the Government, and was placed by 

 Gen. Washburn in command of the first regi- 

 ment which left that State for the beleaguered 

 capital. In the battle of Bull Run he com- 

 manded this regiment (2d Maine) and distin- 

 guished himself by his bravery, and with his 

 regiment protected the rear in its retreat to 

 Centreville. For his conduct on that day he 

 was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers, 

 on the 3d of Sept. 1861. In the autumn of 

 1861 he was, without his knowledge or con- 

 sent, nominated by the democrats of his own 

 State for governor, and polled a heavy vote 

 though defeated by the republican candidate. 

 In the spring and early summer of 1862, he 

 took an active part in the campaign on the pe- 

 ninsula, in Gen. Heintzelman's corps, and by 

 his exertions there, both before and at the battle 

 of Fair Oaks, contracted the fever which finally 

 terminated his life. He ranked high as a dis- 

 ciplinarian and as a brave and competent com- 

 mander. 



Nov. 7. PEXDEEGRAST, Commodore GAE- 

 EETT. J., commandant of the navy yard fit Phila- 

 delphia, died in that city, cged 62 years. He 

 was a native of Kentucky, and entered the navy 

 when only 11 years of age, and had been in 

 the service since that time, passing through all 

 the grades. In 1860 he was flag officer of the 

 home squadron, and did service at the com- 

 mencement of the war in the protection of the 

 important harbor of Hampton Roads. In the 

 autumn of 1861 he was assigned to the com- 

 mand of the navy yard at Philadelphia. He 

 died of paralysis. 



Nor. T. BEREIAX. Rev. WILLIAM, D. D., rec- 

 tor of Trinity church, New York, died in that 

 city. He was a native of New York city, born 

 in 1787, and baptized in Trinity parish. He 

 was educated at Columbia College, ordained 

 deacon in 1810, and in 1811 became assistant 

 minister of Trinity parish, his continuous con- 

 nection with which was only broken by a brief 

 settlement at Belleville, N. J., and two journeys 

 abroad, in a period of more than 50 years. 

 Though not a brilliant man he was earnest, 

 conscientious, and able, and the position which 

 he occupied as rector of the oldest and wealthi- 

 est of the metropolitan churches, never made 

 him haughty or vain. He was much beloved 

 by the older citizens of New York. 



Nor. 9. COLLTEB, THOMAS, one of the most 

 eminent ship builders of New York city, died 

 at his residence there. 



N<>r. 10. LAVALETTE, Rear Admiral ELIB 

 A. F., of the United States navy, died at Phila- 

 delphia, where he was waiting orders. He was 

 a native of Virginia, and had been in the navy 

 over 50 years, having entered it when a mere 

 lad. The Navy Retiring Board, on the 1st of 

 August, 1862, reported in favor of his promo- 

 tion to the rank of rear admiral, and at the 

 same time of placing him on the retired list for 

 long and meritorious service. His last previous 



