OBITUARIES. 



OHIO. 



to the peerage in October, 1841, and in 1846 

 was appointed deputy-lieutenant of Lincoln- 

 shire. He had given much attention to the 

 local history of Lincolnshire, and published 

 several monographs on the subject. 



Dec. 18. WEALE, JOHX, an English publish- 

 er, died at Canterbury Villas, Maida-vale, aged 

 about 70. He had, in a business career of more 

 than 40 years, made it his great object to sug- 

 gest, create, and mature works of acknowledged 

 value and service to professional men and 

 others. His rudimentary series of scientific 

 works, many of them edited by himself, have 

 contributed largely to the popularization of 

 science, and he had also compiled and edited 

 several works of greater size on scientific topics. 

 Among these were ; ' Divers "Works of Early 

 Masters, 11 published in 1841 ; " Weale's Draw- 

 ing Books for Engineers and Architects," 1834; 

 " W eale on the Making of American Rail- 

 ways, with Illustrations," 1843; ""Weale's 

 Papers of Architecture and Archaeology," 500 

 plates, 1844 ; " Weale's Survey of London," 

 1852. 



Dec. 18. SxoyEHousE, Rev. "W.M. BROCKLE- 

 HTRST, D.C.L., archdeacon of Stowe, and vicar 

 of Owston, died at Owston Ferry, aged 69. He 

 was educated at Brasennose College, Oxford, 

 became B.A. 1816, M.A. 1819, D.C.L. 1845. 

 He was advanced priest in 1816, appointed vicar 

 of Owston in 1821, and archdeacon of Stowe 

 in 1844. He had restored the church at Owston 

 at a heavy expense, and rebuilt the church at 

 West Butterwick, and in every way contributed 

 to the benefit and happiness of his parishioners. 

 He was the author of five or six religious works, 

 one of which, " The Crusade of Fidelis," was 

 very popular ; and had also published several 

 valuable archaeological works. 



Dec. 19. SOLOMON', ABRAHAM, an eminent 

 English painter, died at Biarritz, of pleuro- 

 pneumonia, aged 39. Among his paintings, 

 which had attained a high reputation, may be 

 mentioned, '' Waiting for the Verdict ; " two 

 companion pictures, " Second Class" and " First 

 Class," in which a sailor lad's departure from 

 home and return as a midshipman are set forth 

 in two scenes in railway carriages ; " The Lion 

 in Love," a plethoric old general threading the 

 needle of a pretty young coquette ; and the " Lost 

 Found." 



Dec. 27. CHAPMAN, Rev. JOHX, B.D., secre- 

 tary of the Church Missionary Society, died at 

 Islington, England, aged 49. He was educated 

 at St. John's College, Cambridge, graduating hi 

 1836, and was subsequently elected to a fellow- 

 ship in that college, which he resigned in 1840, 

 and went out as a missionary of the Church 

 Missionary Society to take charge of the Cot- 

 tayam College in Travancore.. After 10 years 1 

 efficient service there, during which he had 

 greatly elevated the character of the college, 

 he removed in 1850 to Madras to take charge 

 of the Church Missionary Seminary in that city. 

 In 1853 he was compelled to return on account 

 of the state of his health, and soon after his re- 



turn was appointed secretary of the BO 



which position he held till his death. 



from the manifold and arduous labors of this 



position, he contributed largely to the th. 



cal literature of the day. His " Answer to the 



ya and Reviews," published in IHtii 

 ceived high commendation as one of the ablest 

 defences of the truth called out by the contro- 

 versy. 



Dec. 29, 1862. MOELOT, FRANCIS NICHOLAS 

 MADELEINE, cardinal of the order of priests, 

 archbishop of Paris, died in Paris. He was 

 born at Langres, department of Haute Marne, 

 Dec. 28, 1795, of humble parentage. He early 

 showed a decided vocation for the clerical pro- 

 fession, and entered, as a student, the Ecclesias- 

 tical College of Dijon. After teaching for a 

 while as a private tutor, he received priest's 

 orders, and was soon after appointed grand 

 vicar of the diocese of Dijon. In 1839 he was 

 raised to the see of Orleans. In 1841 he re- 

 ceived the decoration of the legion of honor, 

 and in 1842 was appointed archbishop of Tours. 

 In 1853 he was created cardinal, and in that 

 capacity took his place in the Senate. In 1857, 

 on the murder of Archbishop Siboux, of Paris, 

 he was translated to that see, and the same 

 year made grand almoner of the empire, and 

 in 1858, member of the council of regency and 

 privy council. Soon after, he was promoted to 

 the rank of commander of the legion of honor. 

 He was the author of several works mostly on 

 church topics. 



OHIO, the most populous of the Western 

 States, increased in population 359,182 during 

 the ten years ending in June, 1860. The fur- 

 ther details of the census relative to Ohio, 

 which have been made up, will be found under 

 UNITED STATES, to which the reader is referred. 



The governor of the State is David Tod, 

 whose term of office commenced Jan. 1, 1862, 

 and continues during two years. The gover- 

 nor, lieut.-gov., treasurer, and Legislature are 

 elected for two years, and on the alternate 

 years, the secretary of State, attorney gene- 

 ral, State librarian, &c., are chosen. The 

 judges of the Supreme Court are elected by 

 the people for five years. The term of office 

 of one expires in each year. 



The electors of the State have been divided 

 into two political parties the republican and 

 the democratic. The election is held on the 

 second Tuesday in October. The officers to be 

 chosen in 1862 were, a judge of the Supreme 

 Court, a secretary of State, attorney general, 

 school commissioner, and members of the Board 

 of public works ; also nineteen members of Con- 

 gress. A convention of the democratic party 

 assembled at Columbus, on the 4th of July, and 

 nominated the following officers: For judge 

 of the Supreme Court, Ranney; secre- 

 tary of State, W. W. Armstrong; superin- 

 tendent of public works, James Gamble; 

 school commissioner, C. W. Cathcart. The 

 views of the convention on national affairs 

 were expressed in the following resolutions ; 



