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fortnight, written mostly himself in different 

 styles and on all the topics of conversation in 

 the island, being at this time scarcely twenty 

 years of age. Having relinquished his commis- 

 Bion in the army, he pursued his studies on the 

 Continent for some years, residing in Paris with 

 his accomplished sister. For a time he was 

 private draughtsman and amanuensis to the 

 famous Baron Ouvier. Afterwards he devoted 

 himself to copying illuminated manuscripts in 

 the " Bibliotbeque Eoyale," and it is said that 

 he and his sister were the first who drew pub- 

 lic attention to copying ancient illuminations, 

 both in Paris and at the British Museum. Re- 

 turning to London in 1833, he became succes- 

 sively foreign editor of the "Morning Herald," 

 and " Daily News." Besides a volume of trav- 

 els, " A Tour through the Valley of the Meuse " 

 (1845), Mr. Costello produced a number of 

 works of fiction, among which are "Stories 

 from a Screen" (1855), "The Joint Stock 

 Banker" (1856),. "The Millionnaire" (1858), 

 "Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady" (1859), 

 and " Holidays with Hobgoblins " (I860). He 

 had also been connected with the " Examiner " 

 newspaper since 1845, and for thirty years had 

 contributed to many of the periodicals of the 

 day. Mr. Oostello's latest separate publication 

 is "Italy from the Alps to the Tiber," an illus- 

 trated work in two volumes. He was, a few 

 years since, placed on the pension list of the 

 Royal Literary Fund on account of his literary 

 ability. 



CROCKER, NATHAN B., D. D., a clergyman 

 of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United 

 States, and for more than sixty years rector of 

 St. John's Church, Providence, R. I., born in 



Barnstable, Mass., July 4, 1781, died at Provi- 

 dence, October 19, 1865. He completed his 

 preparatory studies at the Sandwich Academy, 

 graduated at Harvard College in 1802, and soon 

 after commenced the study of medicine under 

 Dr. Leonard, of Portsmouth, and subsequently 

 with Dr. Jeffries, of Boston. Theology, how- 

 ever, having greater attractions for him, he took 

 orders in 1803, and was elected rector of the 

 church in Providence, over which he presided 

 until his death, with the exception of an inter- 

 val of a few years, during which his health 

 obliged him to suspend preaching. In 1808 he 

 was ordained a priest, and made a Fellow of 

 Brown University, and Secretary of the College 

 Corporation, and retained his connection with 

 the University throughout his life. The minis- 

 terial life of Dr. Crocker is intimately identified 

 with the history, growth, and progress of the 

 Episcopal Church of that diocese. When he 

 removed to that State it contained but four 

 Episcopal churches, all of which were estab- 

 lished under the auspices of the English Propa- 

 gation Society, in the early part of the last 

 century. In 1827 he received the degree of 

 Doctor of Divinity from Geneva College, N. Y. 

 As a preacher Dr. Crocker was simple, faithful, 

 and evangelical, dealing but little in controver- 

 sial divinity, and rarely attempting philosophi- 

 cal argument. He aimed to be instructive more 

 than eloquent, was fond of reading, and his 

 written discourses probably averaged from sixty 

 to seventy yearly, a few of which, as well as 

 some of his occasional addresses and lectures, 

 were published. In person he was tall, but well 

 formed and erect, and his manners were digni- 

 fied and courteous. 



DAVIS, Hon. HENKY WINTER. An Ameri- 

 can statesman, born in Annapolis, Md., in 1817, 

 died at Baltimore, Dec. 30, 1865. He was the 

 son of ah Episcopal clergyman and professor in 

 St. John's College, Annapolis ; was partly edu- 

 cated at that college, but finally graduated at 

 Hampden Sidney College, Va., studied law and 

 was admitted to the bar at Alexandria, Va. Here 

 he rapidly rose to distinction. His intellect was 

 admirably suited to his profession keen, inven- 

 tive, salient, and with that power of continuous 

 thought which is essential to every man that has 

 to do with affairs of the forum or of the State. 

 After practising a few years in Alexandria, he 

 removed to Baltimore, and first attained celeb- 

 rity there in the Episcopal Convention of Mary- 

 land, by his defence of Dr. H. V. D. Johns 

 against the accusation of Bishop Whittingham, 

 for having violated the canon of the Episcopal 

 Church, in consenting to officiate on one occa- 

 sion in the Eutaw Methodist Episcopal Church. 

 In 1855 he was elected a Representative from 

 Maryland, and was jreSlected the two following 

 terms, serving through all on the Committee 

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of Ways and Means. As a politician his un- 

 flinching integrity often assumed the appear- 

 ance of audacity, and by nature self-reliant, he 

 seldom permitted the opinions of friends to in- 

 fluence his own resolutions ; hence by those who 

 made expediency their cardinal doctrine, he 

 was sometimes denounced as self-willed and 

 impracticable. In 1859 he voted for Mr. Pen- 

 nington, the Republican candidate for Speaker. 

 The act drew down on him a storm of re- 

 proach and abuse. The Legislature of his 

 own State passed a resolution that he had 

 misrepresented Maryland, and forfeited the 

 confidence of her people. In a speech made in 

 Committee of the Whole in the House, immedi- 

 ately after, he told the members of the Mary- 

 land Legislature to take their message back to 

 their masters, for only to their masters, the 

 people, would he reply ! In a still higher key 

 he declared that be should rejoice if his duty to 

 his country could always be made to square with 

 the interests of his immediate constituents, but 

 there might be occasions when it would be 

 necessary to consider the welfare of the nation, 



