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without being too technical, is of a character to 

 elevate the human mind and teach the reader 

 to look "from nature up to nature's God." 

 Some of Dr. Jackson's views are bold and 

 startling, but his fine command of language, 

 his chaste and vigorous style, places the book 

 among the most remarkable of its kind ever 

 ^written. Dr. Jackson was a member of the 

 American Philosophical Society, Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, and other learned institu- 

 tions. 



Jan. 29. SMITH, EESCAEEICK M., State Treas- 

 urer of New Jersey, died at Hightstown, N. J. 



Jan. 29. FUNK, ISAAC, the great Illinois 

 farmer, died at Bloomington, Illinois, aged 67 

 years. He went to that State forty years 

 ago in poverty, but by industry and persever- 

 ance accumulated a large fortune, owning 

 40,000 acres of the best land in Illinois, and at 

 the time of his death paying a tax upon nearly 

 $2,000,000. He was a member of the State 

 Senate, and a speech delivered by him before 

 that body two years since was widely circulated. 



Jan. 29. FUNK, HENRY B., a well-known 

 philanthropist, died in Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Feb. 1. WEST, ROBERT ATHOW, an editor, 

 and head of the Bureau of Military Justice, died 

 at Washington, D. C. He was a native of Eng- 

 land, having emigrated to this country m$ny 

 years ago. His connection with the press com- 

 menced with an engagement on "The Com- 

 mercial Advertiser," New York, during the 

 editorship of the late William M. Stone. He 

 afterwards became assistant editor, and subse- 

 quently editor, of that journal, holding the 

 latter position until June, 1863, when he re- 

 moved to Washington and took charge of " The 

 Chronicle " of that city. About a year since he 

 was appointed head of the Bureau of Military 

 Justice in the office of the Judge-Advocate 

 General. As an editor Mr. West was invariably 

 well-informed, truthful, and courteous, always 

 avoiding personality, and possessing an agree- 

 able and facile pen. In politics he was a Whig 

 and afterwards a Republican, and a thoroughly 

 loyal man, an earnest supporter of the Govern- 

 ment, and hater of slavery. 



Feb. 3. SWAIM, SAMUEL BUDD, D. D., an 

 American Baptist clergyman, died in Boston, 

 Mass., aged 55 years. He was a native of New 

 Jersey, son of the Hon. Thomas Swairn, whose 

 death a few years since was honorably men- 

 tioned in Baptist journals. When quite young 

 he was sent to the Preparatory School of Co- 

 lumbian College, at Washington, D. C., where, 

 in the spring of 1827, he became a subject of 

 divine grace, and consecrated himself to the 

 work of the Christian ministry. There he be- 

 came endeared to all who knew him by the 

 amiableness of his disposition and the geniality 

 of his piety. Owing to the suspension of studies 

 in that college, he entered Brown University, 

 where he graduated in 1830, and subsequently 

 went through the full course at Newton Theo- 

 logical Institution, graduating in 1833. Both 

 at Providence and at Newton he was distin- 



guished for correct deportment and superior 

 scholarship, and few gave equal promise of 

 efficiency in the sacred vocation. 



After finishing his studies, his health was for 

 some time so much impaired as to interfere 

 with his plans of ministerial service. Yet he 

 preached in various places, and had he felt him- 

 self equal to the demands of a pastorate upon 

 his physical strength, he could have had a 

 choice of eligible positions. With the hope of 

 benefit from a change of climate, he resided 

 and preached for a time in Ohio. With health 

 partially restored, he returned to New England, 

 and accepted the pastoral care of the First Bap- 

 tist Church in Worcester. His labors in that 

 city, continued through many years, were emi- 

 nently blessed, and the prosperity of the de- 

 nomination there is greatly owing to his ability 

 and fidelity. At length his health gave way to 

 such an extent as to induce him to retire from 

 the field, and accept the smaller charge of the 

 church at West Cambridge. Subsequently he 

 served for a time the American Baptist Home 

 Mission Society as District Secretary for New 

 England, and during the past year he has 

 preached at Lexington, Mass. 



Feb. 5. THOMAS, SIDNEY A., died at New 

 Haven, Conn., aged 60 years. He had been a 

 teacher of youth for many years, and was the 

 author of a system of book-keeping, and other 

 educational works. He was also one of the 

 first teachers in New England to introduce the 

 military dress and drill into schools. At the 

 opening of the war, numbers of his pupils were 

 employed by the State and Government in 

 drilling the companies and regiments of volun- 

 teers before they left for the seat of war. 



Feb. 6. BARTLETT, WASHINGTON A., formerly 

 an officer in the U. S. Navy, died in Brooklyn, 

 L. I., aged 49 years. He was father of the 

 young lady whose marriage a few years ago to 

 to Sen or Oveido of Cuba, was known as the 

 "Diamond Wedding." In 1861 he was ac- 

 tively engaged in fitting out a naval brigade, 

 but subsequently left the service. 



Feb. 6. PEGRAM, JOHN, a major-general in 

 the Confederate service, mortally wounded in 

 the battle of Hatcher's Run, and died in Peters- 

 burg the following day. He was a son of the 

 late Hon. John Pegram, M. C. from Virginia in 

 1818 and 1819, but was born in South Carolina, 

 to which State his father had removed. He 

 graduated at West Point in 1855, and at the 

 opening of the war was first lieutenant of 2d 

 dragoons, but resigned on the secession of his 

 State, and was soon after appointed to the 

 command of a Confederate volunteer regiment, 

 and in 1862 promoted to be brigadier-general. 

 Ho was in most of the severe battles of the 

 Army of Virginia, and in- 1864 was made 

 major-general. His division had distinguished 

 itself through the campaign of 1864-'65 for its 

 persistent and desperate lighting, and its com- 

 mander, Gen. John Pegram, was regarded by 

 his superiors in command as one of the ablest 

 division commanders in the army. 



