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New York merchant, died in that city, agd 69 

 years. 



April 5. BARNUM, ZENAS, formerly pro- 

 prietor of Barnura's Hotel, Baltimore, Md., died 

 in that city. He was a native of Pennsylvania, 

 and by profession a civil engineer. After real- 

 izing a handsome fortune in the management 

 of his hotel, he relinquished it to devote his 

 time, as president, to the resuscitation of the 

 Baltimore Central Eailroad, a task that he soon 

 effectually accomplished. He was also among 

 the earliest to venture his money and time for 

 the establishment of the magnetic telegraph, 

 and was himself the first president of the pres- 

 ent American Telegraph Company. He was 

 president of the old "Magnetic Company" at 

 tho time of his death. In all improvements 

 calculated for the public good, Mr. Barnum was 

 ever among the foremost to encourage and aid 

 both with his capital and business qualifications. 



April 5. JANEWAY, Col. HUGH H., 1st New 

 Jersey volunteer cavalry, killed at Fame's Cross- 

 roads, near Jetersville, Va. He was born in 

 Jersey City, N. J., in 1842, entered the 1st New 

 Jersey cavalry at the commencement of the 

 war as second lieutenant, and rose steadily 

 through every grade to the highest, being ap- 

 pointed colonel when but twenty-two years of 

 age, at the written request of every officer in 

 the regiment. He had been in every important 

 battle of the Army of the Potomac, and had 

 been twelve times wounded. He was a young 

 man of extraordinary promise, and in his last 

 as in every previous battle, he led his men into 

 the fight, asking them only to follow his ex- 

 ample. He had just seized the colors of his 

 regiment, and was in the act of carrying them 

 forward, when a bullet entered his brain, and 

 he died instantly. 



April 5. TROTTER, Hon. JONATHAN, ex- 

 Mayor of Brooklyn, died at hk residence in New 

 York, aged 68 years. He was born in New- 

 castle-upon-Tyne, and emigrated to this coun- 

 try in 1818. Soon after he entered into the 

 leather business in New York, where he con- 

 tinued until 1825, when he built an extensive 

 manufactory in Brooklyn, and removed thither 

 in 1829. He was soon after elected to the office 

 of alderman, and subsequently became mayor, 

 serving one term. He was the first president 

 of the Atlantic Bank of Brqoklyn, and was 

 vice-president of the Leather Manufacturers' 

 Bank of New York. Since 1837 he has lived 

 in retirement. 



April 6. READ, Brevet Brig.-Gen. S. T., 

 Chief of Staff to Gen. Ord, shot by the rebel 

 Gen. Bearing, in a hand to hand conflict at 

 the High Bridge over the Appomattox, near 

 Farmville, Va. Gen. Eead was a native of 

 Massachusetts, and had entered the service as 

 captain of a company of unattached cavalry 

 from that State in January, 1862. After con- 

 siderable service in this capacity the several 

 companies of cavalry having been organized 

 into a battalion, he accepted a staff appoint- 

 ment; and distinguished himself at Gettysburg, 



where he was severely wounded, and subse- 

 quently in the battles of Grant's campaign. 

 When Gen. Ord took a command in connection 

 with the Army of the James, he gave him a po- 

 sition as chief of staff, which he retained when 

 Gen. Ord was assigned to the command of the 

 Army of the James. He had recently received 

 a brevet promotion for gallantry in the field. 



April 6. MILES, PLIXY, post-office reformer 

 and statistician, died at Malta, aged 54 years. 

 He was a native of New York, was for some 

 years a schoolmaster, contributed largely to 

 American newspapers and magazines, and ul- 

 timately became widely known as a traveller. 

 He was a strong advocate of cheap postal facili- 

 ties. In 1854 he published an interesting vol- 

 ume of " Eambles in Iceland." 



April 7. HALE, Hon. JAMES T., an eminent 

 Pennsylvania jurist, died of typhoid fever, at 

 his residence in Bellefonte, Pa., aged 55 years. 

 He was a native of Bradford County, Pa., 

 received a common school education, studied 

 law, and was admitted to the bar in 1832. 

 In 1851 he was appointed Presiding Judge 

 of the Twentieth Judicial District of Penn- 

 sylvania, and in 1858 was elected a Repre- 

 sentative from that State to the Thirty-sixth 

 Congress, serving as a member of the Commit- 

 tee on Claims, and on Eoads and Canals; re- 

 elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress, and was 

 Chairman of the Committee on Claims. He 

 was a warm and consistent patriot. 



April 9. POTTS, Hon. STACY GARDNER, an 

 eminent lawyer and politician of New Jersey, 

 died at Trenton, aged 65 years. He was a native 

 of Harrisburg, Pa., but at nine years of age re- 

 moved with his father to Trenton, N. J. After 

 passing four years in the Friends' School of that 

 city, he became so captivated with the oppor- 

 tunities of seeing books and newspapers in a 

 printing-office, that he was permitted to enter 

 it as an apprentice. Having access to a book- 

 store, and becoming a member of a debating 

 club, he cultivated his taste for composition, 

 and soon began to contribute in prose and poe- 

 try, to the newspaper of the town. In 1821 

 he was employed as editor of a weekly paper, 

 the " Emporium," chiefly literary, and at the 

 same time was a contributor to the Philadelphia 

 " Monthly Magazine." In 1823 he entered upon 

 the study of law, still continuing to devote six 

 hours of every day to his duties as editor, which 

 obliged him t& do the greater part of his study 

 in the night. In 1827 he was admitted to the bar, 

 and in 1828 and 1829 was in the legislature. In 

 ' 1831 he was appointed by the legislature to the 

 lucrative office of Clerk of the Court of Chan- 

 cery, which he held for ten years. In 1834 he 

 was appointed (also by the legislature) an alder- 

 man, which gave him a seat as Judge in the 

 Court of Quarter Sessions. At the close of his 

 clerkship, his health requiring relaxation, he 

 accompanied his brother the late William S. 

 Potts, D. D., of St. Louis on a visit to Europe, 

 from which he returned in 1841. In 1845 he 

 was associated, by act of legislature, with ex- 



