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from an emigrant ship at Philadelphia three 

 years before. When a lad, his family removed 

 to Illinois, and in 1805 ho entered school in 

 Kaskaskia, attending only in the winter season. 

 By his perseverance he made rapid progress in 

 his studies, and in 1835 was a Representative 

 in Congress, and again from 1839 to 1843. 

 He was Governor of Illinois from 1830 to 

 1834. 



Nay 12. WILLABD, JOSEPH, antiquarian, 

 author, and Master in Chancery, died in Bos- 

 ton, Mass., aged 67 years. He was a native of 

 Cambridge, Mass., and at ten years of age en- 

 tered Phillips' Academy, where he remained 

 two years. He then returned to Cambridge to 

 a private classical and mercantile school, from 

 which he entered Harvard College ; graduated 

 in the class of 1816 ; studied law with Charles 

 Humphrey Atherton, of Amherst, N. H., and 

 first settled in Waltham; then went to Lan- 

 caster, and finally to Boston about 1829. 

 While in Lancaster he wrote his very valuable 

 and exact history of that town, being one of 

 the earliest pioneers in that department of our 

 New England literature. He also wrote the 

 life of his ancestor, Simon Willard, containing 

 the genealogies of the family down to the fourth 

 generation. He was chosen a member of the 

 Massachusetts Historical Society 29th January, 

 1829, and made its corresponding secretary, 

 which office he held until April, 1864, when on 

 account of ill health he declined a reelection. 

 In 1838 Governor Everett appointed him Mas- 

 ter in Chancery under the Insolvency act of 

 that year, and he held the same until the Mas- 

 ters in Chancery were superseded by the Com- 

 missioners of Insolvency. In 1839 he was ap- 

 pointed by the Supreme Judicial Court joint 

 clerk of the Courts of Suffolk (Supreme and 

 Common Pleas), with George 0. Wilde. In 

 1856 these offices becoming elective, he was 

 chosen clerk of the Superior Court (which re- 

 placed the Common Pleas) for five years, and 

 again in 1861 for a like term. He was also for 

 about the same period, and until his death, one 

 of the trustees of the old Boston Library. 



May 18. ARPIST, PAUL, an editor and author, 

 died in New York, aged 54 years. He was a 

 native of France, and the oldest French jour- 

 nalist in the United States. He was a large 

 contributor to the "American Cyclopedia;" 

 was for a long time editor of '"The New Or- 

 leans Bee," and was more recently editor of 

 "The Courrier des Etats Unis." 



May 21. PISTCKNEY, WILLIAM T., formerly 

 a prominent politician of New York city, died 

 of apoplexy. He represented the Seventh 

 Ward in the Board of Education for more than 

 twelve years, and when the first ten governors 

 were appointed over the Almshouse, he was 

 designated by the Governor of the State to oc- 

 cupy one of the chairs. After the completion 

 of his term he was reappointed to fill a vacancy 

 occurring in the Board, and subsequently was 

 reflected to the position by the people. He 

 was President of the Astor Fire Insurance 

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Company from its organization, retaining that 

 position until his death. 



May 23. BIGELOW, TYLER, a lawyer and 

 philanthropist, died at Watertown, Mass., aged 

 86 years. He was a native of Worcester, Mass. ; 

 was fitted for college at the High School in that 

 town, graduated with a high rank of scholar- 

 ship at Harvard College in 1801 ; studied law, 

 and entered upon the practice of his profession 

 in Leominster, and in 1805 at Watertown, 

 where he resided until his death. He soon 

 rose to a high position at the bar, but before 

 reaching the prime of life was obliged to give 

 up practice on account of deafness. By his last 

 will Mr. B. left to Harvard College the sum 

 of ten thousand dollars as a fund for the main- 

 tenance and support of indigent and meritorious 

 students. 



May 26. McMuETBiE, HEXRY, M. D., late 

 Professor of Anatomy and Philosophy in the 

 High School of Philadelphia, died in that city, 

 aged 73 years, He was the author of some 

 valuable text-books. 



May . EMEKSOX, GEORGE H., a chemist 

 and author, died in Greenfield, Mass., aged 27 

 years. He was a young man of great promise, 

 and his researches had already contributed 

 much to the progress of the science of Blow- 

 pipe Analysis. He was the author of an essay 

 on "Crystals and Precipitates in Blowpipe 

 Beads." 



June 2. NICHOLS, CHARLES, formerly U. S. 

 Consul to Amsterdam, died in Brooklyn, L. I., 

 aged 75 years. He was a descendant of Sir 

 Richard Nichols, the first colonial Governor in 

 New York, and graduated at Yale College in 

 the class of 1812. Early in life he removed to 

 New York city and engaged in mercantile 

 pursuits, being a member of the well-known 

 firm of "Palmer & Nichols." He was ap- 

 pointed consul to Amsterdam, Holland, by 

 President Tyler, and served also in that 

 capacity during the administration of President 

 Polk. 



June 13. CAMPBELL, Col. J. CLEVELAND, 

 23d U. S. C. T., died at Castleton, N. Y., from 

 injuries received at the explosion of the mint 

 at Petersburg, July 30, 1864. He was born in 

 New York in July, 1836, and graduated suc- 

 cessively at the Free Academy, Union College, 

 and the University of Gottingen. Early in the 

 war he entered as a private in the 44th N. Y. 

 volunteers, was soon promoted to be a lieuten- 

 ant on Gen. Palmer's staff, was next adjutant 

 of the 152d N. Y. volunteers, then captain in 

 Upton's 121st N. Y. volunteers, and after pass- 

 ing a most brilliant examination was commis- 

 ioned lieutenant-colonel, and finally colonel of 

 the 23d U. S. 0. T. He led his regiment into 

 the hottest of the fight at Petersburg, when tho 

 mine exploded, and left in and around that 

 awful crater nearly 400 of his men, killed or 

 wounded. His lung was contused and rup- 

 tured by a bursting shell, which eventually 

 caused his death. 



June 13. DOTY, Hon. JAMES DUAXE, an 



