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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



Emeritus of the Latin Language and Literature, 

 New Jersey College, Princeton, died at Prince- 

 ton, aged 43 years. He was a very thorough 

 classical scholar, and had been for some years 

 Professor of the Latin Language and Literature, 

 and Secretary of the Society of Alumni of the 

 college. He took great interest in the promo- 

 tion of the prosperity of the college, and at his 

 death left it a bequest of thirty thousand dol- 

 lars, to be realized on the death of his uncle. 



Oct. 12. JONES, Rev. LOT, D. D., an Episco- 

 pal clergyman of New York, died suddenly in 

 Philadelphia, from the effects of a fall, aged 69 

 years. For nearly thirty years he was pastor 

 of the Church of the Epiphany, having com- 

 menced his labors when the congregation con- 

 sisted of some half-dozen adults and a few chil- 

 dren, and the services were held in a little un- 

 finished room over an engine-house. He was 

 much beloved for his unvarying sweetness and 

 gentleness of character, and his devoted and 

 unselfish Christian life. He had gone to Phil- 

 adelphia as a deputy to an Episcopal Conven- 

 tion. 



Oct. 1 7. GREEK, JOHN, M. D., died in Wor- 

 cester, Mass., aged 82 years. He was a native 

 of Worcester, and was the fourth in the descent 

 of a line of physicians, all eminent in the theory 

 and practice of medicine. He graduated at 

 Brown University in 1804, and received the 

 degree of Doctor of Medicine from both Brown 

 University and Harvard College in 1826. Hig 

 professional training was careful and thorough, 

 and he kept pace with the progress of medical 

 science while he continued in practice, having 

 accumulated a valuable professional library of 

 about two thousand volumes. He had also a 

 collection of seven thousand volumes, which he 

 presented to the city of Worcester in 1859, as 

 the basis of a public library, consisting of trav- 

 els, voyages, history, and theology. Ten years 

 ago feeble health and increasing age compelled 

 him to relinquish the active duties of his pro- 

 fession. He was esteemed and respected by 

 all who knew him. 



Oct. 18. GREEX, Hon. BTRAM, Judge of 

 Wayne County Court, died at Sodus, Wayne 

 Co., N. Y., aged 79 years. He was a native of 

 New York, served five years in the Assembly 

 of that State, and was a Representative in Con- 

 gress from 1843 to 1845. 



Oct. 19. AGNEW, Rev. JOSIAH HOLMES, D. D., 

 a Congregational clergyman, teacher, and editor, 

 died at Peekskill, N. Y., aged 61 years. He 

 was a native of Massachusetts, and had for 

 many years devoted himself to literary and ed- 

 ucational pursuits, being at one time editor of 

 the "Eclectic Magazine," and afterwards for 

 some years principal of a female seminary at 

 Pittsfield, Mass. He subsequently engaged in 

 some speculations in coal-mining, whidh proved 

 unsuccessful. In 1860 he became Secretary of 

 the Southern Aid Society, and in 1865 took 

 charge of the " American Foederal Monthly," a 

 continuation of the old " Knickerbocker Maga- 

 zine." 



Oct. 19. FORWARD, Hon. WILLIAM A., Judgo 

 of the Supreme Court of Florida, died at Pilat- 

 ka, Florida. He was a native of New York. 

 In 1836 he was a Canadian rebel, and suffered 

 imprisonment and banishment. In 1845 he ac- 

 companied Judge Bronson to Florida, when 

 that gentleman was appointed United States 

 Judge for the Northern District of the State, 

 and had been a constant resident there from 

 that period. He served several sessions in the 

 Territorial and State Legislatures, and in 1852 

 was elected Judge of the Eastern Judicial Cir- 

 cuit, which position he held until 1857. In 

 1859 he was elected to the Supreme Bench. 



Oct. 20. HALL, Lieut.-Col. WILLIAM P., U. S. 

 volunteers, died in New York city, of disease 

 of the lungs, contracted in Southern prisons. 

 Before he was of age he won the position from 

 the ranks of sergeant-major in the regular army, 

 and was conceded to have been the first to place 

 the United States colors on the heights of Cha- 

 pultepec. For this act of gallantry he was 

 commissioned captain in the regular army, but 

 for private reasons chose not to accept the ap- 

 pointment. When the celebrated snuff-box, 

 left by Andrew Jackson as a legacy to the brav- 

 est soldier in battle, was offered a few years 

 since for a claimant by Andrew Jackson Donel- 

 son, the adopted son of the legatee, the claims 

 of Col. Hall were urged by many old soldiers 

 who had witnessed his bravery on the battle- 

 field of Mexico. The New York Common Coun- 

 cil, however, who had the difficult task of 

 awarding the gift in their hands, decided in 

 favor of another, on the alleged ground that 

 Col. Hall belonged to the regular army, and 

 was on that account barred from the list of 

 competitors. Early in the late war Col. Hall 

 took the field, and was seriously wounded on 

 more than one occasion. He was made prisoner 

 by the Confederates when serving as major of 

 the 9th New York or Ira Harris cavalry, and 

 was held by them for seven months. Col. Hall 

 was much esteemed by all who knew him, and 

 possessed a liberal degree of culture, often con- 

 tributing interesting articles to periodical liter- 

 ature. 



Oct. 22. BERRY, ABRAHAM J., M. D., an em- 

 inent physician and surgeon, died in Williams- 

 burg, L. L, aged 66 years. He was a native of 

 New York, educated carefully as a physician, 

 and early in life obtained a prominent position 

 in his profession. When the Asiatic cholera 

 desolated New York, in 1832, he was one of 

 the few who remained at his post, laboring day 

 and night among the sick. His courage and 

 zeal on that occasion called forth many expres- 

 sions of admiration and respect from his fellow- 

 townsmen, and the city authorities publicly ac- 

 knowledged his eminent services by a vote of 

 thanks. Latterly Dr. Berry had devoted his 

 time to dealing in real estate in Williamsburg, 

 a considerable portion of that part of Brook- 

 lyn having belonged to his family for more 

 than a century. He identified himself with 

 the interests of Williarnsburg, became its mayor 



