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suffered more or less from it. The Govern- 

 ment, in recognition of his services, gave him a 

 position in the custom-house as night inspector, 

 in which capacity he remained up to the time 

 of his death. 



Nov. 16. WALSH, THOMAS J., founder and 

 President of the National Typographical Union, 

 died in New York city. He was a native of 

 Albany. For over a quarter of a century Mr. 

 Walsh has been intimately connected with the 

 typographical fraternity of the United States, 

 and in nearly every city in the Union his influ- 

 ence in ameliorating the condition of journey- 

 men printers has been felt and recognized. Mr. 

 Walsh was one of the founders of the National 

 Typographical Union, and for many years occu- 

 pied the most responsible official positions con- 

 nected therewith. He unhesitatingly sacrificed 

 time and money in his advocacy of the interests 

 of his fellow-workmen ; and his advice and influ- 

 ence, as connected with their advancement in 

 a social and pecuniary point of view, were 

 equally sought after and generally followed. 

 His views on the labor-reform question were 

 broad and comprehensive, and he was recog- 

 nized as one of the leaders of that movement in 

 New York. 



Nov. 17. IVES, THOMAS POYSTON, Lieut- 

 Comrnander in the U. S. Navy, died in Havre, 

 France. He was a native of Providence, E. I., 

 and the son of one of the merchant princes of 

 that city. Kemarkable for his devotion to the 

 flag of the Union at the very outbreak of the 

 war, he laid aside all private enterprises ; 

 fand abandoning the comforts and pleasures 

 which wealth and a high position in society 

 afforded, he hastened to offer his services to the 

 Government, and entered the navy as an acting 

 volunteer lieutenant, at the same time presenting 

 his yacht to the Navy Department, and refus- 

 ing to receive any compensation whatever for 

 his services as an officer of the navy. He bore 

 an active part in the earlier operations against 

 the Hatteras forts and at Eoanoke Island ; was 

 then transferred to the Potomac flotilla, and, 

 subsequently, assigned to ordnance duty at the 

 Washington ordnance yard. While there, the 

 premonitory symptoms of the fatal disease 

 which finally terminated his life, began to de- 

 velop themselves, but he still continued to per- 

 form his duties with singular self-denial and 

 scrupulous fidelity, until the advice of his phy- 

 sicians and friends could no longer be disre- 

 garded. With extreme reluctance he there- 

 fore tendered his resignation as an officer of 

 the navy, which the Department refused to ac- 

 cept, and he then asked for and obtained a 

 leave of absence to visit Europe, in the vain 

 hope of obtaining permanent relief. In his 

 death the service lost a young and accomplished 

 but zealous officer, and the country a true 

 patriot. 



Nov. 18. TERRY, Hon. SETH, an eminent 



citizen and lawyer of Connecticut, Judge of the 



Superior Court, etc., died at his residence in 



Hartford, aged 85 years. He was a native of 



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Enfield, Conn., removed to Hartford in 1803 

 or 1804, and was admitted to the bar of that 

 county in 1804, being at the time of his death 

 its senior member. As a lawyer, Judge Terry 

 was accurate, keen, methodical, and reliable. 

 His attention, for many years past, has been 

 confined to the office business of his profession, 

 drafting, conveyancing, and the care of estates. 

 He faithfully fulfilled many private trusts, and 

 was a favorite draughtsman of wills, deeds, and 

 contracts arising from the domestic relations. 

 In court, Judge Terry's position was always 

 respectable, and he filled the offices of Judge of 

 Probate and of City Recorder with credit, and 

 retired from their duties, declining to be re- 

 appointed. Mentally, he was logical, acutej 

 and active, with an overflowing humor al- 

 ways available. He was of incorruptible in- 

 tegrity, of great decision, conscientious, zeal- 

 ous, just, and benevolent. He was a member 

 of many of the great charitable corporations of 

 the land, and a friend of the poor of the commu- 

 nity. The Orphan Asylum and the Beneficent 

 Society have each lost, by his death, one of their 

 most practical friends and advisers. Mr. Terry 

 had a keen eye for the humorous, and his reten- 

 tive memory and quaint manner rendered his 

 wit very pleasing. His religious views were 

 clearly defined, and were of the old school New 

 England stamp. Early in life he was noted for 

 his devotion to doctrinal truths, and he was 

 decidedly opposed to what he thought was her- 

 esy. But as he advanced in years the sincere 

 Christian triumphed over the theologian, and 

 his piety and zeal grew more and more warm 

 and active as he approached the end of life. 



Nov. 19. VOORHIES, JOHX S., an eminent 

 law bookseller and publisher of New York, 

 died in Brooklyn, L. I., aged 57 years. He had 

 been for forty years engaged in business, and 

 was widely known and esteemed by the profes- 

 sion. He compiled and published " Voorhies' 

 Code of Procedure," "Abbott's Digest," 

 " Cleaveland's Banking Laws", "Greenleafs 

 Overruled Cases," "Burrill's Circumstantial 

 Evidence," "Voluntary Arraignments," etc., 

 and many other standard law books. 



Nov. 23. HAND, EDWARD, superintendent 

 of the banking department of the State of New 

 York, died at Albany, N. Y. He was a man 

 of rigid integrity and probity, possessing capa- 

 city of a high order and the most thorough 

 fitness for the position which he filled. He 

 had been connected with the department since 

 1849, when it was attached to the Controller's 

 office, and, on its organization as a distinct bu- 

 reau of the State government, he received the 

 appointment of deputy superintendent, which 

 position he held until August, 1865, when his 

 long and faithful services to the State in a sub- 

 ordinate capacity were justly recognized by the 

 executive in his appointment as superintendent 

 to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation 

 of Mr. Van Dyck. 



Nov. 23. RUSSY, Col. RENE E. DE, United 

 States Engineer Corps, died in Saa Francisco, 



