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rebellion, Colonel Stiles raised a regiment, from 

 the command of which he retired after his 

 health had been much impaired by exposure in 

 the service. 



Dec. 24. CUTTER, GEORGE W., a poet, died 

 at "Washington, D. 0. He was a native of 

 Massachusetts, but early in life removed to the 

 West, practising law with some success in Ken- 

 tucky until 1846. When the Mexican war 

 commenced, he raised a company of infantry, 

 which subsequently formed part of the 2d 

 Kentucky regiment, commanded by Col. McKee, 

 who, with Col. Henry Clay, jr., met a tragic 

 death at Buena Vista. During the Taylor and 

 Fillmore administrations Mr. Cutter held a 

 clerkship in the Treasury Department, and in 

 the days of Know Nothingism he was known 

 at Washington as an orator. Among his poems 

 most admired are " E Pluribus Unum," and the 

 " Song of Steam." 



Dec. 28. LEE, Mrs. HANNAH F., widow of 

 George Gardner Lee, of Boston, Mass., died in 

 that city, aged 85 years. She was the author 

 of " Three Experiments of Living," and other 

 popular works. 



Dec. 28. WILLIAMS, Mrs. MART, died at the 

 White House, N. J., aged 106 years. She had 

 never been sick until a few weeks previous to 

 her death. 



Dec. 29. KURTZ, Rev. BENJAMIN, D. D., 

 LL. D., a Lutheran clergyman, editor and 

 author, died at Baltimore, Md., aged 71 years. 

 He was a native of Harrisburg, Penn., received 

 a thorough collegiate and theological education, 

 and was ordained and settled in Hagerstown, 

 Md., in 1815, where he filled the office of pas- 

 tor with great acceptability for sixteen years. 

 He was then called to the editorship of the 

 " Lutheran Observer," the organ of his denomi- 

 nation. He exhibited great ability as an editor, 

 and though occasionally engaged in contro- 

 versy, conducted his discussions in an amiable 

 and Christian spirit. His connection with the 

 " Observer" continued for more than thirty 

 years. He was also the author of several books 

 on religious topics. 



Dec. 29. PEASE, Capt. W. C., commanding 

 the Revenue cutter Kewanee, died of typhoid 

 fever, on the Charleston, S. C. station. He 

 w;as an efficient officer, and had won the respect 

 and esteem of all with whom he was in any- 

 wise associated. 



OBITUARIES, CANADIAN. /arc. 11. FER- 

 LAND, L'ABBE, M. J. B. A. Ferland's reputation 

 rests upon his literary productions, although lie 

 was at the same time a distinguished ornament 

 of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada. While 

 his productions have not been very numerous, 

 they are held in great estimation, not only on 

 account of their importance as contributions to 

 historical literature, but for the reason of their 

 being written whilst in the full pursuit of 

 his arduous professional duties. He was de- 

 scended from the family of Freland, formerly 

 of Poitou, in Vendee, France, in the 17th cen- 

 tury; a member of which emigrated to Can- 



ada and settled on the l&land of Orleans, 

 near Quebec. Here the name was changed to 

 its present style ; and the father of the historian 

 was married to a daughter of M. Lebrun de 

 Duplessis, one of the four advocates who re- 

 mained in Quebec after the conquest. M. Fer- 

 land was born at Montreal on the 25th of De- 

 cember, 1805. In 1813 his mother went to 

 reside at Kingston with her son, and there he 

 pursued his early studies. In 1816 he entered 

 the college of Nicolet, where he remained until 

 1823, when he was admitted to holy orders; 

 served for one year as under-secretary to Mon- 

 seigneur Plessis, and afterwards became pro- 

 fessor of arts, rhetoric, and philosophy, at Ni- 

 colet. In 1828 he was admitted to the priest- 

 hood; was vicar, and served at Riviere du 

 Loup and St. Roch, Quebec ; and acted as jirst 

 chaplain of the marine hospital during the chol- 

 era of 1834. He was appointed cure 'of St. 

 Isidore ; and subsequently was given that of St. 

 Foy, and in 1837 that of Ste. Anne de Beaupre. 

 In 1841 he was appointed superintendent of 

 students at Nicolet, and became superior of that 

 institution in 1 847. A year later he was called 

 upon to reside at the archiepiscopal palace, 

 Quebec. In 1855 he proceeded to France, for 

 the purpose of gathering materials for an early 

 history of Canada. In this expedition he was 

 eminently successful; and on his return, pub- 

 lished " Observations on the History of Canada," 

 by 1'Abbd Brasseur, and subsequently, " Notes 

 on the Registers of Notre Dame de Quebec ; " 

 " A Voyage to Labrador; " lately the first vol- 

 ume of " Courses of History of Canada from 

 1534 to 1633;" and a "Journal of a Voyage 

 to the coast of Gaspe," with other narratives. 

 M. Ferland was a gentleman of much goodness 

 of heart and amiability of manners, and was 

 very generally esteemed. 



He had been for a number of years Roman 

 Catholic chaplain to her Majesty's forces in the 

 garrison of Quebec. 



April 15. GALE, Hon. Mr. Justice, was the 

 son of a Mr. Gale, who, born in Hampshire, 

 England, came to America in 1770 as Assistant 

 Paymaster to the Forces. The late Mr. Justice 

 Gale was born at St. Augustine, East Florida, 

 in 1783. He was educated at Quebec, while 

 his father was Secretary, and came to study 

 law at Montreal under the late Chief Justice 

 Sewell in 1802, having the late Chief Justice 

 Rolland and, we believe, Mr. Papineau as fellow- 

 students. Mr. Gale was admitted to the bar in 

 1808, and ere long secured a large practice. 

 In 1815 he was appointed a magistrate in the 

 Indian territories, and accompanied Lord Sel- 

 kirk when he went to the Northwest. Later, 

 when Lord. Dalhousie was attacked for his 

 Canadian administration, he went home as 

 bearer of memorials from the English-speaking 

 Lower Canadians in the townships and else- 

 where, defending his Lordship's conduct. In 

 1829 he became chairman of the Quarter Ses- 

 sions, and in 1834 was raised to the bench to 

 replace Mr. Justice Uniacke, who preferred to 



