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ing on tho'Committco on Public Buildings and 

 (inninils, and was reflected to the Thirty- 

 niiitli ( '"iigress, serving on the Committees on 

 Kli-i'tii'ii^ und the Postal Railroad to Now 

 fork. 



J-J. HABDEHBURGH, Rev. JAMKS B., 

 1>. !., a Reformed Dutch clergyman and mi- 

 tiinr; <l'u-d in Now York, aged 70 years. Ho 

 was born in Rochester, Ulster County, N. Y., 

 graduated at Union College in 1821, and at the 

 S.-minary of the Reformed Dutch Church, was 

 pastor of the First Reformed Dutch Church, 

 New Brunswick, N. J., and subsequently at 

 Rhinobeck, Philadelphia, and New- York City. 



Jan. 22. JONES, Rev. GEOBQE, chaplain 

 U. 8. Navy, an Episcopal clergyman and author; 

 died at the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, aged 

 70 years. lie was born in York, Pa., in 1799 ; 

 graduated at Yale College in 1820, was two 

 years teacher on board the U. 8. frigates 

 Brandywine and Constitution, and the two 

 years following was a tutor in his college. 

 Having studied theology at Middletown, Conn., 

 he was ordained at Hartford in 1831, and of- 

 ficiated for a time in the former city. In 1833 

 he was appointed chaplain in the U. 8. Navy, 

 and at the time of his death was stationed at 

 the asylum in Philadelphia. He was the author 

 of " Sketches of Naval Life " (1829) ; " Excur- 

 sions to Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Bal- 

 bec " (1836) ; "Life Scenes from the Four Gos- 

 pels," and "Life Scenes from the Old Testa- 

 ment." He was also known in science by his 

 observations on the Zodiacal Light, which fill 

 one volume of the 'report of the U. S. Japan 

 Expedition. 



Jan. 23. PLACIDE, HENRY, a celebrated co- 

 median; died at Babylon, L. I., aged 70 years. 

 He was born in Charleston, S. 0., September 

 8, 1799. His father being manager of the 

 Charleston Theatre at that time, he made his 

 first appearance there, when only nine years 

 old, as David, in "The Blind Bargain." He 

 was a favorite actor In the Southern cities, and 

 was at one time manager of the Old Park 

 Theatre in New York. His delineations of 

 character were remarkably successful, espe- 

 cially in " old men " parts. 



Jan. 23. STEWART, WILLIAM F., Lieutenant- 

 Commander U. S. N., a brave and able officer of 

 the U. S. steamer Oneida, was lost in the col- 

 lision with the Bombay. He was a native and 

 resident of Pennsylvania, and had been in the 

 s -rvico since September, 1857. He was pro- 

 moted to be lieutenant-commander, July, 1866. 



Jan. 23. WILLIAMS, EDWARD P., command- 

 er of the U. S. steamer Oneida, a gallant and 

 faithful officer, was lost in the collision of the 

 British steamer Bombay with the Oneida 20 

 miles from Yokohama. He was a native and 

 resident of Maine, and had been in the naval 

 service since September, 1847. Ho was dis- 

 tinguished for his bravery in the late war, and 

 was promoted to be commander in July, 1866. 

 In the sad disaster which caused his death, his 

 conduct was noble and gallant in the extreme. 



His own life might have been saved, but, finding 

 that his men must perish, as the boats could 

 hold only a small part of them, he refused to 

 leave the ship. 



Jan. 25. BATES, DAVID, a Philadelphia 

 broker and author ; died in that city, aged about 

 60 years. He was the author of a number of 

 fugitive poems of great merit, among the most 

 popular of which were, " Speak Gently," and 

 "Childhood." The only collection of his 

 poems ever published was named the " Eolian," 

 and published in 1849. 



Jan. 27. FAXOX, CHARLES O., a journalist 

 of considerable ability, editor of Southern pa- 

 pers during the war; died in Clarksville, Tenn. 

 Ho was formerly editor of the Louisville Courier 

 and of the Chattanooga Rebel. 



Jan. 81. MoLsoD, ALEXANDER, a New- York 

 politician ; died in that city, aged 87 years. He 

 was born in New-York City in 1832, and began 

 his business-life as a merchant. In 1856 he 

 entered upon a political career, and was active- 

 ly engaged in the exciting events of the Fre- 

 mont campaign. He was twice in 1862 and 

 1868 elected member of Assembly. He was 

 one of the organizers of the Eighty-fourth 

 Regiment, Colonel Conkling, in 1863, and served 

 with his command in the field in 1863-' 64. 

 He was a member of the Republican General 

 Committee of New- York, and at the time of 

 his death held the position of Assistant Regis- 

 trar in the Croton Aqueduct Department. 



Feb. 1. MONCRIEF, JAMES, Judge of the Su- 

 perior Court of New York ; died in New-York 

 City, aged 48 years. He was born in Harrison 

 County, Ohio, September 16, 1822 ; studied law 

 in New York, was admitted to the bar of the 

 Supreme Court of the United States in 1847, 

 and in 1858 was elected Judge of the Superior 

 Court, which position he held seven years. 



Feb. 3. BINNET, HORACE, Jr., a lawyer and 

 eminent belles-lettres scholar; died in Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., aged 61 years. He was a son of 

 the Hon. Horace Binney, LL. D., and was born 

 in Philadelphia, January 21, 1809. He graduated 

 at Yale College in the class of 1828, studied 

 law with his father, and practised his profes- 

 sion in his native city from his admission to 

 the bar in 1831, confining himself mostly to 

 chamber consultations. In early life he took 

 a deep interest in municipal politics. At the 

 outbreak of tlie late war he at once came for- 

 ward to devote his time and energies to the 

 service of the Government. He was president 

 of the Philadelphia Associates of the Sanitary 

 Commission, one of the founders of the Union 

 League of the city, and president of that asso- 

 ciation at the time of his death. A memoir 

 of Mr. Binney, read before the American Phil- 

 osophical Society, May 6, 1870, by Charles J. 

 Stille, LL. D., has been published. 



Feb. 8. TRIMBLE, ALLEX, formerly Governor 

 of Ohio ; died at Hillsboro, aged 87 years. He 

 removed to that State in 1854, was acting-Gov- 

 ernor in 1822, and in 1826 was elected Gov- 

 ernor, serving two terms. 



