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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



volumes of prose and poetry, and frequently 

 contributed to The Christian Examiner and 

 The North American Review. A daughter of 

 Dr. F. has become well known for her fine 

 translations from the German, and for her 

 other writings. 



April 6. COLLINS, TILLINGHAST Knra, a 

 distinguished printer and publisher of Phila- 

 delphia ; died there, aged 67 years. He was 

 born in Philadelphia, October 14, 1802, was 

 apprenticed to the printing business, during 

 which time he became a skilful compositor 

 and pressman, and, upon the completion of his 

 apprenticeship, removed to "Washington and 

 was employed by some of the best establish- 

 ments there. Subsequently he returned to his 

 native city and entered into the employ of 

 James Kay, a well-known law bookseller. In 

 1833 he opened- a printing-office with one 

 hand-press, and in 1835 entered into partner- 

 ship with his brother, the new firm soon tak- 

 ing rank at the head of the printing business. 

 For nearly thirty years he was the printer of 

 Godey's Lady's Book. He was also an ex- 

 tensive publisher of musical works. 



April 8. LAFLIN, WALTER, an eminent citi- 

 zen of Berkshire, Mass. ; died in Pittsfield, 

 aged 75. years. He was the pioneer of the 

 paper-business in Lee, Mass., the first mill 

 in that place having been built by him- 

 self and brother in 1825. He was president 

 of the Lee Bank from 1841 to 1844, and rep- 

 resented the town in the State Legislature 

 for a number of years. In 1845 he removed 

 to Pittsfield, where he was for twenty-five 

 years a prominent business-man. In 1860 he 

 became president of the Berkshire County 

 Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and held that 

 position until his death. 



April 10. KTTNTZE, EDWABD J., a sculptor 

 of some note ; died in New York, aged 44 

 years. He was born in Pomerania, Prussia, 

 and at eighteen years of age came to America, 

 and steadily devoted himself to his art, in 

 which he achieved considerable distinction. 



April 16. MEADE, Commodore RIOHAED W., 

 U. S. N. ; died at the New- York Hospital, aged 

 60 years. He was a brother of General G. G. 

 Meade, both sons having been born in Cadiz, 

 Spain, while their father was United States 

 minister to that country. The commodore 

 was born in 1807. In April, 1826, he was ap- 

 pointed to the Naval Academy, and graduated 

 with honor. He rose through the several 

 grades, until, at the breaking out of the civil 

 war, he became commander. In the fall of 

 1861 he took command of the receiving-ship 

 North Carolina, and continued on that vessel 

 for two years, being made post-captain in the 

 mean time. While on the North Carolina, he 

 did much to improve that vessel and its sur- 

 roundings. In 1864, after repeated efforts to 

 secure more active service, he was given com- 

 mand of the steam sloop-of-war San Jacinto, 

 which was soon after wrecked on one of the 

 Florida reefs and totally lost. The loss of the 



San Jacinto resulted in placing the commo- 

 dore on the retired list, with the rank of com- 

 modore, on which list he remained until hia 

 death. He was an able officer and thorough 

 disciplinarian, but his temper and eccentricities 

 were such, that he did not gain friends and 

 opportunities of service that he otherwise 

 would have had, and the latter portion of his 

 life was rendered unhappy in consequence. 

 His three sons are in the Navy. 



April 20. MOHSE, Hon. OLIVEB A., a promi- 

 nent citizen of Otsego County, N. Y. ; died in 

 New York, aged 58 years. He was born at 

 Cherry Valley, in 1815, graduated at Hamilton 

 College, Clinton, studied law and entered upon 

 the practice of his profession at Perrysburg, 

 Ohio, but shortly after returned to his native 

 town, where he resided until his death. His 

 early political life was connected with the 

 Democratic party, but he was an earnest and 

 avowed enemy of slavery, and employed his 

 pen in behalf of the caiise of the enslaved. 

 On the formation of the Republican party, he 

 entered warmly into its ranks. He represented 

 the Otsego District in the Thirty-fifth Con- 

 gress, and proved himself an intelligent and 

 useful member. He was always a thinker and 

 a writer, and in Congress or elsewhere was 

 rather the wise counsellor than the brilliant 

 debater. His tastes were those of the scholar, 

 and he was eminently a well-read man. He had 

 travelled much in this country and in Europe, 

 and was, both by observation and study, well 

 informed in the affairs of the State and nation. 



April 21. BALDWIN, JOHN 0., a wealthy 

 and philanthropic citizen of New York ; died 

 at Orange, N. J., aged 70 years. He was long 

 in mercantile life, and devoted largely of his 

 means to the benevolent enterprises of the day, 

 having given away over $800,000. 



April 22. FAEEAE, Mrs. ELIZA WAEE, an 

 eminent authoress, widow of Prof. John Far- 

 rar ; died in Springfield, Mass., aged 78 years. 

 She was author of the " Young Lady's Friend," 

 "Recollections of Seventy Years," and other 

 works. 



April 23. JELF, Miss SALLY, a .centenarian 

 of Elizabeth, N. J. ; died there, aged 105 years. 

 She was a native of that place, and the daugh- 

 ter of an Englishman who died during her 

 childhood, leaving her possessed of an income 

 sufficient to support her comfortably through 

 life. She was a woman of education and cul- 

 ture, and exceedingly benevolent. 



April 25. HEXAMEE, Captain WILLIAM, com- 

 mander of the famous Hexamer battery in 

 the late war ; died at Hoboken, N. J., aged 45 

 years. He was born at Coblentz, Prussia, 

 April 12, 1825. In 1849 he joined the revo- 

 lutionary movement in Baden, where he served 

 as adjutant under General Franz Sigel, and 

 in consequence became an exile from his native 

 country. At the breaking out of the war, 

 Captain Hexamer raised Battery A of the First 

 New Jersey Artillery, which was mustered into 

 service August 12, 1861. The battery, upon 



