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height of his legal eminence, he was hopefully 

 ; . ,1, and soon after entered upon a course 

 of theological study with a view to the minis- 

 Ilis first pOHtorol charge was at Rome, 

 N. Y., and subsequently be preached in Utiea, 

 until tailing health compelled him to retire !<>r 

 a time from pastoral duties and cares. Some- 

 what recruited by his respite from the pulpit, 

 (-opted the secretaryship of the American 

 Homo Missionary Society for Central and 

 Northern New York, and greatly endeared 

 himself to the feeble congregations in bis field 

 liv liis oversight of them, while he was very suc- 

 cessful in collecting funds for evangelizing the 

 land. Twelve years since he became too feeble 

 for active service, and since that time had lived 

 in the retirement of home. He was a man of 

 vigorous intellect, strong argumentative pow- 

 ers, and deep-toned piety. Mr. 8. was the au- 

 thor of two or three theological works. 



June 15. MAODILL, DAVID, D. D., a promi- 

 nent clergyman of the Presbyterian Church in 

 Monmouth, 111. He was born in South Caro- 

 lina, studied under the Rev. Dr. John Mason, 

 of New York, and commenced preaching in 

 Ohio. Subsequently he became an editor and 

 director in collegiate and theological institu- 

 tions, where he made himself signally useful. 



June 25. HEATOIT, DAVID, died in Washing- 

 ton, D. 0., aged 47 years. He was born at 

 Hamilton, Ohio, March 10, 1823 ; received an 

 academic education; read law and was admit- 

 ted to practice; in 1855 was elected to the 

 State Senate of Ohio ; in the fall of 1857 moved 

 to Minnesota, and was elected to the State 

 Senate three times in that State ; was appoint- 

 ed in 1863 by Secretary Chase as special agent 

 of the Treasury Department, and as United 

 States depositary at Newbern, North Caro- 

 lina; was appointed Third Auditor in the 

 Treasury Department, but declined ; was made 

 President of the National Bank of Newbern, 

 in the fall of 1865 ; was the author of the 

 Republican platform adopted at Raleigh, March 

 27, 1867; contributed largely to Republican 

 papers in defence of Republican principles for 

 more than twelve years; was elected to the 

 Constitutional Convention of North Carolina 

 from Craven County in 1867 ; was chairman of 

 the Committee on Bill of Rights in that con- 

 vention ; was elected to he Fortieth Congress, 

 and was reflected to the Forty-first Congress 

 as a Republican. 



June 27. KINGSBTJRY, Rev. CYRUS, D. D., a 

 Presbyterian clergyman and missionary among 

 the North American Indians ; died in the In- 

 dian Territory. He was for a period of more 

 than fifty years connected with the American 

 and Southern Presbyterian Boards of Missions, 

 mostly among the Cherokees and Choctaws. 



June 28. MOSES, JAMES 0., journalist; died 

 in Knoxville, Tenn., aged 28 years. He was a 

 native of Exeter, N. H., was an apprentice in 

 a newspaper office, and in 1837 became fore- 

 man in a new printing establishment in Knox ; 

 ville, of which he soon became proprietor. 



Subsequently bo was editor of the Knonilh 

 Remitter. 



June 30. HEATH, LVMAN, a noted vocalist 

 and ballad composer, died in Nashua, N. 11., 

 aged 66. He was born in Bow, N. II., August 

 24, 1804, spent his minority at Lyman, Vt., 

 subsequently lived in St. Jobnsbury, Vt., Lit- 

 tleton, N. H., and for the last thirty years in 

 Nashua. Mr. Heath was the author of " The 

 Grave of Bonaparte," "Burial of Mrs. Jud- 

 HOII," and many other popular songs. He had 

 taught music and given concerts for a period 

 of forty-five years. 



June 80. TUCKER, POMEROT, a leading 

 politician and journalist of Western New York, 

 i.vil (58 years. He was born in Palmyra, N. 

 Y., served an apprenticeship as a printer in 

 that village, and, after writing f r the Canan- 

 daiguct Messenger, started, in 1824, a new 

 Democratic organ, the Sentinel. In 1848 that 

 journal embraced the cause of free-soil, and 

 Mr. Tucker was offered a nomination to Con- 

 gress, but declined. In 1837 he represented 

 his district in the Assembly, was also for 

 several years postmaster and canal collector. 

 On the breaking out of the late war he took 

 an active part in sustaining the Government. 

 In 1867 he published a work on Mormonism 

 which had a large sale, and is a recognized 

 authority on that subject. 



June . LEFTWICH, Dr. Jorrx W., a promi- 

 nent citizen of Memphis, Tenn. ; died at Lynch- 

 burg, Vo., aged 44 years. He was born in 

 Bedford County, Va., September 7, 1826; 

 graduated at the Jefferson Medical College, 

 Philadelphia, in 1850, and settled subsequently 

 in Memphis as a cotton-factor. In 1865 he 

 was elected a Representative from Tennessee 

 to the Thirty-ninth Congress, taking his seat 

 near the close of the first session of that Con- 

 gress, and serving on the Committee on Indian 

 Affairs. He was also a delegate to the Phila- 

 delphia National Union Convention of 1866. 



July 3. CRAIG, ALEXANDER J. r State Su- 

 perintendent of Schools in Wisconsin ; died at 

 Madison, aged 47 years. He was born in 

 Orange County, N. Y., November 11, 1823. 

 His early life was spent in Western New York, 

 but in 1843 he removed to Wisconsin, and 

 settled in Palmyra, Jefferson County, where 

 he continued to reside for fifteen or sixteen 

 years, teaching a part of the time, and per- 

 forming many of those acts of public service 

 which in a new country fall to the lot of a highly- 

 intelligent, active, and public-spirited citizen. 

 Here, too, he held many important local of- 

 fices. In 1849 he represented his district in 

 the Assembly. In 1854 he became principal of 

 one of the Milwaukee ward schools, and two 

 years later was appointed editor of the Wiscon- 

 sin Journal of Education, which was the organ 

 both of the State Teachers' Association and 

 of the State Superintendent. He was also elect- 

 ed president of the Association in 1860. Ac- 

 cepting the post of Assistant Superintendent 

 the same year, he relinquished the Journal, 



