OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



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. . MOZIEK, JosErir, an American 

 <ir; dio<l at Faids, Switzerland, agod 58 

 llo was born in New- York City, in 

 1^12, and, after devoting many years to tho 

 untilo trade, retired from business, and 

 [iiently went to Rome, Italy, and adopted 

 the profession o a sculptor. Some of his 

 \vorks displayed a high order of talent ; among 

 these the best known is "The Prodigal Son," 

 exhibited in tho Academy of Fine Arts, Phila- 

 delphia. 



Oct. . WRIGHT, Rev. LUTHER, a Congre- 

 gationalist clergyman, and educator; died in 

 K.-i-t Hampton, Mass., aged about 73 years. 

 He graduated at Yale College in 1822, with 

 distinguished honors, was two years principal 

 of an academy in Maryland, subsequently for 

 several years tutor in Yale College, and after- 

 ward filled prominent positions at the head of 

 important educational institutions in New Eng- 

 land. The last situation of this kind, which he 

 held till his resignation, was that of Principal 

 of the Williston Seminary, in his native town, 

 East Hampton, Mass., an institution projected 

 and organized by himself, and endowed by 

 the liberality of his friend Samuel Williston. 

 To the work of founding the seminary, and 

 giving to it the high standing and character it 

 early acquired, for the term of forty years he 

 devoted the best energies of his earnest nature, 

 as well as the ample resources of his long ex- 

 perience and ripe scholarship. 



Nov. 1. WOLFF, Rev. BERNARD C., D. D., a 

 clergyman of the Reformed Church (German) ; 

 died at Lancaster, Pa., aged 75 years. He was 

 a professor in tho Mercersburg Theological 

 Seminary from 1854 to 1864. 



Nov. 9. ALLEN, Rev. D. HOWE, D. D., a 

 Presbyterian clergyman and theological pro- 

 fessor; died at Granville, Ohio, aged about Go 

 years. He was formerly connected with Ma- 

 rietta College, but in 1830 was called to Lane 

 Seminary to fill the chair of Sacred Rhetoric 

 and Pastoral Theology, and subsequently was 

 assigned to that of Systematic Theology. In 

 1867, on account of declining health, he was 

 appointed Professor Emeritus. 



Nov. 9. WICKES, THOMAS, D. D., a Presby- 

 terian clergyman and author ; died at Orange, 

 N. J., aged 55 years. He was born at Jamaica, 

 L. I., in 1814; graduated at Yale College, 

 studied theology in Princeton and New Haven, 

 and, after preaching a few months in Troy, re- 

 moved to Marietta, Ohio, and was pastor of 

 the First Presbyterian Church there from 1839 

 to 1869. He was an indefatigable student, and 

 the author of several valuable works. His last 

 production, "The Economy of the Ages," was 

 a profound and vigorous treatise on the histo- 

 ry of Redemption, and the final triumph of 

 Christ's kingdom. 



Nov. 11. PELL, Rev. W. E., a clergyman of 

 tho Methodist Episcopal Church ; died at Ra- 

 leigh, N. 0. He was for many years a member 

 of the North Carolina Conference, but the fail- 

 ure of his health demanded that he should 



relinquish travelling, whereupon ho turned his 

 attention to journalism, and subsequently be- 

 came one of the editors of the Raleigh Sentinel. 

 He was a strong advocate of Southern rights. 



Nov. 15. ROOT, EDWARD W., Professor of 

 Chemistry in Hamilton College, N. Y. ; died 

 there, aged 29 years. 



Nov. 15. STABBUOK, CALVIX W., an enter- 

 prising and successful newspaper publisher; 

 died at Cincinnati, Ohio. Ho was a practical 

 printer, and by his industry and perseverance 

 acquired a large fortune, with which he ac- 

 complished much good. In 1841 he commenced 

 tho publication of the Cincinnati Times on a 

 borrowed capital of $200, and soon became its 

 sole proprietor. Later he was also associated 

 with the Weekly Times. During the late war 

 he carried a musket in the ninety days' service; 

 did efficient duty in the Covington trenches in 

 1862, when Cincinnati was threatened, and 

 aided to support all tho men in his office who 

 enlisted in tho cause of the country. 



Nov. 16. EDSOJT, Major THEODORE, U. S. A. ; 

 died at Rock Island, 111., aged about 36 years. 

 He graduated at the Military Academy at West 

 Point, July 1, 1861, and was immediately made 

 brevet second-lieutenant of ordnance. During 

 the late war ho served with honor, being ad- 

 vanced to brevet-captaincy, December 31, 1862, 

 for gallant and meritorious services at the battle 

 of Stone River, Tenn., where he served as chief 

 of ordnance to Major-General Rosecrans. He 

 was promoted captain, March 3, 1863 ; brevet- 

 major, March 13, 1865, "for faithful and meri- 

 torious services in the Ordnance Department; " 

 and major, December 15, 1867. He served in 

 command of the Watertown, Fort Monroe, 

 Rock Island, and Columbus Arsenals, and the 

 Cincinnati ordnance depot, as post commander 

 of Louisville in 1862, and as chief of ordnance 

 to Rosecrans, and chief of ordnance of the 

 Departments of the Ohio, and of Virginia, and 

 North Carolina. 



Nov. 16. KELLOGO, MORTIMER, Civil Engi- 

 neer, U. S. N. ; was killed at Key West, Fla., 

 in a rencontre with Surgeon Win. M. Sing. 

 He entered the naval service in 1852, from 

 New York, as third assistant engineer; was 

 with Captain Perry in the Japan Expedition, 

 and on the Niagara when she assisted in laying 

 the Atlantic cable in 1858. During the late 

 war he was employed in the Gulf Squadron. 

 In December, 1869, he was ordered to the 

 monitor Terror, at the Charlestown Navy- Yard, 

 and was attached to that vessel when he met 

 with his untimely death. 



Nov. 17. DE WIXT, Jonv PETER, an eminent 

 and wealthy citizen of Fishkill; died there, 

 aged 83 years. He was of Dutch and West- 

 Indian descent, bora in the city of New York, 

 and at a very early age removed with his par- 

 ents to Fishkill, where his father had purchased 

 an extensive estate. Here he resided till his 

 death. In 1814 he married the grand-daughter 

 of John Adams, the marriage taking place at 

 the old President's family mansion in Quincy, 



