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and exteoftive bibliopoltsts in this country. His 



lirst piiMinitiona wore "I'luto's I'li;r<lon : or, 

 I >ialoiir on the Immortalityof the Soul," which 

 appeared in 1883, and "The Phoenix," a collec- 

 linii of ancient and rare fragments of the 

 st philosophers, etc., published in 1835. 

 Mr. (rowans' bibliographical knowledge was 

 as thorough as it was extensive, and his judg- 

 ment upon all matters involving research into 

 antique histories M'as sound. He knew some- 

 thing about every book sold, and the knowl- 

 edge which bo had once acquired be never 

 suHVrod to escape him. His literary store- 

 room was filled with a vast mass of rare and 

 curious literature, amounting to over 200,000 

 volumes. 



Nov. 29. BLOOD, ISAIAH, a New- York State 

 Senator; died at Ballston Spa, Saratoga' Coun- 

 ty, aged 63 years. In 1852 be was elected to 

 the Assembly, and in 1861 to the State Senate. 

 In 1869 he was again elected to the Senate. 

 He had accumulated a largo fortune, and is 

 said to have boon generous in its use, both in 

 dispensing hospitality and in contributing to 

 benevolent and religious objects. Ho was the 

 proprietor of extensive manufacturing works 

 in Hallston Spa. 



Nor. 29. Goss, Mrs. LUELLA, a centenarian ; 

 died in Orland, Me., aged 107 years. The im- 

 mediate cause of her death was a fall which 

 broke her leg. 



Dec. 2. WASHINGTON, Colonel W. D., the 

 painter of the "Burial of Latanae," and Pro- 

 fessor of Fine Arts in the Virginia Military 

 Institute ; died at Lexington, Va. 



Dec. 4. OWEN, Kev. .JOSEPH, D. D., a mis- 

 sionary in India ; died in Edinburgh, Scotland. 

 He was born at Bedford, Westchester County, 

 N. Y. ; graduated at Princeton College and 

 Seminary, where ho took a high stand for 

 scholarship, and soon after went to India, under 

 the auspices of the Presbyterian Board. He 

 was stationed at Allahabad, where he spent 

 the greater part of his life, and where he was 

 eminently useful, especially in the translation 

 of the Bible, and in the preparation of com- 

 mentaries and other books adapted to the 

 wants of the people. His health having been 

 impaired by nearly thirty years' continuous 

 residence in India, he had taken a respite to 

 visit the Holy Land, Germany, and Great 

 Britain, but was attacked with sickness in 

 Scotland, which proved fatal. 



Dee. 5. BURGESS, EBEBTEZER, D. D., a Con- 

 prepationalist clergyman and author; died in 

 Dedham, Mass., aged 81 years. He was born 

 in Wareham, Mass., April 1, 1790, of Puritan 

 stock ; graduated at Brown University, R. I., 

 in 1809, with distinguished honor; became a 

 tutor in that college, and subsequently was a 

 professor in Vermont University. On Novem- 

 ber 16, 1817, in connection with Samuel J. 

 Mills, ho sailed for Africa under the auspices 

 of the American Colonization Society ; became 

 one of the founders of the colony of Liberia, 

 and was invited to the position of superin- 



tendent. Ho visited England, both going and 

 returning, and was cordially received by Wil- 

 berforce, Lord Bathurst, Secretary of State for 

 the Colonies, and other prominent men, who 

 expressed a deep interest in the African enter- 

 prise. On the homeward voyage he buried his 

 associate, Mr. Mills, in the sea, and arrived in 

 his native land October 22, 1818. Ho pursued 

 his theological studies at Andover and Prince- 

 ton, and in March, 1821, was ordained pastor 

 of the church at Dedham, with which lie re- 

 mained for fifty years ; retiring, however, from 

 the active labors of the pastoral office in 1861. 

 Dr. Burgess published, in 1840, "The Dedham 

 Pulpit," being sermons by the pastors of the 

 first church in Dedham, in the seventeenth and 

 eighteenth centuries, with a centennial by him- 

 self ; also in 1865 an octavo volume, " The Bur- 

 gess Genealogy." Dr. Burgess was a man of 

 decided opinions, and an example of wide 

 Christian charity, liberality, and benevolence. 



Dec. 6. SULLIVAN, JEREMIAH, an American 

 lawyer and judge, born in Harrisonburg, 

 Va., July 21, 1794; died at Madison, Ind., aged 

 76 years. He received a good academical and 

 legal education, and was admitted to the bar 

 at Winchester, Va., in 1814. He served for 

 some time as major of volunteers in the War 

 of 1812. In 1816 he moved to Indiana, and 

 settled in Madison, then a small hamlet, in the 

 practice of his profession. In 1820 he was 

 elected to the State Legislature, which then sat 

 at Corydon. While he was a member of the 

 Legislature, a commission, appointed to locate 

 the capital, reported in favor of the township 

 where it is now established, and, on the con- 

 firmation of their report, Mr. Sullivan proposed 

 the name of Indianapolis, and it was adopted. 

 From 1831 to 1837 he was one of the Fund 

 Commissioners for the State. In 1837 he was 

 appointed one of the judges of the Supreme 

 bench of the State. He was a compeer of 

 Blackford and Dewey, a Supremo Court chosen 

 at a period when the jurisprudence of Indiana 

 was in a formative state, and of equal distinc- 

 tion with his two colleagues in a court which, 

 during their incumbency, and since, has been 

 regarded as a model of learning and integrity. 

 As a judge, he was sound, conservative, and 

 cautious ; his decisions were marked by a force 

 of logic, a clearness and elegance of diction, 

 and a mastery of the principles and history of 

 the law, which made them conspicuous among 

 the many able judgments emanating from our 

 highest courts. In 1869 the State Legislature 

 established a criminal court in Jefferson Coun- 

 ty, and Judge Sullivan was appointed by Gov- 

 ernor Baker its judge, which position he held 

 at the time of his death. 



Dec. 6. WALBBIDGE, HIRAM, an enterprising 

 merchant and politician, of New- York City; 

 died there, aged 50 years. He was born in 

 Ithaca, N. Y., February 2, 1821 ; removed to 

 Ohio with his parents in early life, received 

 a good education at the Ohio University, and 

 during the Harrison campaign became deeply 



