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HOLSTON EIYER. 



HUNT, EDWARD B. 



ginia, in the " Hesperian," a magazine publish- 

 ed in Cincinnati. In 1848 he prepared his 

 " Pioneer History," an account of the first ex- 

 aminations of the Ohio valley, and early settle- 

 ment of the Northwest Territory, which, with 

 his " Lives of the Early Settlers of Ohio," were 

 published under the auspices of the Ohio His- 

 torical Society; both works of great value. 

 In 1830 he commenced the collection of a 

 cabinet of natural history, and in the course 

 of eight years had gathered more than 4,000 

 specimens, arranged, classified, and catalogued, 

 and all this without interfering with the duties 

 of his profession. He collected also more than 

 6,000 shells, some of which he exchanged for 

 books of a scientific nature, thus enabling him 

 in time to form a large and valuable scientific 

 library, which, previous to his death, he dona- 

 ted, together with his cabinet, to Marietta Col- 

 lege. He was in the enjoyment of good health 

 and remarkably active in all his movements 

 tmtil a fortnight preceding his death. 



HOLSTON RIVER. This is the largest 

 branch of the Tennessee river. It is formed 

 by the junction of the north and south forks 

 which rise among the Alleghany Mountains of 

 Virginia, and unite at Kingsport, Sullivan 

 county, Tennessee. Flowing thence and pass- 

 ing Knoxville, in East Tennessee, it unites with 

 the Clinch river, at Kingston. The length of 

 the main stream is estimated at two hundred 

 miles. It is navigable by small steamboats to 

 Knoxville, and during the winter they can as- 

 cend to Kingsport. 



HOPE, GEORGE WILLIAM, M. P., born at 

 Blackheath in 1808, died at Suffhess, Hadding- 

 tonshire, October 18th, 1863. He was a son 

 of the Hon. AJexander Hope, was educated at 

 Christ Church, Oxford, and called to the bar at 

 Lincoln's Inn, in 1831. The death of an elder 

 brother, however, altered his position, and re- 

 moved him from the ranks of practising bar- 

 risters. Soon after, his attention was turned 

 to politics, and in 1837 he was elected for 

 Weymouth. In 1842 he was returned for 

 Southampton, and became Under Secretary 

 for the Colonies, an appointment which he 

 held until the retirement of Lord Stanley, the 

 Colonial Secretary, in December, 1845. In 

 1859 he again came forward, and was chosen 

 for New Windsor as a supporter of the Derby 

 Administration. He retained his seat until his 

 death. 



HOPE, Admiral Sir HENRY, K. 0. B., born 

 in 1787, died at Holly Hiil, Hampshire, Sep- 

 tember 23d, 1863. He entered the navy in the 

 spring of 1798, as midshipman, became lieuten- 

 ant in 1804, and captain in 1808. He served 

 in the Mediterranean on board the "Kent," 

 and was afterward transferred to the " Swift- 

 sure," and was on that ship when she was 

 taken a prize by a portion of the French squad- 

 ron which had escaped from Toulon. In 1815, 

 he was in command of the "Endymion," forty 

 gun frigate, and distinguished himself in the 

 engagement with the American ship "Presi- 



dent," which he took as a prize to Spithead, 

 and was presented by the admiralty with a 

 gold medal, and the nomination of a Compan- 

 ion of the Order of the Bath. He was suc- 

 cessively advanced to the rank of rear-admiral, 

 vice-admiral, and admiral, and was also aide- 

 de-camp to William IV., and to her Majesty. 

 In July, 1855, he was nominated a Knight 

 Commander of the Order of the Bath. He 

 left personal property to the amount of 70,- 

 000, nearly one half of which he bequeathed 

 to various religious and charitable societies. 



HUBBARD, JOSEPH STILLMAN, an American 

 astronomer, born at New Haven, Conn., in 

 1823, died in that city August 16th, 1863. He 

 graduated with high, honor at Yale College, in 

 1843, giving evidence of extraordinary mathe- 

 matical ability, and in the spring of 1844 waa 

 appointed an assistant to the late distinguished 

 astronomer, Sears C. Walker, in the High 

 School Observatory, Philadelphia. In the au- 

 tumn of the same year he was employed by 

 Captain (now Major- General) Fremont to reduco 

 his Rocky " Mountain Observations," and waj 

 invited to accompany him on his next expe- 

 dition. Declining this offer, he was, at th.3 

 instance of Col. Fremont and Senator Benton, 

 appointed by Hon. George Bancroft, then Sec- 

 retary of the Navy, a professor of mathematics 

 in the U. S. Navy, and assigned to duty in the 

 Naval Observatory, then just .established at 

 Washington. This post he filled with remark- 

 able zeal and fidelity to the time of his death. 

 The printed volumes of the Washington Obser- 

 vations are full of the evidences of his skill 

 as an observer and a computer. Professor 

 Hubbard was a frequent and valued contributor 

 to the "Astronomical Journal," His investiga- 

 tions on Biela's comet, and on the great comet 

 of 1843, are recorded in that journal in a series 

 of elaborate papers. He also contributed pa- 

 pers on the orbit of Egeria, and many other 

 topics. The article " Telescope," in the New 

 American Cyclopaedia, a paper of great labor 

 and research, was also from his pen. His 

 labors of love in the cause of benevolence and 

 religion were not less zealous than in the paths 

 of science. 



HUNT, Major EDWAED B., an officer of U 

 volunteers, born in Livingston county, N. Y., 

 in 1822, died at the Brooklyn Marine Hospital, 

 Oct., 2d, 1863. He was appointed to the Mil! 

 tary Academy from his native State in 1841, 

 graduated second in the class of 1845, was 

 appointed second lieutenant in -the corps of 

 engineers, and was assigned to duty as assistant 

 to the Board of Engineers for Atlantic Coast 

 Defence. After serving in this capacity a ye;ir, 

 he was called to fill the important position 

 of principal assistant professor of civil and 

 military engineering at the Military Academy, 

 West Point, where he remained until 1849, 

 when he was employed as assistant-engineer 

 upon Fort Warren, Boston harbor, Ma^s. 

 From 1851 to 1855 he was the assistant of 

 Prof. Bache, in the Coast Survey Bureau. From 



