by an order from Edinburgh, to appear before 

 the Lords upon a charge of treason. Being re- 

 leased upon bail, he subsequently concluded to 

 try his fortune in America, and accordingly 

 took passage for this country, arriving in New- 

 York on the 16th of June, 1794, and with but 

 twenty shillings in his pocket. Here he entered 

 into his former employment as a nailor, and soon 

 after married. In 1801 he went into the grocery 

 business for a time, and afterward engaged in 

 the seed business at Newark, in which he was 

 unsuccessful ; but nothing daunted, he started 

 anew, and on a more extensive scale, and in 

 time amassed a comfortable fortune. After re- 

 tiring from business he went to reside in As- 

 toria, and subsequently removed to New Haven, 

 Conn. He married his third wife when eighty 

 years of a#e, the lady herself being about forty. 

 He was, during his later years, a frequent con- 

 tributor to the newspapers of the day, over the 

 signature of " Laurie Todd," many of his articles 

 being reminiscences of New York at the com- 

 mencement of the present century, and possess- 

 ing great interest from their quaintness and fidel- 

 ity of description. The signature, "Laurie Todd," 

 was the title of a work,published many years ago, 

 by the novelist Gait, in which the adventures of 

 the hero were mainly drawn from incidents in 

 Thorburn's life. He was a liberal, genial, kind- 

 hearted man. During the epidemics of yellow 

 fever in New York in 1798, he and his wife did 

 not leave the city at all, but devoted themselves 

 to the care of those who were stricken down 

 with the pestilence, with the utmost assiduity 

 and tenderness. Through life his counsel and 

 purse were at the service of those who were 

 suffering from want ; and he had bestowed in 

 charity a much greater sum than he possessed 

 at his death. 



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with high honor. His theological studies were 

 pursued at Princeton Theological Seminary, 

 after leaving which, he commenced his labors 

 as a missionary in the West. While there, he 

 was pastor of a church in Bloomington, Indiana, 

 and was also the president of the college in the 

 same place. Leaving the West, he became the 

 pastor of a church in Bedford, Pa., and was also 

 the principal of a nourishing academy in that 

 place for eight years. He was successively the 

 principal of academic institutions in Borden- 

 town, Trenton, N. J., and Poughkeepsie and 

 Newburg, N. Y. In 1852 or thereabout, he 

 removed to Brooklyn, and was for a time prin- 

 cipal of the Park Institute. The last few years 

 of his life were spent in preaching the gospel to 

 the poor. He was the author of a Latin Gram- 

 mar published about 1828; "The New Pur- 

 chase, or Seven Years in the West," and sev- 

 eral later works of much merit. He was a 

 thorough scholar, a vigorous thinker, and aa 

 a writer, was said to be a "master of all 

 styles." 



Jan. 24. STEWART, Lieut.-Col. WARREN, a 

 cavalry officer in the U. S. service, was killed 

 opposite Vicksburg. He first entered the United 

 States service during the present war as captain 

 of an independent cavalry company from Il- 

 linois, and was attached to Gen. McClernand's 

 brigade. On the 2d of February, 1862, he was 

 appointed acting adjutant-aid oh Gen. Mc- 

 Olernand's staff, with the rank of captain. He 

 took an active part in the memorable battle of 

 Fort Donelson. The several companies of cav- 

 alry connected with McClernand's brigade were 

 next consolidated, under the title of Stewart's 

 Independent Battalion of Cavalry, the command 

 of which devolved upon him, with the rank of 

 major, dating from February 1st, 1862. He was 



Jan.. 23. Cow, JGHU TOWNSEND, died in Al- 'wounded at the battle of Shiloh, and was es- 



bion, N. Y., aged 38 years. He graduated 

 at Yale College, in the class of 1844, studied 

 theology at Auburn, N. Y. ; also at Andover, 

 Mass., and subsequently spent two years in 

 Halle, Germany, under the instruction of Prof. 

 Tholuck. He afterward passed some time in 

 Gottingen, and then made an extended tour in 

 Europe. After his return to this country he 

 became the settled pastor of the Presbyterian 

 church at Albion, and at the time of his death 

 was pastor of St. Peter's church, Rochester. 



Jan. 23. HALL, BAYNABD R., D. D., an 

 American clergyman and author, died in Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. He was born in Philadelphia in 1798, 

 and was son of Dr. John Hall, a distinguished 

 surgeon, who died when the subject of our 

 sketch was but four years of age. By his 

 father's will he was heir to a large fortune, but, 

 owing to mismanagement, he never came into 

 the possession of any great portion of it. Great 

 attention was paid to his early education with 

 reference to his becoming a lawyer, but upon 

 his conversion his attention was turned to- 

 ward the ministry. After passing the greater 

 part of his college course at Princeton, he re- 

 moved to Union College, where he graduated 



pecially mentioned in his general's official re- 

 port for his gallantry on that occasion. He also 

 participated in the siege of Corinth, and subse- 

 quently was attached to the division stationed 

 along the Memphis and Charleston railroad. 

 On the promotion of Gen. McClernand he was 

 made lieutenant-colonel. He was engaged in 

 destroying the ferry boats opposite Vicks- 

 burg, when he was killed by a shot from the 

 enemy. 



Jan. 25. MIOKLE, ANDREW H., ex-mayor of 

 New York city, died at Flushing, aged 57 years. 

 He was a prominent merchant, and for a num- 

 ber of years was engaged in the tobacco busi- 

 ness, by which he amassed a large fortune. In 

 1846 he was chosen mayor of New York, and 

 was asked to accept the nomination again in 

 1858, but declined. 



Jan. 26. HOOKER, JOHN WORTHINGTOX, M.D., 

 died in- New Haven. He was born in Norwich, 

 Conn., July 14th, 1833, graduated in Yale Col- 

 lege, in the class of 1854, and in 1857 from the 

 Medical School connected with the college. 

 For some time after the completion of his 

 studies he was on the surgical staff in the New 

 York City Hospital, and subsequently continued 



