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ing to one hundred and twenty acres. He was 

 a warm Union man, and never hesitated to an- 

 nounce his principles. 



Feb. 6. BRAINARD, DYAR THROOP, M. D., 

 died in New London, Conn., aged 73 years. 

 He graduated at Yale College in 1810, studied 

 medicine, and entered upon the practice of his 

 profession in New London, his native place, 

 where he spent most of his life. He was highly 

 respected for his professional skill, and was also 

 eminent as a botanist and chemist. He was a 

 brother of the well-known poet, John G. C. 

 Brainard. 



Feb. 6. HALE, Hon. NATHAN, LL.D., senior 

 editor of the "Boston Advertiser," died in 

 Brookline, Mass. He was born in West Hamp- 

 ton, Mass., in 1784, and was a nephew of the 

 famous patriot spy, after whom he was named. 

 He graduated, in 1804, at Williams College, 

 studied law in Troy, and became editor of the 

 " Boston Advertiser," the first paper published 

 in Boston, in 1814. He was one of the club 

 which founded the " North American Review," 

 also the "Christian Examiner." In 1825 he 

 prepared from the original authorities a map of 

 New England, which still possesses a standard 

 character. He was the first president of the 

 Boston and Worcester railway, and was also 

 foremost among those by whose exertions the 

 Cochituate water was introduced into Boston. 

 He served in the Legislature and two Consti- 

 tutional Conventions, and was a member of the 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences ; also 

 of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 



Feb. 7. WELLS, Mrs. REBECCA, died in Var- 

 iok street, New York city, at the advanced age 

 of 103 years. She was born in Warren street, 

 and had never been out of the city but once 

 during her life. She remembered distinctly the 

 principal incidents which transpired during the 

 Revolutionary war, and took pleasure in refer- 

 ring to Washington, Lafayette, and other dis- 

 tinguished officers who figured in that memor- 

 able struggle. Up to within a day or two pre- 

 vious to her death she did all her own house- 

 work, and attended divine service regularly 

 upon the Sabbath. 



Feb. . GUMMING, Ool. WILLIAM, an officer 

 of the United States army, died at Augusta, 

 Georgia, in his 76th year. He served as colonel 

 during the war with Great Britain, in 1812-'14, 

 and was offered the position of major-general 

 by President Polk, but did not accept it. 



Feb. 10. BTJRLEIGH, RINALDO, died in Plain- 

 field, Conn., aged 89 years. Having lost an 

 arm while a boy, he determined to obtain a 

 liberal education, and by dint of difficult and 

 persevering exertions, succeeded, almost un- 

 aided, in fitting himself to enter college. He 

 graduated at Yale College in the class of 1803, 

 and choosing teaching as his profession, acted 

 successively as preceptor of the academies in 

 Colchester, Woodstock, and Plainfield, Conn., 

 where he was widely known as a popular and 

 successful teacher. He was among the foremost 

 to advocate the abolition of slavery, and to 



help forward other social reforms. For the last 

 sixteen years of his life he was afflicted with 

 total blindness, arising, it was supposed, from 

 excessive study. Four of his sons have attained 

 considerable distinction as writers and orators, 

 viz. : Charles C., William H., George S., and 

 Lucien Burleigh. 



Feb. 10. CUTLER, BENJAMIN C., D.D. (See 

 CUTLER, B. C.) 



Feb. 10. EMBURY, Mrs. EMMA C., an Amer- 

 ican authoress, died in Brooklyn, N. Y. She 

 was a daughter of Dr. James R. Manley, of 

 New York, and was married to Mr. Daniel Em- 

 bury in 1828. In the same year she published 

 " Guido, and other Poems." She was also the 

 author of " Glimpses of Home Life," and " Pic- 

 tures of Early Life." In 1845 she prepared an 

 illustrated gift book, entitled "Nature's Gems, 

 or American Wild Flowers," and the follow- 

 ing year a collection of poems, called "Love's 

 Token." Her last work was the "Waldorf 

 Family, or Grandfather's Legend," published in 

 1848, partly a translation and partly original. 

 For some time previous to her death her health 

 was very feeble. 



Feb. 10. LONGWORTH, NICHOLAS. (See LONG- 

 WORTH, N.) 



Feb. 12. CAMMANN, GEORGE P., M. D., died 

 in New York city. He was one of the early 

 supporters of the Demilt Dispensary, and by 

 his unwearied assiduity and eminent skill, 

 largely contributed to its success and the ac- 

 complishment of its benevolent aims. He was 

 a man of eminent worth and strong benevolent 

 impulses. 



Feb. 19. B ALB WIN, ROGER SHERMAN, LL.D. 

 (See BALDWIN.) 



Feb. 19. WOODHULL, Commander MAXWELL, 

 of the United States navy, was killed at Fort 

 Marshall, Baltimore, aged about fifty years. He 

 was visiting, the forts around the city, in com- 

 pany with Gen. Butler and Gen. Schenck and 

 staff, in whose honor a salute was fired ; the 

 gunner, supposing the whole party had passed 

 out of range of the gun, fired a 32-pounder just 

 as a fragment of the party came up ; unfor- 

 tunately Commander Woodhull received the 

 whole charge, which caused his death in a few 

 moments. 



Feb. 22. GILBERT, EDWARD SMITH, a lieu- 

 tenant-colonel in the U. S. volunteer service, 

 died of consumption at Rochester, N. Y., aged 

 31 years. He was born in Livingston county, 

 N. Y., graduated at Amherst College in 1855, 

 and became professor of mathematics in the 

 Collegiate Institute at Rochester, N. Y. Soon 

 after the breaking out of the war he entered 

 the military service as second lieutenant in the 

 13th regiment, N. Y. volunteers. After the 

 first battle of Bull Run he was promoted to a 

 first lieutenancy, and a few months later to a 

 captaincy, and transferred to the 25th regi- 

 ment. During the Peninsular campaign he rose 

 to the rank of major. In one of the " seven 

 days' battles " he was taken prisoner, and re- 

 mained in Richmond until August. On rejoin- 





