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ing his regiment ho was promoted to the rank 

 of lieutenant-colonel His death occurred while 

 at home on a furlough. 



Feb. 24. TATLOR, Miss EMMA, an actress, 

 died in New York city. She was a great favor- 

 ite in Philadelphia, but removed to New York 

 about a year and a half since. She made her 

 debut here at Niblo's Garden as the Colleen 

 Rhuad in Boucicault's " Colleen Bawn," and 

 was afterward engaged at Laura Keene's 

 theatre. 



Feb. 25. FOSTER, Hon. WILLIAM, died in Bos- 

 ton, aged 91 years. He was born in Boston, 

 and in early life went to Europe, where he 

 spent seventeen years in France and Spain. 

 "When he returned to Boston he had nearly for- 

 gotten the English language. He remained at 

 home but a few months, when he returned to 

 France, and was there through all the bloody 

 revolution of 1790 to 1793. He was at one tune 

 the president of a Jacobin club. After his final 

 return home he was a prominent politician in 

 the democratic party. 



Feb. 26. TOMPKINS, Col. DANIEL D., an offi- 

 cer of the U. S. volunteers, died in Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., aged 64 years. He entered the Military 

 Academy at West Point when only fifteen 

 years of age, and graduated in 1820 as third 

 lieutenant in the ordnance corps. In 1821 the 

 ordnance department was merged into the ar- 

 tillery, when he became second lieutenant ; and 

 in 1825 ho was made first lieutenant and com- 

 missary of subsistence. In 1835 he was pro- 

 moted to a captaincy, and for gallant and meri- 

 torious conduct in the battle of San Felasco, was 

 brevetted major. In 1838 he was transferred 

 to the quartermaster's department, and was 

 promoted to the position of major in 1842. 

 During the Mexican war he was intrusted with 

 very important duties in that department, and 

 was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for meritorious 

 conduct In 1856 he was promoted to a colo- 

 nelcy, and in 1858 was placed in charge of the 

 department of New York, with the rank of as- 

 sistant quartermaster-general, which position 

 he occupied until a short time before his death. 



Feb. 26. WIXG, M. T. 0., D.D., died at Gam- 

 bier, Ohio. 



Feb. 28. TISDALE, Rev. JAMES, died at 

 Tonica, Illinois. He was born in West Taunton, 

 Mass., Nov. 7th, 1799; graduated at Brown 

 University in 1821, and spent the two follow- 

 ing years as principal of the Academy of Dar- 

 lington Court House, South Carolina. While 

 there he was converted by reading the sermons 

 of Dr. Emmons, and, upon his return north, 

 commenced the study of theology under Rev. 

 A. Cobb, of West Taunton. He was licensed 

 to preach in 1825 ; labored four years as a mis- 

 sionary, and in 1880 was ordained, and settled 

 as pastor over the churches in Guildhall and 

 Granby, Vermont. He subsequently preached 

 in Gilsum, N. H., and at Shutesbury, Mass. In 

 1857 he removed to Illinois, and became the 

 pastor of the Free Congregational church at 

 Jamaica, and in 1859 was settled in Lowell, of 



the same State. He attended and labored in 

 the revivals conducted by Rev. Asahel Nettle- 

 ton, D.D., who labored much in New England 

 and other parts of the country. He was deeply 

 interested in the cause of education and loved 

 the sciences ; was very decidedly anti-slavery hi 

 his sentiments. His death was caused by a 

 chronic disease of the liver. 



Feb. . HARLAN, Hon. JAMES, died at Louis- 

 ville, Ky., aged 64 years. He was a represent- 

 ative in Congress for several years, and was 

 distinguished for his integrity and zeal in the 

 public service. After retiring from Congress, 

 he was, until his death, United States district 

 attorney for Kentucky. 



Feb. . ELLIOT, Hon. WILLIAM, died in 

 South Carolina, aged 74 years. He was born 

 in Beaufort, S. C., entered Harvard College at 

 the age of eighteen, and took a high' rank of 

 scholarship in his class ; his health failing him, 

 he was obliged to return home before complet- 

 ing his studies, but his degree was conferred 

 upon him in 1810, the year after his class grad- 

 uated. During the nullification crisis in South 

 Carolina, in 1832, he held the office of senator 

 in the State Legislature, but resigned upon 

 being instructed by his constituents to vote to 

 nullify the tarifflaw. He afterward participat- 

 ed less frequently in public affairs, his letters 

 against secession, signed " Agricola," and pub- 

 lished in 1851, being among his latest expres- 

 sions of opinion upon political subjects. He 

 contributed largely to the periodical press of 

 the South. His published works consisted of 

 an " Address before the St. Paul's Agricultural 

 Society" (Charleston, 1850), and "Carolina 

 Sports by Land and Water" (1856). He was 

 also the author of " Fiesco," a tragedy printed 

 for the author in 1850, and of a number of 

 poems of much merit. 



March 3. MAGINNIS, JOHN, died in New Or- 

 leans, La., aged 49 years. He was born in 

 Dromore, County Londonderry, Ireland. He 

 was for many years a resident of New Orleans, 

 and connected with the press. From 1843 to 

 1845 he was one of the editors of the "Pica-, 

 yune," and subsequently, until 1849, was con- 

 nected with the " Delta." During the Mexican 

 war, being then the business manager of that 

 paper, he contributed greatly to its success. On 

 the 18th of November, 1849, almost unassisted, 

 he commenced the publication of the "True 

 Delta," and, after years of hard struggle, suc- 

 ceeded in making it one of the most popular, 

 profitable, and influential journals in the city. 



March 8. GRIMKE, Hon. FREDERICK, died in 

 Chillicothe, Ohio. He was born at Charleston, 

 S. C., Sept. 1st, 1791, graduated at Yale College 

 in 1810, studied law, and removed to Ohio, 

 where for several years he was Presiding 

 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in one of 

 the circuits of that State. In 1836, without any 

 solicitation on his part, he was elected a judge 

 of the Supreme Court, which post he held for 

 the next seven years, discharging his duties 

 with ability and inflexible integrity. He pub- 



