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a work entitled " Considerations upon 

 the Nature and Tendency of Free Institutions " 

 (Cincinnati, 1848), and "An Essay on Ancient 

 and Modern Literature." He left a fund to his 

 executor to provide for the publication of a 

 collection of his various writings in two vol- 



les octavo. 



March 8. FLAGG, HKNET COLLINS, died in 

 Tew Haven, Conn. He was born in the parish 



f St. Thomas, near Charles, S. C., January 5th, 

 1792 ; graduated at Yale College in 1811 ; stud- 

 ied law, and commenced the practice of his 

 profession in New Haven. He took an active 

 part in the political movements opposed to the 

 Federalist party in Connecticut, both as a public 

 speaker and as an editor of the " Connecticut 

 Herald," which he had purchased. He was also 

 clerk of the New Haven County Court. In 

 1824 he returned to South Carolina, where he 

 practised law till 1833 ; he then again took up 

 his residence in New Haven, in order to edu- 

 cate his children, and resumed his practice 

 there until 1842, when he retired. From 1834 

 to 1839 he held the office of mayor. His at- 

 tachment to his native State was strong, but 

 his devotion to the Union was stronger, and, 

 like his friend, Hon. J. L. Petigru, with whom, 

 side by side, he withstood the nullifiers in 1832, 

 he was true to the last. 



March 9. FANNING, Prof. JAMES, principal 

 of the Washington Collegiate Institute, New 

 York, died in New York city. He was an emi- 

 nently successful teacher, a wise counsellor, 

 and consistent Christian. 



March 9. PETIGKU, Hon. JAMES L. (See PE- 

 TIGRU.) 



March 12. FISHER, HENEY N., M.D., died in 

 "Washington, aged 29 years. After the disasters 

 of the peninsular campaign he volunteered as 

 physician and surgeon, to minister to the neces- 

 sities of the sick and wounded soldiers, and 

 made several trips between Harrison's Landing 

 and New York on one of the transports. His 

 faithfulness and efficiency recommending him 

 to those in authority, he received an appoint- 

 ment as surgeon in the army, and for several 

 months previous to his death had charge of 

 Eckington Hospital, in the suburbs of Wash- 

 ington. His devotion and untiring energy in 

 behalf of the suffering under his care, contrib- 

 uted to bring on the fever which cut him off in 

 the dawn of manhood. 



March . BARNWELL, Rev. WM. HAZZARD 

 WIGG, died in Germantown, Penn., aged 56 

 years. He was born in Beaufort, S. C., gradu- 

 ated at Harvard College in 1824 ; studied law 

 inLitchfield, Conn., and South Carolina, and was 

 admitted to the bar at Coosawhatchie in 1827. 

 In 1831 he experienced a change of religious 

 views, united himself with the Episcopal Church, 

 and began the study of divinity. In 1834 he 

 was ordained by Bishop Bowen, rector of the 

 Pendleton church in South Carolina, where he 

 remained six months. He was then called to 

 Charleston, and was instituted rector of St. 

 Peter's church, which was built for him, and 



where he continued twenty years. He after- 

 ward resided some years in Philadelphia, and 

 in 1857 became insane, and was removed to 

 Germantown, where he died. 



March 14. NOELL, 'Hon. JOHN W., a mem- 

 ber of Congress from Missouri, died at Wash- 

 ington, D. C., aged about 50 years. He was a 

 native of Virginia, but at an early age removed 

 to Missouri. Having studied law, and obtained 

 license to practise his profession, he soon won 

 a prominent position in his section of the State, 

 and was repeatedly elected a member of the 

 State Legislature. In the presidential campaign 

 of 1860, he became an earnest advocate of the 

 claims of Judge Douglas, and contributed 

 largely of his influence toward the success of 

 that ticket. He was a member of the Thirty- 

 sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, and was 

 reflected to the Thirty-eighth. His death was 

 caused by an abscess in the head, and his agonies 

 during the progress of the disease were of a 

 most excruciating nature. 



March 15. BAIKD, ROBERT, D.D. (See BAIED, 

 R. D.D.). 



March 19. HOOKEB, CHARLES, M.D., a pro- 

 fessor in the medical department of Yale Col- 

 lege, died at New Haven. He was born in 

 Berlin, Conn., March 12th, 1799, and was a de- 

 scendant of Thomas Hooker, the founder and 

 first minister of Hartford, Conn. He graduated 

 from Yale College in 1820, and pursued his 

 studies in New Haven, taking his diploma in 

 1823, and immediately commenced the practice 

 of his profession in that city, which he follow- 

 ed with constancy and success for forty years. 

 In 1838 he was appointed professor of ana- 

 tomy and physiology in Yale College, and con- 

 tinued to discharge the duties of that chair un- 

 til his death, acting also during the whole period 

 as dean of the medical faculty. He was also 

 active in all public matters relating to his pro- 

 fession, being an efficient member of the State 

 Medical Society, one of the founders and direc- 

 tors of the Connecticut State Hospital, and sev- 

 eral times a delegate to the National Medical 

 Association. He contributed to the leading 

 medical journals numerous essays and narra- 

 tives of cases, many of which were of great 

 interest. Dr. Hooker was not a man of brilliant 

 genius, but was remarkable for a clear head, 

 sound judgment, and most indefatigable in- 

 dustry. 



March 21. MTTRBAY, SOLOMON, a colored 

 man, died at Philadelphia, aged 117 years. 



March 21. CARLISLE, GEORGE, an old and 

 prominent citizen of Cincinnati, died in that 

 city of typhoid fever. He was president of the 

 Lafayette Bank, and vice-president of the Cin- 

 cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad. 



March . KELLY, Acting Master ROBERT 

 L., of the U. S. navy, was killed during the at- 

 tack upon Port Hudson. He was a native of 

 the State of Rhode Island. During the early 

 part of the war he performed important services 

 in the North Atlantic squadron, after which he 

 was transferred to the Western Gulf blockad- 



