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Hill, Me., commenced the study of law with 

 Daniel "Webster, but at the end of the first year 

 becoming converted, he entered the Andover 

 Theological Seminary, and upon the comple- 

 tion of his studies was licensed, and com- 

 menced preaching at Norwich Plain. He was 

 at the same time professor of moral philosophy 

 in the Military School. In 1824 he was install- 

 ed pastor of the church in Pittsfield, Mass., as 

 successor of Rev. Heman Humphrey, then elect- 

 ed to the presidency of Amherst College. After 

 laboring here four years his health failed, 

 making it necessary for him to dissolve the 

 pastoral relation and take up his residence in a 

 warmer climate. He subsequently taught over 

 twenty years in North Carolina, South Caro- 

 lina, and Virginia, in the latter State travelling 

 at one time extensively as agent of the Coloni- 

 zation Society. In 1854 he went to Texas upon 

 business, and was elected professor of languages 

 in Austin College, at Huntsville. In 1858 he 

 was elected president of the same college, and 

 continued in that office until his death. He 

 was the author of a series of letters on slavery, 

 published in a newspaper, and subsequently 

 gathered into a volume and published under 

 the title of " The Issue ;" also a volume of ser- 

 mons entitled " The Family Preacher ; " letters 

 to daughters, entitled " The Mother's Bequest; " 

 a " Primary Grammar," and " Manual of Eng- 

 lish Grammar," used extensively in Southern 

 schools. 



April 25. MEEHAN, JOHN S., died in "Wash- 

 ington, D. C., aged 73 years. He was for thirty 

 years librarian of Congress. 



April 26. BLAKE, WILLIAM EUFUS, an 

 American actor, died in Boston, Mass., aged 

 55 years. He was born in Halifax, .Nova 

 Scotia. His first appearance upon the stage was 

 at the old Chatham Theatre in New York, in 

 1824, when he was very successful, and soon 

 rose high in his profession. He was success- 

 ively stage manager of the Tremont Theatre, 

 Boston, joint manager of the "Walnut street 

 Theatre, Philadelphia, and stage manager of 

 the Broadway Theatre, New York. As a 

 comedian he stood without a rival in his pro- 

 fession. 



Aprils. CHAELES, Col. EDWABD COBB, died 

 in New York from wounds received in the bat- 

 tle of Glendale. At the commencement of the 

 war he went out with the 42d New York vol- 

 unteers as lieutenant-colonel. At the battle 

 of Ball's Bluff, Col. Cogswell, the commander 

 of the regiment, was taken prisoner, and Lieut. - 

 Col. Charles was promoted to the position 

 thereby left vacant. He was in all the engage- 

 ments from Ball's Bluff down to the last of the 

 seven days' battles before Richmond. In the 

 battle of Glendale he was severely wounded 

 by a Mini6 rifle ball, and left for dead on the 

 field. He was, however, taken prisoner, and 

 lay for many weeks in a prison hospital. He 

 afterward came North on parole and was con- 

 fined for some time. After undergoing some 

 severe surgical operations mortification prob- 

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ably supervened, causing his death. His funeral 

 took place from the City Hall, New York, and 

 was attended by a large concourse of citizens, 

 the old Light Guard joining in the procession. 



May 1. BLOSS, Hon. WILLIAM C., died at 

 Rochester, N. Y., aged 69. He was a man of 

 somewhat eccentric character, but of unflinch- 

 ing integrity and honesty, and possessed of a 

 philanthropic and generous nature. He was 

 for many years the voluntary chaplain of the 

 Monroe County Jail, and his efforts in behalf 

 of the prisoners were such as to endear him 

 greatly to the citizens of Rochester. He was 

 a member of the Assembly for 1845, 1846, and 

 1847, and while there was a man of mark for 

 his irreproachable integrity and his fascinating 

 eloquence. When the Massachusetts colony 

 for Kansas passed through Rochester, he pre- 

 sented to each man a Bible and a spelling book, 

 saying, "These two books are the foundation 

 of liberty and all true government." 



May 1. TEACY, Brig.-Gen. R. D., an officer 

 in the Confederate service, a native of North 

 Carolina, who entered the Confederate army 

 from civil life. After serving for some time as 

 colonel of a North Carolina regiment, he was 

 promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in 

 1862, and was killed at the battle of Port Gib- 

 son, Miss. 



May 2. PAXTON, Brig.-Gen. EDWAED F., an 

 officer in the Confederate service, killed at the 

 battle of Chancellorsville, Va. He was a native 

 of Rockbridge county, Va., and received his 

 military education at the Virginia Military 

 Academy at Lexington. When "Stonewall" 

 Jackson was made a brigadier-general he ap- 

 pointed young Paxton, to whom he was strong- 

 ly attached, adjutant-general of his brigade, and 

 on his own advancement promoted him adju- 

 tant-general of the division. When Jackson 

 became commander of an army corps, he ask- 

 ed and obtained the appointment of Paxton as 

 brigadier-general, and in this capacity he served 

 at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and the beginning 

 of the battle of Chancellorsville. He was kill- 

 ed on the same evening on which Jackson was 

 mortally wounded. 



May 3. BEEBT, Major-General HIRAM G. 

 {See BEBEY, HIBAM G.) 



May 3. BEOWNELL, CHABLES FEEDEBICK, 

 died in Providence, R. I., aged 32 years. He 

 was a native of Rhode Island, and nephew of 

 Bishop Brownell, of Connecticut, graduated at 

 Brown University in the class of 1851, studied 

 law, and was admitted to the bar in September, 

 1853. He commenced the practice of his pro- 

 fession in Providence, and was actively con- 

 nected with some of the most important liter- 

 ary associations of that city. He was for two 

 years clerk of the Senate of Rhode Island, and 

 for one year a representative of the General 

 Assembly. 



May 3. MoVioAB, Lieut.-Col. DUNCAN, was 

 killed near Spottsylvania, Va. He was born 

 in Scotland. At the commencement of the war 

 he was a resident of Kingston, Canada, but his 





