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Episcopal Church. He delivered, while con- 

 nected with this college, several courses of 

 valuable lectures on chemistry, pharmacy, and 

 natural philosophy, to the classes connected 

 with the medical department, and materially 

 aided in the foundation of its extensive geologi- 

 cal and mineralogical cabinet. In 1836 he was 

 elected to the presidency of Hobart College, 

 Geneva, N. Y., and after serving twenty years 

 in that office, was obliged to resign on account 

 of his health, having previously made a voyage 

 to Europe, from which he had received no 

 permanent benefit. About eighteen months 

 after his resignation he removed to his native 

 town (Newburyport), and there passed his de- 

 clining years in such literary pursuits as his 

 enfeebled health permitted. His published 

 works are : an " Introduction to the Mechan- 

 ical Principles of Carpentry" (8vo., Boston, 

 1827), " Scriptural Illustrations of the Liturgy " 

 (12mo., 1835), and several sermons, addresses, 

 and pamphlets. * 



July 17. ALLEN, DAVID OLIVER, D.D., died 

 in Lowell, aged 63 years. He was born in 

 Barre, Mass., and spent his youth upon a farm. 

 At the age of seventeen he taught a winter 

 school, and at nineteen entered Williams Col- 

 lege, from which, after two years, he removed 

 to Amherst College, where he graduated in the 

 class of 1823. The following year he spent at 

 Groton, having charge of what is now called 

 "Lawrence Academy." While here, his at- 

 tention was turned to the ministry, and he en- 

 tered Andover Theological Seminary in 1824, 

 where he continued till the spring of 1827, 

 when a most urgent call was made for rein- 

 forcements of missionaries to India. Having 

 decided to go thither, he was ordained, and in 

 company with his wife embarked for Calcutta, 

 where he arrived, September, 1827. He la- 

 bored in Bombay several years, in preaching 

 and establishing schools, and subsequently was 

 engaged in making extensive tours in Western 

 India, preaching, distributing bibles, tracts, &c. 

 In 1844 he took charge of the printing estab- 

 lishment in Bombay, employing at that time 

 one hundred persons, mostly natives. He was 

 the author of several very useful tracts in the 

 Mahratta language, and superintended a re- 

 vised and corrected edition of the whole Scrip- 

 tures in that language. His health becoming 

 seriously affected by his arduous labors, to- 

 gether with the effects of a warm climate, he 

 was advised by his physicians to leave India, 

 and accordingly sailed for America, arriving in 

 Boston, June, 1853. After a year of rest, he 

 commenced preparing the " History of India, 

 Ancient and Modern," an octavo volume of 

 600 pages, published 1856. From 1856 to 1860, 

 he preached at Wenham and other places. At 

 the time he left India, he was a member of the 

 "Royal Asiatic Society," and for several years 

 previous to his death an active member of the 

 " American Oriental Society." His labors and 

 residence of twenty-six years in India, had 

 broken down his naturally strong constitution, 



and developed disease which terminated in con- 

 gestion of the lungs. 



July 18. PUTNAM, Acting Brig.-Gen. HAL- 

 DIMAND SUMNER, an officer of U. 8. volun- 

 teers, was killed at the attack on Fort Wagner. 

 He was born in Cornish, N. H., October 15th, 

 1835 ;' graduated at West Point in 1857, and 

 from that time until a few months previous 

 to the war, was stationed at different local- 

 ities on the western frontier. When the war 

 broke out, he was summoned to Washington 

 and intrusted with special messages of the 

 highest importance to carry to Fort Pickens. 

 He accomplished his mission and was return- 

 ing to the North when he was seized by the 

 military authorities at Montgomery, Alabama, 

 and held in prison several days, but was finally 

 released and came back to Washington. Soon 

 after he was placed upon Gen. McDowell's 

 staff, in which position he performed many ar- 

 duous and important duties. He participated 

 in the first battle of Bull Run, and won him- 

 self much honor by his bravery and devotion. 

 When requested to take the command of a regi- 

 ment from his native State, he at first declined, 

 upon the ground that he was too young for so 

 responsible a position, but upon being further 

 urged, he finally accepted, and on the 14th of 

 January, 1862, departed with his regiment for 

 the seat of war. During the first year of its 

 service, this regiment was stationed at Fort 

 Jefferson, on Tortugas Island. Since then the 

 command has been located at St. Augustine, 

 Florida, Port Royal, S. 0., and in the vicinity 

 of Charleston, and though not engaged in any 

 important action previous to the attack upon 

 Fort Wagner, it has participated in many skir- 

 mishes and expeditions. For four or five 

 months previous to his death, he was acting 

 brigadier-general, and was serving in that ca- 

 pacity when he fell on Morris Island. His 

 forces consisted of the 7th New Hampshire 

 volunteers, and several other regiments from 

 the Middle States. At the attack on Fort Wag- 

 ner, he led his brigade gallantly into action, 

 and fell while rallying his men, holding his po- 

 sition within the enemy's works. 



July 18. SHAW, Col. ROBERT GOTTLD, an of- 

 ficer of colored volunteers, was killed during the 

 assault upon Fort Wagner. He was the only 

 son of Francis G. Shaw, of Staten Island, 

 and was born about 1836. When the war broke 

 out he enlisted as a private in the 7th reg- 

 iment N. Y. militia, and went to Washing- 

 ton. Before the three months' term of service 

 expired, he sought and obtained a commission 

 in the Massachusetts 2d, which subsequently 

 won so much honor on many a battlefield. At 

 the battle of Cedar Mountain his life was saved 

 by his watch. He commanded the first regi- 

 ment of colored soldiers from a free State ever 

 mustered into the United States service, and 

 although aware that, by the order of President 

 Davis, he ran the risk of dying upon the gal- 

 lows if taken prisoner, he went forth ready to 

 die in any way that might prove for the benefit 



