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male College. Several of the size of 8 and 

 9 inches are scattered over the country. The 

 British Charge d' Affaires at Montevideo has a 

 9-inch glass ; and a very fine instrument of 6 

 inches aperture was ordered by the United 

 States Government for Lieut. Gilliss's expedi- 

 tion to Chili, and is now in the observatory 

 of the Chilian Government. The methods of Mr. 

 Fitz were entirely of his own invention, and so 

 delicate as to detect the change in form, by ex- 

 pansion, of an object-glass, effected by passing 

 the finger over it on a frosty night. When 

 seized with his final illness, he was about to go 

 to Europe to select a glass for a 24-inch tel- 

 escope, and to procure patents for a camera, 

 involving a new form of lenses, having all the 

 advantages of Harrison's globe-lens at a much 

 less cost. His death is a great loss to science. 



Nov. 7. SKINNER, ELISHA W., assistant State 

 librarian at Albany, died in that city. He 

 was a native of Connecticut, and was. born 

 about 1790 ; was a printer by trade, but sub- 

 sequently edited and published a paper in Hart- 

 ford, Conn. After leaving Hartford he removed 

 to Albany, N. Y., and published in connection 

 with Mr. Webster, the Albany "Gazette," and 

 afterward became proprietor of " The Daily Ad- 

 vertiser." 



Nov. 12. LANS, Hon. GEORGE W., U. S. Dis- 

 trict Judge of Alabama, died at Louisville, Ky. 

 He was a refugee from that State, on account 

 of his Union principles. 



Nov. 14. KENNADAY, JOHN, D. D., a clergy- 

 man of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died 

 in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was born in the city 

 of New York, November 3d, 1800. In early 

 youth he became a printer, diligently cultivat- 

 ing his mind, and pursuing a course of initial 

 legal studies in his leisure hours. In 1822 he 

 was converted, under the labors of Eev. Heman 

 Bangs, and the following year entered the trav- 

 elling ministry of the M. E. Church, by joining 

 the New York Conference. He remained in 

 the ministry up to the day of his death, filling 

 many of the most important pulpits in the New 

 York, Philadelphia, and New York East an- 

 nual conferences, with very great acceptabil- 

 ity. He was a member of two General Con- 

 ferences, and was distinguished for his genial- 

 ity, gentlemanly deportment, eloquence both 

 in the pulpit and on the platform, and great 

 purity of character. 



Nov. 15. POSEY, Brig.-Gen. CONBAD, an 

 officer in the Confederate service, died at Char- 

 lottesville from a wound received at Gettysburg. 

 He was a native of Mississippi, and was made a 

 brigadier-general early in 1863. He was an of- 

 ficer of much military talent. 



Nov. 18. ABBOTT, Hon. CHATTNCEY M., died 

 at his residence in Niles, Cayuga county, N. Y. 

 He was a native of Niles, and was born in 1822. 

 In 1857 he was elected to the Assembly, and 

 in 1859 was reflected. In 1861 he was chosen 

 to the Senate, and in the session of the follow- 

 ing year was chairman of the Committee on 

 Poor Laws, and a member of the Committees 

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on Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties, 

 Agriculture and Expenditures. He was highly 

 respected for his integrity of character and 

 sound judgment. His death resulted from the 

 fatigue and exposure which he underwent dur- 

 ing the canvass of 1863. 



Nov. 20. BRONSON, Hon. DAVID, died at the 

 house of his son, Rev. Benjamin S. Bronson, 

 St. Michael's parish, Talbot co., Maryland. He 

 was a native of Maine, born in 1799, graduated 

 at Dartmouth College in 1819, was member of 

 Congress from the Norridgewock district from 

 1841 to 1843, and afterward for many years 

 Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court of his 

 native State. 



Nov. 21. CCSHMAN, Hon. HENBY W., died at 

 Bernardstown, Massachusetts. He was born in 

 that town in 1805 ; entered the State Legisla- 

 ture in 1857, and was lieut.-governor in 1851 

 and 1852. He was esteemed one of the most 

 liberal and useful citizens of the State, and was 

 noted for his interest in the intellectual and re- 

 ligious progress of the age. 



Nov. 21. STEVENSON, THOMAS B , a promi- 

 nent politician and distinguished editor of Ken- 

 tucky, died at Maysville, Ky. His disease was 

 softening of the brain. 



Nov. 23. RANSOM, Hon. ELIAS, died at his 

 residence, Lockport, N. Y. He was born in 

 Berkshire county, Mass., in 1795. .While very 

 young he removed with his father's family to 

 Buffalo,. where he remained until 1822, when 

 he went to Lockport, and for many years was 

 successfully engaged in the practice of law. 

 He was successively district attorney, a mem- 

 ber of Assembly, and county judge. His fail- 

 ing health obliged him to retire from public 

 life some years since, and his last illness was 

 long and severe. He was a man of strict in- 

 tegrity, and in every relation of life was hon- 

 ored and esteemed. 



Nov. 24. ELLIOTT, Major GILBERT MALLE- 

 SON, of the 102d regiment, N. Y. volunteers, 

 was killed at Lookout Mountain. He was born 

 in Connecticut in 1840, and removed to New 

 York in early childhood. In 1857 he became 

 a member of the Free Academy, and at once 

 took the highest stand in scholarship and de- 

 portment, receiving the gold medal at four 

 successive commencements, and the valedic- 

 tory oration at his graduation. On the com- 

 pletion of his studies, he was impressed with a 

 strong desire to enter into the service of his 

 country, and in October of that year was com- 

 missioned first lieutenant. At Antietam he 

 won himself much hon*>r, and soon after was 

 appointed ordnance officer in the 2d division of 

 the 12th army corps, where he rendered most 

 effective service during the battles of Chancel- 

 lorsville and Gettysburg. Having previously 

 received the rank of captain, he was subse- 

 quently appointed major, and was soon after 

 placed in actual command of his regiment, both 

 of his superior officers having been wounded. 

 In September, 1863, the 12th army corps was 

 transferred from the army of the Potomac to 



